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Aloys Pennarini

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Alois Pennarini

Aloys Pennarini, also spelled Alois Pennarini (born Aloys Federler; June 21, 1870 – June 23, 1927), was an opera singer. First Spinto tenor then heldentenor, opera director and film actor.

He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. His teachers were Joseph Gansbacher and Johannes Ress in Vienna.

Singing career

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Tour to London Covent Garden Opera, Amsterdam and Haag, also Philadelphia, United States, Chestnut Street Opera House

Directing career

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Acting career

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He performed in the German silent film Banditen (1920–21), directed by Max Agerty and produced by Singing film GmbH, Berlin. Pennarini portrayed Santanello, the head of the bandits. He performed the role of Heinrich Heine in the silent film Heinrich Heines Erste Liebe, directed by Eva Christa and released on January 25, 1922, by Vera Filmwerke AG, Hamburg. He was also in Mabel Und Ihre Freier, a silent film directed by Eva Christa released on August 26, 1922, by Vera Filmwerke AG, Hamburg.

Personal

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Pennarini was once married to the soprano Ella Appelt (Gabriella), with whom he had a son named Anton. Pennarini married Clary Antoniette Nisser on May 19, 1909, and they had four children: Heinz, Toni-Juliana, Isolde and Mathias.

He married Paula Weidenslaufer and moved with her to Liberec, Czechoslovakia, where he died on June 23, 1927.

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