Hermann Winkelmann

Hermann Winkelmann (or Winckelmann) (8 March 1849 – 18 January 1912) was a German Heldentenor, notable for creating the title role in Richard Wagner's Parsifal in 1882.

Winkelmann made his debut as Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore in the Court Theatre of Sondershausen in 1875.

The first role he created was that of Anton Rubinstein's Néron, in a German translation at the Theater am Dammtor in Hamburg on 1 October 1879 (it did not have its Russian premiere until 1884).

[3] He also sang Lohengrin and Tannhäuser there, and participated in a then-rare performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony, also under Richter.

[3][4] In 1884 he appeared in the United States at Wagner festivals in New York, Chicago, Boston and Cincinnati, some under the baton of Theodore Thomas.