Eilers, Albert
Eilers, Albert
Eilers, Albert, German bass; b. Cothen, Dec. 21, 1830; d. Darmstadt, Sept. 4, 1896. He studied at the Milan Cons., making his opera debut in Dresden (1854). He sang at the German Theater in Prague (1858–65). In 1876 Wagner selected him to sing the part of the giant Fasolt at Bayreuth. In 1882 he became a member of the Darmstadt Opera. He wrote a fairly successful comic opera, Die Johannisnacht (Koblenz, 1889).
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