Reinhold Bartel, born on March 1, 1926, in Trier, Germany, was a German operatic tenor who studied voice at the Musikhochschule Köln and debuted as Rosillon in Die lustige Witwe at the Bonn Theatre. His first significant engagement came in 1953 at the Trier Theatre, followed by a long tenure at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden from 1956 to 1977, during which he performed roles such as Don Ottavio, Tamino, and Lenski. He recorded operettas with Polydor, including Die schöne Galathée and Der Vogelhändler, and issued the 1960s singles "Ich will dich nicht verlieren" and "Morgen, da wird es schöner sein", the latter charting on Radio Luxembourg. In 1976, he joined the University of Mainz as a pedagogue, and he was the father of ZDF newsreader Elmar Bartel.
