Hans Lissmann (tenor)

Born in Hamburg, Lissman was the son of the bass baritone Friedrich Heinrich Lissmann (1847–1894) and the soprano Anna Marie Lissmann-Gutzschbach (1847–1928).

Lißmann studied Ochestral conducting, among others with Arthur Nikisch at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig and at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, and subsequently worked as a conductor at various German theatres.

He gave successful guest performances, such as Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff conducted by Arturo Toscanini in Roma, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail under the direction of Thomas Beecham in London and at leading German theatres.

In addition to his own concerts, he sang regularly in Leipzig under Thomaskantor Karl Straube the part of the Evangelist in the performances of Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio.

Since 1921 Lissmann was a member of the Leipzig masonic lodge "Minerva zu den drei Palmen [de]".