Hans Rüdiger
Birthplace: Züllichau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Sulechów, Poland)Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Rüdiger, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2536-2537.Flickr (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger as Mime, 1910. (Accessed: August 2026).
Hans Rüdiger was a German character tenorTamino Autographs (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger. (Accessed: August 2026). who created the title role in Hugo Wolf's Der Corregidor at the Mannheim Court Theatre in 1896Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Rüdiger, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2536-2537.Flickr (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger as Mime, 1910. (Accessed: August 2026)., then the First Jew in the premiere of Strauss's Salome in 1905 and Valzacchi in the premiere of Der Rosenkavalier in 1911, both at the Dresden Court OperaFlickr (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger as Mime, 1910. (Accessed: August 2026).. His other roles included Wenzel in Smetana's Die verkaufte Braut, Georg in Lortzing's Der WaffenschmiedTamino Autographs (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger. (Accessed: August 2026)., and Mime and David, among his most celebrated parts, in Wagner's Siegfried and Die Meistersinger von NürnbergKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Rüdiger, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2536-2537..
Creations
- Valzacchi — Der Rosenkavalier
- Erster Jude — Salome
Written from
- Tamino Autographs (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Flickr (n.d.) Hans Rüdiger as Mime, 1910. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Rüdiger, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2536-2537.