Hans Heinz Bollmann (Tenor) (Hamburg, Germania December 1, 1889 - Hamburg, Germania July 9, 1974)

Descended from a family of an old businessmans from Hamburg. At first he wanted to become a dentist. He studied singing in Hamburg and perfected his vocal uner Enrico Rosario in Milan. He began his stage career in the 1912-1913 season, appearing at the Stadttheater in Bochum. Then he was engaged in 1913-1915 seasons by the Stadttheater in Wilhelmshaven. After the First World War he took up his career and in 1919 sang at the Stadttheater of Nuremberg. He joined in the 1921-1925 seasons to the Stadttheater (Opernhaus) in Hamburg. In the 1925-1926 season he belonged to the Berlin State Opera, then turned to the operetta repertoire and sang in different operetta stages of the German capital, thus in the 1927-1928 season at the Theater des Westen in Berlin, in the 1930-1931 season at the Theater in Admiralspalast, in the 1935-1936 season at the Berlin Metropoltheater (here in 1935 in the premiere of ‘’Ball der Nationen’’ by Fred Raymond) and in the 1937-1938 season at the Theater des Volkes. In 1927 he had a sensational success in Berlin in the operetta ‘’Eine Frau von Format’’ opposite Fritzi Massary as a partner. In the 1928-1932 seasons he guested at the Theater in Wien and at the Johann Strauss Theater in Wien. In 1938 he was to be heard at the Raimund Theater in Wien. At the Theater in Wien he sang in 1931 in the premiere of F. Lehár’s operetta ‘’Schön ist die Welt’’. In Berlin he sang in 1928 with Vera Schwarz in ‘’La Barberina’’ of Ascher. He counted as a favorite singer of Franz Lehár. He sang  with great success the following parts in F. Lehár’s operettas: Danilo in ‘’Lustigen Witwe’’,  Titelhelden in ‘’Paganini’’, Goethe in ‘’Friederike’’ and Armand im ‘’Grafen von Luxemburg’’. His operatic repertoire included Don José in ‘’Carmen’’, Max in ‘’Freischütz’’, Rodolfo in ‘’La Bohème’’, Pinkerton in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’, count Almaviva in ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’. He also guested in Paris, London and the USA. Since 1930 he performed as film singer (‘’Frasquita’’,  ‘’A song for you’’, ‘’Der Bettelstudent’’ in 1931 with Jarmila Novotná). His first wife was an operetta singer Friedel Bollmann. His daughter Hannelore Bollmann was a known actress.

Chronology of some appearances

1912-1913 Bochum Stadttheater
1913-1915 Wilhelmshaven Stadttheater
1919 Nuremberg Stadttheater
1921-1925 Hamburg Stadttheater
1925-1926 Berlin State Opera
1927-1928 Berlin Theater des Westen
1928-1932 Wien Theater
1928-1932 Johann Strauss Theater 
1930-1931 Berlin Admiralspalast Theater
1935-1936 Berlin Metropoltheater
1937-1938 Berlin Theater des Volkes
1938 Wien Raimund Theater

RECORDINGS FOR SALE 

Gloria
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Addio alla madre  10557a
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana 10557b
Carmen (Bizet): Il fior 27630a

Odeon, Berlin 1926-03-05 (ac)
Trovatore (Verdi): Duo with Sabine Kalter 80460  7437
Trovatore (Verdi): Mal reggendo with Sabine Kalter 80461  74378

Homokord
Fanciulla del West (Puccini): Che'lla mi creda  4-8849 52349
Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar  4-8849 52350

Forza del Destino (Verdi): Solenne in quest'ora with Manfred Lewandowsky 4-8907 52482
Pescatori di Perle (Bizet): Del tempio al limitar with Manfred Lewandowsky 4-8907 52483
Madama Butterfly (Puccini):  Bimba non piangere with Gita Alpar 4-9035 2-53033
Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Quest’obi pomposa with Gita Alpar 4-9035 2-53034

Electrola
Mignon (Thomas): Addio, Mignon E.G. 390 8-42021
Der Postillon von Lonjumeau (Adam): Postillon-Lied E.G. 390 8-42022

Isabel Marengo (Soprano) (Barracas, Buenos Aires 1894 - ? 1977)

She studied singing at the Conservatorio Carlos Lopez Buchardo and made her debut in 1926 at the Teatro Colón as Micaela in ‘’Carmen’’.

