ADAMO DIDUR (SANOK, POLAND, 24 DECEMBER,
1874 – KATOWICE, POLAND, 7 JANUARY, 1946)
He studied in
Lwów with Valery Wysocki. He was later working with Franz Emmerich in Milan.
His concert debut came in Milan in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony. In 1894, he made his operatic debut in Rio de Janeiro, after
which he appeared in Russia. He sang at La Scala, Milan, in 1903-1906, and at
London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1905. He also appeared with the
Warsaw Opera from 1899 to 1903. Later, he travelled to Argentina, singing in
Buenos Aires in the 1905-1908 operatic seasons. Didur’s North American debut
came at the Manhattan Opera House in 1907. Didur made his Metropolitan Opera
debut on November 14, 1908, singing Ramfis in Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. He
remained with the company for a quarter of a century and becoming one of its
principal bass singers. It was at the Met in 1913 that he appeared in the title
role in Boris Godunov in the American premiere of Mussorgsky’s opera. He also
created roles in three operas by Giacomo Puccini at the Met, namely, La
fanciulla del West and the Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi segments of Il
Trittico. He also appeared in the world premiere of Die Königskinder. His last
appearance at the Met was in The Tales of Hoffmann on February 11, 1932. His
voice had been on the wane for some time and he returned to Europe to live. Two
months before the outbreak of World War II, Didur was appointed director of the
opera company in Lwów, but the conflict made work impossible. He was appointed
the first director of the Silesian Opera in 1945.
Chronology of
some appearances
1897 Pistoia
Teatro Manzoni Favorita (Baldassarre)
1898 Rio de
Janeiro Teatro Lirico Boheme (Colline)
1899 Messina
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Gioconda (Alvise)
1901 San
Paolo Teatro Santana Boheme (Colline)
1904 Milano
Teatro alla Scala Germania (Stapp)
1904 Buenos
Ayres Teatro dell’Opera Boheme (Colline)
1905
Montevideo Teatro Solis Dannazione di Faust (Mefistofele)
1905 Buenos
Ayres Teatro dell’Opera Boheme (Colline)
1906 Milano
Teatro alla Scala La Figlia di Jorio (Mietitore)
1907
Montevideo Teatro Solis Don Carlo (Filippo IIý)
1907 Buenos
Ayres Teatro dell’Opera Boheme (Colline)
1908 Roma
Teatro Costanzi Favorita (Baldassarre)
1908 New York
Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Colline)
1908
Philadelphia Academy of Music Boheme (Colline)
1909 Chicago
Civic Opera House Boheme (Colline)
1909 New York
Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Colline)
1909
Philadelphia Academy of Music Boheme (Colline)
1910 New York
Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Colline)
1912 New York
Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Colline)
1912
Philadelphia Academy of Music Boheme (Colline)
1913 New York
Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Colline)
1914 New York
Brooklyn Opera House Boheme (Colline)
1915 New York
Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Colline)
1921 Buenos
Ayres Teatro Colon Boheme (Colline)
1921 Cittа
del Messico Esperanza Iris Boheme (Colline)
1922
Philadelphia Academy of Music Boheme (Colline)
1923 San
Francisco Civic Auditorium Boheme (Colline)
1924
Philadelphia Academy of Music Boheme (Colline)
1924 San
Francisco Civic Auditorium Boheme (Colline)
1925 Buenos
Ayres Teatro Colon Boheme (Colline)
TRACKLIST
Wrozba
znachora (The quack’sprophecy) (Moniuszko) 22718 1810B G&T, Warszawa
1901-11
O matko moja
(Oh, mother) 22717 1809B G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Wrozba
znachora (The quack’s prophecy) 22718 1810B G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Nasi gorale
(Our mountaineers) 22719 1811B G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Stary krol
(The old king) (Hertz) 22720 1812B G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Skryta milosc
(Hidden love) 22721 1813B G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Verbum Nobile
(Moniuszko): Serwacy’s Polonaise 22723 1815B G&T, Warszawa
1901-11
Starosc (Old
age) (Moniuszko) 22724 1816B G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Piosnka
dudarza (Bagpiper’s song) (Maszynski) 22836 G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Widma
(Moniuszko): Children! don’t you recognize me 22837 489x G&T, Warszawa
1901-11
Halka
(Moniuszko): I lack the words to thank you 22838 490x G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Zaczarowana
krolewna (Gall) 22839 491x G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Rokiczana
(Moniuszko): Ballad about Florian the Grey 22840 492x G&T,
Warszawa 1901-11
Piesn
flisakуw (Sail! Young raftsmen) (Moniuszko) 22841 493x G&T, Warszawa
1901-11
Mefistofele
(Boito): Son lo spirito 22842 494x G&T, Warszawa 1901-11
Ebrea
(Halevy): Voi ehe del Dio vivente 52027 Con287 G&T, Milano 1903-10/11
Roberto il
Diavolo (Meyerbeer): Le rovine son queste 052023 Con 674 G&T, Milano
1903-10/11
Faust
(Gounod): Tu che fai l’addormentata 052028 Con 693 G&T, Milano
1903-10/11
Mefistofele
(Boito): Son lo spirito chenega 052048 Con 677 G&T, Milano 1903-10/11
Huguenots
(Meyerbeer): Piff-paff 052051 Con 688 G&T, Milano 1903-10/11
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