Hermann Winkelmann by Bieber

Hermann Winkelmann (1849-1912); German tenor who in 1882 created the role of Parsifal in Wagner's eponymous opera.
In 1875 he made his debut as Manrico in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" at the Hoftheater von Sondershausen in Thüringen. He had engagements in Altenburg, Darmstadt and Leipzig before joining the Stadttheater von Hamburg in 1878. Here he created in 1879 the role of Néron (Nero) in Rubinstein's eponymous opera. This was in a German translation of this work that had its Russian première not until 1884. In the following years of his career he became a "Heldentenor" specialising in Wagner operas. He was known for the title roles of "Tannhäuser" and "Lohengrin", and as Walther von Stolzing in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". In 1882 he created at Bayreuth the role of Parsifal in the première of Wagner's eponymous opera. In 1883 he was engaged at the Wiener Hofoper, where he was celebrated mainly for his Wagner performances. In 1883 he was the first Tristan in Vienna and also the first Otello in that city, where he remained until 1906. In 1884 he appeared in the United States at Wagner festivals in New York, Chicago, Boston and Cincinnati. He toured with Emil Scaria and Amalie Materna, with whom he had performed at the Wiener Hofoper. He later sang in concert, oratorio and lieder. He retired from the stage in 1907. His son Hans Winkelmann (1881-1943) was also a well known tenor