Trivia

In 1926 he retired because of a heavy illness.

In Vienna he appeared only 200 times at the Carl Theater as Niki in operetta "Ein Waltertraum" by Oscar Straus.

He was trained by pedagogue Hermann Grün in Vienna and his first part sang in 1892 at the Rudolfsheimer Volkstheater in Vienna in "Les dragons de Villars" of Maillart. Afterwards he guested in Ischl as Canio in ''Pagliacci'' and Turiddu in ''Cavalleria Rusticana''.

In the 1913-1914 season he was active as a singer and director at the Viennese Bürgertheater.

He was also very successful with operettas and he appeared at the Theater an der Wien from 1896 and afterwards he went on tour through Russia. Later followed engagements in Berlin.

The actor, singer and composer Fritz Werner began his singing career at the Volkstheater in Rudolfsheim in 1892. In the next years followed engagements in Cologne and Bonn.

In 1898, under the impresario Jauner, he took part in the Russia tour of a Viennese operetta ensemble.

He was the son of a Viennese dentist.

He turned to the operetta and joined in 1896 to the Theater an der Wien. There he had in operetta "Der Schmetterling" (as Rosefleur) by Weinberger a prominent success.

One of his most successful performances was "Ein Walzertraum" where he impersonated the role of Niki for several years. He owed his film debut to this operetta as well when the play was filmed with "Ein Walzertraum" (1907). One year later followed a second filming of "Ein Walzertraum" (1908).

One of Fritz Werner's composition was used in the movie "Das lustige Kleeblatt" (1933).

In the 1893-1896 seasons he was engaged as the first Tenor-Buffo by the theaters of Cologne and Bonn.