Chronology of some appearances

1926 Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Carmen (Micaela)

1929 Roma Teatro Reale dell'Opera Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta)

1929 Roma Teatro Reale dell'Opera Carmen (Micaela)

1929 Roma Teatro Reale dell'Opera L'amico Fritz (Suzel)

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Fonotecnica

Boheme (Puccini): Si mi chiamano Mimì C5014

Louis Bauer (Bass) (Sägeberg, Holstein 1875 † ? 1909)

When he was nine years old, his family emigrated to the USA. In 1894 he came back to Europe and finished there his education in Vienna. In 1896 he made his debut at the Hoftheater in Weimar. In 1898 he appeared at the Stadttheater in Zurich as king Heinrich in ‘’Lohengrin’’ and sang at this opera house till 1902. In 1902 he was engaged by the Opernhaus in Cologne and remained a member of this theater till 1909. His repertoire included Daland in ‘’Fliegenden Holländer’’, Landgraf in ‘’Tannhäuser’’, Pogner in ‘’Meistersingern’’, Marke in ‘’Tristan und Isolde’’, Fafner, Hunding and Hagen in Nibelungenring, Sarastro in ‘’Zauberflöte’’, Commendatore in ‘’Don Giovanni’’, Rocco in ‘’Fidelio’’, Kaspar in ‘’Freischütz’’, Cardinal in ‘’La Juive’’, Marcel in ‘’Huguenots’’, Raimondo in ’’Lucia di Lammermoor’’ and Jagu in ‘’Manru’’ of Paderewski. In the first decade of 20^th century he had a huge success at the leading opera houses of Germany. He made guest appearances in Frankfurt am Main (Opernhaus 1901, 1906), Wien (Hofoper 1904), Dusseldorf (Opernhaus 1907), Berlin (Hofopern 1909) and Dresden (1909 Hofopern).

Chronology of some appearances

1896-1898 Weimar Hoftheater 

1898-1902 Zurich Stadttheater

1902-1909 Cologne Opernhaus

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Columbia
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai): Trink-Lied des Falstaff E1191 38861
Gott erhalte, Franz den Kaiser E1191 38241
Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Troncar i suoi di with Alessandroni and  Cartica A5465 36503

Thor Mandahl (Tenor) (Göteborg 1875, 6/1 – Stockholm 1959, 26/2)

He studied singing under J. Günther in Stockholm. In 1899 he made his debut at the Stockholm Royal Opera as Lothario in ‘’Mignon’’ of A. Thomas.  He remained a member of this opera house till 1917 . Since 1917 he worked as a concert agent and pedagogue in Stockholm. From 1899-1910 he was married the contralto Julia Jahnke-Mandahl (1873-1944), who also worked at the Royal Opera, where both took part among other things in 1910 in the premiere of the opera ‘’Arlnjot’’ of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. A daughter, mezzo-soprano Birgit Mandal (1900-1973), who appeared in the 1925-1932 seasons again at the Royal Opera, came from this marriage. 

Chronology of some appearances

1899-1917 Stockholm Royal Opera

RECORDIGNS FOR SALE

Favorite, Stockholm 1905-12
Trollhättan (Lindblad) 1-85036 929-o
Förbjuden musik (Gastaldon) 1-85037 930-o

Victor Pujol (Tenor) (Paris, France 22. 04. 1894 - Paris, France 26. 10. 1987)

He made his debut in 1917 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in ‘’Marouf’’. About twenty years he remained a member of this opera house and appeared there in more than 80 parts. He appeared at the Opéra-Comique also in numerous premieres. His operatic recordings are extremely rare.

Chronology of appearances in opera premieres

1920 Paris Opéra-Comique Lorenzaccio (Ernest Moret)

1921 Paris Opéra-Comique Dans l'ombre de la Cathédrale (Georges Hüe)

1928 Paris Opéra-Comique Angelo, Tyran de Padoue (Alfred Bruneau)

1928 Paris Opéra-Comique Riquet à la houppe (Georges Hüe)

1928 Paris Opéra-Comique Sarati le Terrible (Francos Bousquet)

1929 Paris Opéra-Comique Le Peau de Chagrin (Charles Lavadé)

1930 Paris Opéra-Comique Le Sicilien (Omer Letorey)

1938 Paris Opéra-Comique Esther de Carpentras (Darius Milhaud)

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Odeon, Paris
Les pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Au fond du temple saint with  Julien Lafont 188 637