Gotthelf Pistor (Tenor) (17. 10. 1887 Berlino, † 4. 4. 1947 Colonia)

In the 1913-1916 seasons he was engaged as an actor by the Stadttheater in Brandenburg and then took part as a soldier in the First World War. In 1919, when he sang a song from a performance ‘’Wallenstein's Camp’’ in Berlin, his voice was discovered by Juan Luria and probably he studied singing under the famous baritone. In 1919 he appeared at the Neuen Operettentheater Berlin, in the 1920-1922 seasons at the Operettentheater in Hamburg. He made his debut as an opera singer in 1923 at the Stadttheater in Nürnberg. Since 1939 he appeared in Berlin also as a director. Then he worked at the educational department in Cologne.

Chronology of some appearances

1913-1916 Brandenburg Stadttheater

1919 Berlin Neuen Operettentheater

1920-1922 Hamburg Operettentheater

1923 Nürnberg Stadttheater

1924-1925 Wurzburg Stadttheater

1925 Bayreuth Festival

1925-1927 Darmstadt Staatstheater

1927 Bayreuth Festival

1928-1929 Magdeburg Stadttheater

1928 Bayreuth Festival

1929-1930 Hamburg Stadttheater

1930-1932 Köln Opernhaus

1930 Bayreuth Festival

1930 Hague Oper

1930 Zoppot Festival

1930-1932 Wien Staatsopern

1931 Bayreuth Festival

1931 Dresden Staatsoper

1931 London Covent Garden

1931 San Francisco Opera

1932-1944 Berlin Deutsches Opernhaus

1932 Budapest National Opera

1932 Paris Concert

1933 Berlin Staatsoper

1934 Prague  Deutsche Theater

1934-1935 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie

1934 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón

1934 Barcelona Teatro Liceo

1935 Budapest National Opera

1935 Wien Staatsoper

1936 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón

1937 Barcelona Teatro Liceo
1937 London Covent Garden

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Parlophon, Berlin 1927-09-20
Parsifal (Wagner): Amfortas, die Wunde P9638 20346

Parlophon, Berlin 1928-01-09
Tiefland (d'Albert): Schau her, das ist ein Taler P9228 20557
Siegfried (Wagner): Nothung, Nothung P9828 20559
Siegfried (Wagner): Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert P9828 20560
Parsifal (Wagner): Nur eine Waffe taugt P9817 20345