Ludwig Wüllner

Ludwig Wüllner (19 August 1858 – 19 March 1938) was a German concert and operatic tenor, as well as an actor and narrator. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and important stage performers of his time.

Life Born in Münster, Wüllner was the son of the composer and conductor Franz Wüllner and grandson of the philologist (1798–1842).

Wüllner performed in 1902 in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius in a performance of the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Düsseldorf. Successful concert tours took him to England, where he performed in 1903 in London and Manchester, In 1910, Wüllner sang the American premiere of Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder in New York, conducted by the composer.

title role in Schumann's Manfred

title role in Lessing's Nathan der Weise title role in Shakespeare's König Lear