Richard Sallaba (23 November 1905 – 2 May 1956) was an Austrian stage actor and operatic as well as operetta tenor.

Life

Born in Vienna, after his

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, Sallaba attended the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he studied

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with and took speech lessons with Zdenko Kestranek. From 1927 to 1931, he worked as an actor at the

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, then he decided to become a singer. He travelled with an operetta group through the Netherlands, Belgium and West Germany. In 1933–1934, he worked in Solothurn and from 1934 until 1935 in Bern. He was then a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1936 to 1945, and in 1946 at the Volksoper Wien. He was especially successful in the buffo field, he also sang operetta parts at the Berlin Metropoltheater from 1941 to 1942, worked at the Salzburg Festival (among other things he was part of the in '' Fidelio'' -1938-) and was also active as a singing teacher.Christian Fastl
Sallaba, Richard
In '' Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''. Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print edition: Vol. 4, publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, . Sallaba died in Vienna aged 50. His last resting place is at the Döbling Cemetery in Vienna.

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* * Austrian operatic tenors Austrian stage actors 1905 births 1956 deaths Male actors from Vienna Musicians from Vienna Burials in Vienna 20th-century Austrian male opera singers {{Austria-opera-singer-stub