Imre Palló (23 October 1891 in Mátisfalva, Transylvania – 25 January 1978 in Budapest) was a Hungarian

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, and later opera house manager.Várnai PP. Imre Palló. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London & New York, 1997. Palló studied in Budapest with Georg Anthes and in Italy with Mario Sammarco. His Budapest debut was as Alfio at the

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in 1917, where he went on to sing many lyric baritone roles, such as Posa,

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and

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, in a career lasting over 35 years.Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. Imre Palló. In : ''Unvergängliche Stimmen: Sängerlexikon.'' Francke Verlag, Bern and Munchen, 1982. He created leading roles in both '' Háry János'' and '' Székelyfonó'' by Kodály, and sang in Bartok’s Cantata profana under

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in 1936. The

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was awarded to him in 1949. He was briefly Intendant at the State Opera in Budapest. Palló's recordings, dating from 1928 to 1961, include songs and excerpts from works by Balázs, Bartók, Erkel, Kodály; operatic arias by Verdi, Wagner and Mussorgsky, among others.Discographical data mainly taken from the CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, , accessed 10 June 2011. His

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(same name, born 1941) was a conductor at

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and Frankfurt Opera.

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