Erik Wirl

Erik Wirl (30 May 1884 – 15 February 1954) was a German operatic tenor and actor.
Life.
Born in Ebensee, Wirl left his voice training with the court and chamber singer Eduard F. Schuegraf in Munich. First classified as a baritone, he later changed his voice range to that of tenor. He debuted in the role of the young sailor in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". He then performed as a tenor opera singer in Bayreuth, Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, The Hague, Frankfurt/Main, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Paris, Salzburg and Vienna.
Wirl also sang operettas and entertainment songs - often in duet with renowned colleagues of his time. Wirl also sang the hits of the still young sound film the Viennese song "Ja dort im Liebhardstal" and the title song "Wien, du Stadt der Lieder" by Hans May.
In his work, special emphasis was placed on the works of Franz Schreker. Wirl sang the role of the Chevalier at the premieres of his operas "Der ferne Klang" on 18 August 1912 and "Die Gezeichneten" on 25 April 1918 the role of Menaldo Negroni and created the figure of the jester in "Der Schatzgräber". In Busoni's opera "Turandot" he sang in 1918 under Gustav Brecher at the Oper Frankfurt next to Else Gentner-Fischer and Hans Ertl. At the world premiere of Delius' opera in 11 pictures "Fennimore and Gerda" he sang in 1919 alongside John Gläser, Emma Holt and Elisabeth Kandt.
Examples of his appearance in modern operettas are "Madame Pompadour" by Leo Fall, where he sang René, Comte D'estrades, and "Münchhausen" by Ernst Steffan where he could be heard in the premiere on 23 December 1927 alongside Hella Kürty, Rose Ader and Fritz Schulz.
At the end of the 1920s, Wirl's participation in performances of contemporary musical avant-garde such as Paul Hindemith's "lustiger Oper in drei Teilen" "Neues vom Tage" and "Lindberghflug" cf. notes on the "Ozeanflug". In Bertolt Brecht: "Schriften zur Literatur und Kunst." Vol. I. Suhrkamp Verlag, , and cf. work introduction He appeared on stage with it both as well as in the broadcast of the Berliner Funkstunde on 18 March 1930 with Fritz Düttbernd and Betty Mergler, see DRA and ORF . "One of the most legendary plays from the late 1920s is a cooperation of Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith on a text by Bert Brecht..." and in the record studio.
Auch in den modernen Opern von Ernst Křenek trat er auf. Nachdem er bereits am 2. Dezember 1928 bei der Aufführung der Einakter-Trilogie Křeneks in der Kroll Opera House den "blinden Offizier und Liebhaber" in der „Tragischen Oper in einem Akt“ (so das Vorwort) "Der Diktator" op. 49 gesungen hatte, gab er in der Aufführung von Křeneks Oper "Leben des Orest" Op. 60 on 8 March 1930 in der Staatsoper Berlin unter dem Dirigat von Otto Klemperer Agamemnon.
Wirl died in Rottach-Egern at age 69.
Recordings.
Wirl sang for the Grammophon, Vox and HMV/Electrola labels. There is no news about him from the time after 1933.
on Grammophon:
on Vox:
on HMV / Electrola: