His real name was Kálmán Pataky de Déstalva. First
he wanted to become an officer and graduated from the military academy in
Budapest. After the First World War he received his education at the Franz
Liszt Academy of Music and in 1921 he made his debut at the Urban Opera (Városi
Szinház) in Budapest as Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’. Then he joined to the Budapest National
Opera. After five-year-old activity in this opera house he was engaged in 1926 by
the Vienna State Opera, where he remained till 1938. Here his repertoire
included Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’, Rodolfo in ‘’La Bohème’’, Alvaro in ‘’La forza
del destino’’, the Italian singer in "Rosenkavalier" and Masaniello
in ‘’La Muette de Portici’’. He had a huge success in Vienna. Guest
performances led him to the State Operas of Dresden (1927), Berlin and Munich.
In 1928 he appeared at the Grand Opéra in Paris. At the Salzburg festival he
sang in the 1929-1931 seasons: Don
Ottavio in ‘’Don Giovanni’’, Belmonte in "Entführung aus dem Serail",
the Italian singer in "Rosenkavalier" and Florestan in ‘’Fidelio’’. At
the Glyndebourne festival he had in 1936 a huge success as Don Ottavio in ‘’Don
Giovanni’’. In the 1939-1940 season he appeared at La Scala as Hüon in ‘’Oberon’’,
in the 1940-1941 season he sang at the Teatro Dell'Opera in Roma. In the 1935-1941
seasons he performed in South America, particularly at the Teatro Colón in
Buenos Aires (beginning role: Fenton in ‘’Falstaff’’) and at the Opera in Santiago
de Chile. Since 1938 he was a member of the National Opera of Budapest. In 1946
he left his Hungarian native country, then worked as a pedagogue in Santiago de
Chile, later in Los Angeles and spent his last years in California. Lit.:
S.Vilmos & I.Molnár: ‘’Pataky, Kálmán’’ (Budapest, in 1972).
Chronology of some appearances
1921 Budapest Urban Opera
1921-1926 Budapest National Opera
1926-1938 Vienna State Opera
1921-1926 Budapest National Opera
1926-1938 Vienna State Opera
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Grammophon 1926/1927
Forza del destino (Verdi) O du, die nun in Ewigkeit 66558 121be
Rigoletto (Verdi) Parmi veder le lagrime 66558 122be
Grammophon 1927
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai) Horch die Lerche 66648 (B22360)
Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida 66651 (J22168)
Bohème (Puccini): O, Mimì with H. Schlusnus 73090 (J25020)
Forza del destino (Verdi) Solenne in quest'ora with Schlusnus 73090 (J25019)
Così fan tutte (Mozart) Un aura amorosa 95374 444½bm
Don Giovanni (Mozart) Bande der Freundschaft 66650 443bm
Faust (Gounod) Cavatine 66649
Muette de Portici (Auber) Du einz'ger Tröster aller Armen 66649
Postillon de Longjumeau (Adam) Postillonlied 66648 (B22359)
Zauberflöte (Mozart) Bildnisarie 66650 442bm
Grammophon Berlin 1928
Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Mi par d'udir ancora (It) 66809 1324bm
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Ecco ridente (It) 66809 1329bm
Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) O wie ängstlich 66810 1325bm
Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen 66810 1326bm
Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Donna non vidi mai 66811 1328bm I
Traviata (Verdi) Dei miei bollenti spiriti 66811 1327bm I
Grammophon, Berlin
Don Giovanni (Mozart) Tränen, vom Freund getrocknet 95374 214BV I
Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Ihr Wangenpaar 15008
Martha (Flotow) Ach so fromm 15008 216BV I
Odeon
Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida A 235562 ab 133517
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la goiubba A 235562 ab 133515
Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna e mobile O-11746 ab 133514
Grammophon Berlin 1930
Gräfin Mariza (Kálmán): Komm Zigany 23154 (B43141)
Parlophon
Liebste glaub´an mich Lehar B 49076 I II 133541
Lied des Herzogs (Johann Strauss): Treu sein, das liegt mir nicht B 49073 I II 133 4012
Auftrittslied des Herzogs (Johann Strauss): Sei mir gegrüßt, du holdes Venetia B 49073 I II 133 4002
Auftrittslied des Paris (Offenbach): Auf dem Bege Ida B 49 074 I II 133 3992
Trinke Liebchen, trinke (Johann Strauss) B 49 074 I II 133 3983
Walzertraum (Oscar Straus) B 49076 I II 133245
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