MAX DAWISON (SCHWEDT,
17 FEBRUARY, 1869 – BERLIN, 22 APRIL, 1953)
His real name was Max Davidsohn. He was born into a family of Jewish
parents. He received his first singing lessons at the Kullak Conservatory in
Berlin under Adolf Zebrian. He then perfected his vocal technique at the
Conservatory in Cologne, studying with Benno Stolzenberg. He completed his
education in Paris with Mariano Padilla y Ramos and Désirée Artôt de Padilla.
He made his debut in 1889 at the Opernhaus in Düsseldorf as the Army
Caller in Lohengrin. Later that year, he joined the Kroll Theater in Berlin. On
10 October 1890, he made his debut in Prague in the title role of Der fliegende
Holländer. On 31 May 1900, he appeared there as Hans Sachs in Wagner’s Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In February 1900, he caused a sensation in
Copenhagen as the Wanderer in the Danish premiere of Wagner’s Siegfried.
In 1903, he was engaged for two roles at the Bayreuth Festival. There,
Dawison also performed as Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen (1906–1909),
Telramund in Lohengrin (1908), and Klingsor in Parsifal (1909).
From 1900 to 1926, he was active at the Stadttheater in Hamburg. Among
other notable performances, he sang in the German premieres of Adriana
Lecouvreur (1903, as Michonnet) and Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame by Massenet
(1906).
From 1926, Dawison worked as a vocal pedagogue in Hamburg. In 1929, he
became the head of the opera school at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory
in Berlin.
Chronology of some appearances
1889 Düsseldorf Opernhaus
1889 Berlin Krollschen Theater
1890 Prague Opera
1900 Copenhagen Opera
1900-1926 Hamburg Stadttheater
1903 Bayreuth festival
1906-1909 Bayreuth festival
1908 Bayreuth festival
1909 Bayreuth festival
TRACKLIST
Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Für dein Glück X50219 Bx1733 Odeon, Berlin
1906 (late)
Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) Wie aus der Ferne X50209 Bx1736 Odeon,
Berlin 1906 (late)
Siegfried (Wagner) Auf wolkigen Höh'n wohnen die Götter X50371 xB2970
Odeon, Berlin 1907-06
Trovatore (Verdi) Ihres Auges himmlisch' Strahlen X50216 Bx1732 Odeon,
Berlin 1906 (late)
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