Almaviva
First he studied with
Géza Laszló in Budapest, then under Giuseppe de Luca in Milan and Edoardo
Garbin in Brescia. In 1927 he made his debut at the National Opera in Budapest
as Alfredo in "La Traviata". On 24. 4. 1932 he sang at the Budapest Opera
in the world premiere of Zoltán Kodály's "Die Spinnstube". He made
successful guest appearances in Vienna, Milano, Florence, Leipzig and Munich.
At the Budapest Opera his repertoire included the title part in Händel’s
"Xerxes", Count Almaviva in ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’, Belmonte in
"Entführung aus dem Serail", Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni",
Ferrando in "Così fan tutte", Lenski in "Eugene Onegin",
Florestan in "Fidelio", Max in "Freischütz", Erik in "Fliegenden
Holländer", Loge in "Rheingold" and Schuiskij in "Boris
Godunov". Since 1953 he taught singing at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Budapest; one of his students was Eva Marton.
Chronology of some appearances
1927 Budapest National Opera Traviata
(Alfredo)
1932 Budapest National
Opera Die Spinnstube (-)
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