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Ferry Gruber
Ferry Gruber (28 September 1926 – 23 July 2004) was an Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta. A member of both the Bavarian State Opera and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich for half a century, he focused on roles of the buffo genre and operetta. He made recordings, appeared on radio and television, performed internationally at major opera houses and festivals, and worked also as an operetta director and a private voice teacher. He was a favourite with the audience, and received the title Kammersänger. Career Born in Vienna, Gruber studied conducting at the Wiener Musikakademie with Hans Swarowsky and Hermann Gallos. He then worked as a choral conductor in Vienna, but soon turned to singing. He made his debut at the Staatstheater Lucerne in 1950 as Tamino in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte''. He moved to the Theater Basel and then went to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1954, where his first role was Alfredo in Verdi's ''La traviata''. He turned to the buffo r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gräfelfing
Gräfelfing is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 1 km west of Munich. The name "Gräfelfing" first appears as "Grevolvinga", which as per one hypothesis could possibly name a tribe leader named "grey wolf" ("*Grevol" -> German "grau(er)" -> English "grey"; "*vinga" -> German "Wolf" -> English "wolf"). Gräfelfing is ranked 5th of the wealthiest municipalities in Germany (2021). Transport The municipality has two railway stations: and . Both are served by the Munich S-Bahn The Munich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn München) is an Railway electrification system, electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for ''Stadtschnellbahn'' (literally, "urban rapid rail"), and the Munich S-Bahn .... References Munich (district) {{Munichdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bartered Bride
''The Bartered Bride'' ( cz, Prodaná nevěsta, links=no, ''The Sold Bride'') is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863 to 1866, and first performed at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866 in a two-act format with spoken dialogue. Set in a country village and with realistic characters, it tells the story of how, after a late surprise revelation, true love prevails over the combined efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker. The opera was not immediately successful, and was revised and extended in the following four years. In its final version, premiered in 1870, it rapidly gained popularity and eventually became a worldwide success. Until this time, the Czech national opera had only been represented by minor, rarely performed works. This opera, Smetana's second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Marszalek
Franz Marszalek (born 2 August 1900 in Breslau, Schlesien, Germany (now Wrocław, Silesia, Poland); died 28 October 1975 in Cologne, Germany) was a German conductor and composer, who was a leading figure in operetta. He began his studies in Wrocław, and moved to Berlin in 1933. He conducted the Cologne Radio Orchestra from 1949 to 1965, with an emphasis on operetta music. He was a longtime friend of the operetta composer Eduard Künneke, whose music he championed in concerts and in recordings with the Cologne Radio Orchestra and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (German: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln) is a German radio orchestra based in Cologne, where the orchestra mainly performs at two concert halls: the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz and the Kölner Philharmonie. Histor .... External links Brief note in Dutch 1900 births 1975 deaths Musicians from Wrocław German male conductors (music) Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volksoper
The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual season which runs from September through June. History Foundation The Volksoper was built in 1898 as the ''Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater'' (Kaiser's Jubilee Civic Theatre), originally producing only plays. Because of the very brief construction period (10 months) the first director Adam Müller-Gutenbrunn had to start with debts of 160,000 florins. After this inauspicious startup the ''Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater'' had to declare bankruptcy five years later in 1903. Music theater from 1903 to 1950s On 1 September 1903, Rainer Simons took over the house and renamed it the ''Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater - Volksoper'' (public opera). His intention was to continue the production of plays but also establish series of opera and operetta. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno Assmann
Arno Assmann (30 July 1908 – 30 November 1979) was a German actor, film director and television writer. He committed suicide. Filmography As an actor * '' The Original Sin'' (1948) * '' The Last Illusion'' (1949) * '' My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * ''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950) * ''Harbour Melody'' (1950) * ''Gabriela'' (1950) * ''Decision Before Dawn'' (1951) * ''Sensation in San Remo'' (1951) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1951) * '' The Divorcée'' (1953) * ''Rose-Girl Resli'' (1954) * '' Homesick for Germany'' (1954) * ''Hilfe – sie liebt mich'' (1956) * ''Max the Pickpocket'' (1962) * ' (1971, TV film) * '' The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of'' (1972) * ' (1973, TV miniseries) * ''Der Springteufel'' (1974; TV film) * ' (1975, TV miniseries) * ' (1978, TV series) As a director * ''I Will Always Be Yours'' (1960) References External links * * Staff (undated)."Arno Assmann"(in German). steffi-line.de. Retrieved 8 October 2013. * Database (undated)"Arno Assm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Hallstein
Ingeborg Hallstein (born 23 May 1936) is a German coloratura soprano, known for the purity and range of her voice. She had an international career as a guest singer on the opera houses of Europe and was a member of the Bavarian State Opera from 1961 to 1973. Her signature roles were the Queen of the Night in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte'' and Zerbinetta in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' by Richard Strauss. She created roles including Scolatella in Henze's ''König Hirsch''. Early career Born in Munich, Hallstein studied with her mother, Elisabeth Hallstein, and debuted at the opera house in Passau, Germany, in 1957 as Musetta in Puccini's '' La bohème''. After engagements at the Theater Basel and the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich she made her Salzburg Festival debut in 1960 as Rosina in Mozart's ''La finta semplice''. The same year she joined the Bavarian State Opera, a full member there from 1961 to 1973. She created the role of Scolatella in the revised version of Henz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love For Three Oranges
