Trivia

Only from 1954 he acted again in front of the camera for some TV productions.

He soon became established as a theater actor still he wanted to gain a foothold as a singer at the music theater as well.

The versatile Waldemar Staegemann enlarged his field of activity when he realised several performances as a director in Dresden too.

The actor and opera singer Waldemar Staegemann grew up in a musical family.

Waldemar Staegemann retired from the stage in 1939 and dedicated to the young artists as a singing teacher at the Musikhochschule in Berlin. Later followed a similar function in Hamburg.

He made his debut as a baritone at the Hofoper Dresden in 1912 where he remained active till 1936. He also became accepted in this genre in no time and became a demanded artist. It didn't last long and international appearances in Paris and London followed.

Besides his acting artistry he also wrote some poems.

His father Max Staegemann was general manager of the Stadttheater Leipzig, his mother was the violinist Hildegard Kirchner.

He made his film debut already in 1919 with "Verlorene Seelen" (1919) but it should be his only silent movie.

After his school education he studied law which he finished successfully. However afterwards he struck a new path as an artist and he began as a stage actor at the Königliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin where he appeared from 1902 to 1912.

His sister Helene Staegemann became also an opera singer.