ROBERT FRANZ BÜSSEL
(NUREMBERG, 25 JULY, 1880 - DRESDEN, 28 DECEMBER, 1953)
He studied singing with K. Becker in Cologne. From 1896 to 1898, he
worked as a chorister at the Cologne Opera House, then sang as a soloist at the
Zentraltheater in Berlin from 1898 to 1899, at the Stadttheater in Essen from
1899 to 1902, and at the Leipzig Opera House from 1904 to 1906.
His real career, however, began in 1906 at the Court Opera (later the
State Opera) in Dresden, where he remained for almost 40 years (until 1944). As
one of the ensemble's most reliable pillars, he performed major and minor roles
as required, specializing particularly in buffo parts. His repertoire is said
to have included over 600 different operatic roles. His most important parts
were Papageno in The Magic Flute and Masetto in Don Giovanni.
He played a small role in the memorable premiere of Richard Strauss’s
Der Rosenkavalier on January 26, 1911, in Dresden. He also appeared in other
Strauss premieres in Dresden, including Intermezzo (November 4, 1924) and
Arabella (July 1, 1933). He participated as well in the Dresden premiere of
Busoni’s Doktor Faust (May 21, 1925).
Other opera premieres in which he took part during his long Dresden
career included Die toten Augen by Eugen d’Albert (March 5, 1916), Der
Günstling by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (February 20, 1935), Die Zauberinsel by
Heinrich Sutermeister (October 31, 1942), and the opera Coeur As by Eduard
Künnecke (1913).
In 1936, he performed with the ensemble of the Dresden State Opera in
London, appearing in The Marriage of Figaro, Ariadne auf Naxos, Der
Rosenkavalier, and Tristan und Isolde.
His artistry was also highly regarded as a concert and lieder singer.
He recorded for Polyphon (opera arias), as well as Parlophon, Pathé, and Vox,
though these are almost exclusively lieder and ballads. He also left recordings
as a member of a male quartet in which Erik Enderlein, among others, sang.
TRACKLIST
Der
Wegweiser (Schubert) P586 P5862-586 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-03
Die beiden
Grenadiere (Schumann) P660 P6602-660 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-05
Die Uhr
(Loewe) P585 P585-22-585-2 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-03
Heinrich,
der Vogler (Loewe) P658 P6582-658 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-05
Ich grolle
nicht (Schumann) P669 P6692-669 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-05
Prinz Eugen,
der edle Ritter (Loewe) P568 P5682-568 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-03
Tom der
Reimer (Loewe) P584 P5842-584 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-03
Ungeduld
(Schubert) P587 P5872-587 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-03
Widmung
(Schumann) P670 P6702-670 Parlophon, Berlin 1911-05
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