Karl Hammes (1896-1939) was a German baritone, active in opera during the interwar period. He appeared in German repertory and in recordings from the early electrical era.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Clemens Krauss’s 1935 recording of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos.

Hammes’s singing, as represented here, belongs to Strauss’s precisely characterised theatrical world, where diction, timing and style must fit a finely made ensemble.

His page is justified by secure identity and recording context. Hammes gives the early Strauss shelf a clear baritone profile.