Albert Wilhelm Karl Niemann was a leading German operatic heldentenor especially associated with the operas of Richard Wagner. He gave important premieres in France, Germany, England and the United States, and played Siegmund in the first complete production of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Image: Albert Wilhelm Karl Niemann portrait
A heldentenor, earlier called tenorbariton, is an operatic tenor voice, most often associated with Wagnerian repertoire.
Heldentenor Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld and his wife, Malvina, in the title roles of Tristan und Isolde, 1865.