Hans Clemens was a German tenor who had an international career in opera and concert from the 1910s through the 1930s.
14 Facts About Hans Clemens
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Hans Clemens performed with several major opera houses, including the Stadtische Oper in Berlin and the Metropolitan Opera.
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Hans Clemens is particularly remembered for his performances and recordings of Wagner's David in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Mime in Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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Hans Clemens was a member of the Stadtische Oper in Berlin in 1921 and 1922, and then turned to freelance work.
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Hans Clemens appeared at the Royal Opera House in London from 1925 to 1929 and in 1935 where he performed the Wagner roles David in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Loge in Das Rheingold.
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Hans Clemens was a guest at the Vienna State Opera in 1922, and at a Wagner Festival in Paris in 1927 as Loge.
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Hans Clemens was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1930 through 1938; making his debut as the Steersman on 1 November 1930 in Wagner's The Flying Dutchman under conductor Artur Bodanzky with Friedrich Schorr in the title role.
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Hans Clemens gave a total of 197 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House over an eight year period.
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Hans Clemens was particularly admired as David and as Mime in Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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Hans Clemens performed roles in Suppe's operettas such as Gaston du Faure in Donna Juanita and Leonetto in Boccaccio, Jaquino in Beethoven's Fidelio, Prince Leopold in Halevy's La Juive, and as Strauss roles the major-domo in Der Rosenkavalier and Narraboth in Salome.
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From 1935 to 1939, Hans Clemens performed in 15 productions with the San Francisco Opera where he first appeared as Loge in Das Rheingold on 1 November 1935.
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Hans Clemens was married to soprano Wanda Achsel until 1933.
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Hans Clemens died on 25 August 1958 in Montrose, Colorado.
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Hans Clemens recorded excerpts from Flotow's Martha for the Parlophone label.