''The Love for Three Oranges'', Op. 33, also known by its French language title ' (russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам, links=no, ''Lyubov' k tryom apel'sinam''), is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev. Its French libretto was based on the Italian play '' L'amore delle tre melarance'' by Carlo Gozzi. The opera premiered at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on 30 December 1921. Composition history The opera was the result of a commission during Prokofiev's successful first visit to the United States in 1918. After well-received concerts of his works in Chicago (including his First Symphony), Prokofiev was approached by the director of the Chicago Opera Association, Cleofonte Campanini, to write an opera. Conveniently, Prokofiev had drafted a libretto during his trip to the US; he had based it on Carlo Gozzi's play in the '' Commedia dell'arte'' tradition, (which was itself based on Giambattista Basile's fairy tale "The Love for Three Oranges"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Kesteren
John van Kesteren (4 May 1921 in The Hague – 11 July 2008 in Jupiter, Florida) was a Dutch operatic tenor. De Pers July 13, 2008 Career Van Kesteren first worked as an electronic specialist for the Dutch Telegraph Company PTT. His very first appearance as a non-professional singer was in 1942 with an operetta company in Apeldoorn in the French operetta ''The Bells of Corneville''. During World War II he appeared in five French and German operettas. From 1946 on he studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with the Bass (vocal range), bass Willem Ravelli. He went on to study with Prof. Dr. Lothar Wallerstein of the Vie ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liselotte Ebnet
Liselotte Ebnet, also Ammann-Ebnet (11 February 1932 – 25 September 2009) was a German operetta soprano and mezzo soprano, as well as an actress and dubbing artist. Ebnet was the third wife of the actor Lukas Ammann Lukas Ammann (29 September 1912 – 3 May 2017) was a Swiss actor who appeared mainly in German and Swiss films and television shows. He continued to work steadily for over 60 years. He is best known for his title role in the German televi .... The couple, who married in 1959, had a son who died at the age of six after a fall from a balcony. She died in Munich at age 77. Discography (partial) * ''Der König und ich'', Label: Philips 1966 * ''Und der Himmel hängt voller Geigen'', Label: Sonocord 1982 (2 LPs) * ''Viktoria und ihr Husar/Blume von Hawai'', Label: Eurodisc 1990 * ''Das Feuerwerk'', Label: Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskuns Literature * Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (publisher): Festschrift: 100 Jahre Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Chryst
Dorothea Chryst, also Dorli-Maria Chryst (born 12 August 1940) is a German operatic and operetta soprano. Leben Born in Halberstadt, Chryst received singing lessons among others from Christl Gernot-Heindl (opera studio Gernot-Heindl) in Munich, Clemens Glettenberg, Cologne, and with Kammersänger Josef Metternich, a long-time lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1964 she made her debut at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich as maiden Anna in the comic-fantastic opera ''The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera), The Merry Wives of Windsor'' by Otto Nicolai. Chryst interpreted great parts of opera literature, mainly from the field of soubrette and lyrical coloratura soprano, including Norina in ''Don Pasquale'', Marie in ''Zar und Zimmermann'', Despina in ''Così fan tutte'', Zdenka in ''Arabella'', Nedda in ''Pagliacci, Bajazzo'', Zerline in ''Fra Diavolo (opera), Fra Diavolo'' and Olympia in ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. In addition, there were various roles in the fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sári Barabás
Sári Barabás (14 March 1914 – 16 April 2012) was a Hungarian operatic soprano, particularly associated with coloratura roles.Obituary : Sári Barábas. ''Opera'', September 2012, Vol 63 No.9, p1076. Biography Sári Barabás was born in Budapest. She planned to be a dancer, but after an injury she turned to singing. She studied in Budapest with Frau Speckler, and made her debut at the Budapest Opera in 1939, as Gilda in ''Rigoletto''. World War II interrupted her career. After the war, she appeared at the Zurich Opera and the Vienna Volksoper, and then joined the Munich State Opera in 1949, where she remained until 1971, she was also a guest at the Vienna State Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'', ''The Magic Flute'' and ''Capriccio'', where she established a reputation as a soprano of agility and glamorous personality. She made guest appearances as Gilda, at the Royal Opera House in London in 1951, and at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she sang Konstanze in ''Die Entfüh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Köth
Erika Köth (15 September 1925 in Darmstadt – 20 February 1989 in Speyer) was a German operatic high coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Ariadne auf Naxos, Zerbinetta and Don Giovanni, Zerlina. Köth began a musical studies in Darmstadt with Elsa Blank in 1942, and after an interruption resumed them in 1945. She made her stage debut in Kaiserslautern as Philine in ''Mignon'', in 1948, and then sang in Karlsruhe (1950–53). She made her debut at the Munich State Opera and the Vienna State Opera in 1953, and at the Berlin State Opera in 1961. She appeared regularly at the Salzburg Festival (1955–64), as the The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night and The Abduction from the Seraglio, Konstanze and Der Rosenkavalier, Sophie, and in Bayreuth (1965–68), as the Siegfried (opera), Woodbird. She also made guest appearances in Milan, Paris, London, etc. Her repertory included: Le nozze di Figaro, Susanna, Don Giovanni, Zerlina, Der Rosenkavalier, Sophie, Cosi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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