GERMAN TENOR JULIUS LIEBAN (1857-1940) CDR

 

JULIUS LIEBAN (LUNDENBURG, MÄHREN 19 FEBRUARY 1857 – BERLIN, GERMANY 1 FEBRUARY 1940)

 

 

 

He was the son of a Jewish cantor who, among others, worked at the synagogue in Brno. Three of his brothers, Adalbert, Adolf and Siegmund Lieban, became singers like him. At the age of 14, he fled his parent's house. He played as a violinist in a Gypsy band, then in the orchestra of the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Finally he studied singing with Joseph Gänsbacher in Vienna. In 1878 he made his stage debut at the Opera House of Leipzig. He belonged to this opera house until 1881. In 1879 he was there in the premiere of the opera "Der Rattenfänger von Hameln" by V. Nessler. First he sang baritone parts in Leipzig such as Rigoletto and Count di Luna in G. Verdi’s "Trovatore". He also appeared as leporello at the Berlin Court Opera (1910), but then became an internationally known as tenor buffo. From 1882 to 1883 he took part in the great European tour with Angelo-Neumann's traveling Wagner theater, in which he aroused great admiration as Mime in Nibelungenring. When he participated in the concert with the Wagner Ensemble of Angelo Neumann in Bologna, he was especially honored by the Italian Queen Margherita. Richard Wagner himself considered him the best Mime he had ever heard; strangely, he was never invited to the Bayreuth Festival. In 1882 he was engaged by the Berlin Court Opera, whose acclaimed tenor buffo he remained until 1912. At the Berlin Court Opera he appeared in 1892 in the premiere of the opera "Boabdil" by Moritz Moszkowski, the same year also in operas "Genesius" of F. von Weingartner and "Don Quixote" by Wilhelm Kienzl, in 1899 in "Regina", a posthumous work by A. Lortzing, in 1902 in "Heilmar, der Narr" by W. Kienzl, on 15. 12. 1904 he sang in the (unsuccessful) world premiere of R. Leoncavallo's "Roland von Berlin ". In 1907 he took part in the Berlin premiere of G. Puccini's "Madame Butterfly". At the Salzburg Mozart Festival of 1910 he sang the part of Monostatos in "Zauberflöte". From 1912 to 1915 he was engaged by the Städtische Oper in Berlin, where he appeared in 1914 in the premiere of I. Waghalter's "Mandragola". In 1915 he became a soloist of the Berliner Hof-, later Staatsoper. Later, after his retirement, he taught singing in Berlin. Among his students were Ejnar Forchhammer, Peter Cornelius, Albert Reiss and Mafalda Salvatini. Married the soprano Helene Lieban-Globig (1866-1916), who was a soloist of the Berlin Court Opera. On his 75th birthday he again sang at the Berlin Staatsoper his incomparable Mime. Although he was a Jew, he was able to survive the Nazi era.     

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Siegfried (Wagner) Er sinnt und erwägt (w. Kraus) 044288 850m Gramophone, Berlin 1915-0506

2. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Sieh' schon die Morgenröte 116 Lyrophon, Berlin 1905

3. Boccaccio (Suppé) Wie Gott will, ich halt still 942760 18623L Gramophone, Berlin 1916-07

4. Carmen (Bizet) Halt, zwischen den Felsen vergilt (w. Destinn, Nast, Dietrich, Parbs, Jörn, Bachmann, Krasa & chorus) 044103 0839v Gramophone, Berlin 1908-10-17

5. Carmen (Bizet) Hola, Carmen, hola (w. Destinn, Dietrich, Parbs, Jörn, Krasa, Dahn & chorus) 044100 0844v

6. Carmen (Bizet) Kommt herein (w. Metzger, Dietrich, Parbs & Krasa) 044098 900i Gramophone, Berlin 1908-11-17

7. Chanson de Fortunio (Offenbach) Was ich so tief und heimlich trage 8558 Beka, Berlin 1906-09

8. Der Schweinehirt (Schwedisches Volkslied) 2-42533 1509x G&T, Berlin 1903

9. Fledermaus (Strauss) Dialog, act 1 (w. Herzog) 41971, 3037r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

10. Fledermaus (Strauss) Glücklich ist, wer vergisst (w. Herzog) 2-44213 3012r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

11. Fledermaus (Strauss) Ich stehe voll Zagen (w. Herzog & Philipp) 2-44220, 3015r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

12. Fledermaus (Strauss) Mein schönes grosses Vogelhaus (w. Herzog & Arnold) 2-44215 3014r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

13. Hans Sachs (Lortzing) Die Schusterzunft bleibt immer noch 3-42792 2962r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

14. Mikado (Sullivan) Bachstelzenlied 3-42820, 2959r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

15. Orphée aux Enfers (Offenbach) Als ich einst Prinz war von Arkadien 3-42819 2958r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

16. Schäfers Sonntagslied (Kreutzer) (w. Adalbert, Siegmund & Adolf Lieban, as Lieban Quartett) 679 Lyrophon, Berlin 1905

17. Siegfried (Wagner) Sieh', du bist müde (w. Kraus) 044289, 851m Gramophone, Berlin 1915-0506

18. Undine (Lortzing) Im Wein liegt Wahrheit (w. Adolf Lieban) 3-44101 1584ak Gramophone, Berlin 1912-10-08

19. Undine (Lortzing) Was mag das für ein Ding wohl sein 3-42793, 2961r G&T, Berlin 1907-0507

20. Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Sonst spielt' ich mit Zepter 253 a Lyrophon

GERMAN TENOR JULIUS LIEBAN (1857-1940) CDR

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