Albin Swoboda Jr. (19 March 1883 – 5 January 1970) was a German operatic

bass-baritone A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing thr ...

. Born in Dresden, he was the son of tenor and actor Albin Swoboda Sr. and soprano Friederike Fischer; both of whom were luminaries of the "Golden Age" of Viennese

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

. His grandfather, Joseph Wilhelm Swoboda, also had an important career as a tenor and opera director in Vienna. In 1910 he became romantically involved with opera singer

Anna Sutter Anna Sutter (26 November 1871 - 29 June 1910) was a Swiss operatic soprano. Born in Wil, she earned a diploma in piano performance from the Bern Conservatory before studying singing in Munich. She made her debut at the Volkstheater in Munich in 18 ...

. Sutter had broken off a relationship with conductor

Aloys Obrist Aloys Obrist, also ''Alois Obrist'' (30 March 1867 – 29 June 1910) was a German musicologist, Kapellmeister and conductor. Life Born in Sanremo, Obrist studied music in Weimar and in Berlin where he received his doctorate in musicology in 189 ...

around the same time, and Obrist became highly distraught by the situation. On 29 June 1910, Obrist broke into Sutter's apartment, murdered her, and committed suicide in the presence of Swoboda who was unable to stop him. Swoboda's more-than-40-year-long career was largely based with the Staatsoper Stuttgart where he created roles in several world premieres, including parts in

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

's '' Ariadne auf Naxos'' (1912, Harlequin), Walter Braunfels' ''Ulenspiegel'' (1913),

Max von Schillings Max von Schillings (April 19, 1868 – July 24, 1933 in Berlin) was a German conductor, composer and theatre director. He was chief conductor at the Berlin State Opera from 1919 to 1925. Schillings' opera ''Mona Lisa'' (1915) was internationally ...

' '' Mona Lisa'' (1915, Masolini Pedruzzi), Siegfried Wagner's ''

An allem ist Hütchen schuld! ' ('Hattie is to blame for everything!'), Op. 11, is an opera in German in three acts composed by Siegfried Wagner in 1914/15 to his own libretto. It is described as a ''Märchenspiel'' or fairy-tale play. It premiered on 6 December 1917 at the C ...

'' (1917, Teufel), Ture Rangström's ''Die Kronbraut'' (1919), Paul Hindemith's '' Das Nusch-Nuschi'' (1921, Mung Tha Bya),

Egon Wellesz Egon Joseph Wellesz CBE (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Early life and education in Vienna Egon Joseph Wellesz was ...

's ''Scherz, List und Rache'' (1928), Nico Dostal's ''Monika'' (1937), Dostal's ''Die ungarische Hochzeit'' (1939, Josef Kismarty), and

Franz Grothe Franz Grothe (17 September 1908 – 12 September 1982) was a German composer, mainly for the cinema. His musicals were outstanding successes. He was required to be a member of the Nazi party (No. 2.580.427).Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritt ...

's ''Die Nacht mit Casanova'' (1942). In 1919 he portrayed the role of Don Diego in the world premiere of

Othmar Schoeck Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss Romantic classical composer, opera composer, musician, and conductor. He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of ...

's ''Don Ranudo de Colibrados'' at the Zurich Opera House. He died in Stuttgart at the age of 86.

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