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Mathieu Ahlersmeyer

1896 – 1979

German actor, singer and opera singer

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Lived 1896 – 1979 (aged 83). Mathieu Ahlersmeyer was a German actor and opera singer.

Mathieu Karl Maria Ahlersmeyer (29 June 1896 – 23 July 1979) was a German operatic baritone and actor.

Life Born in Cologne, Ahlersmeyer took singing and acting lessons with Karl Niemann in Cologne. He gained his first stage experience in Mönchengladbach in 1929; engagements followed as an opera singer in Berlin, Hamburg (1931–34), Dresden and also abroad. In 1938 he sang the title role in the world premiere of Werner Egk's opera Peer Gynt. In the final phase of the Second World War Hitler included him in the Gottbegnadeten list of the most important artists in 1944.

Ahlersmeyer's residence in Dresden was bombed in 1945, and he went to the Hamburgische Staatsoper, where he was engaged again. His last guest appearance in Hamburg was in 1973. Ahlersmeyer died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the age of 83. He is buried at the Partenkirchen cemetery.

He was married to Marcia Otten. The marriage yielded four children.

Filmography 1949: The Marriage of Figaro, Part of the Count Almaviva in this DEFA-film adaptation of the opera 1951: The Dubarry 1955: Das Fräulein von Scuderi 1963/1964: Die Reise auf den Mond

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German actor, singer and opera singer (1896-1979)

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Mathieu Ahlersmeyer was born on 29 June 1896 in Cologne.

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Mathieu Ahlersmeyer died on 23 July 1979 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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Mathieu Ahlersmeyer was an actor and opera singer.

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Mathieu Ahlersmeyer was German.

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· Wikipedia: Mathieu Ahlersmeyer

· Wikidata: Q1908602

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