Oct 25, 2018

Hipolito Lazaro (Tenor) (Barcelona, Spain 1887 - Barcelona, Spain 1974)

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His voice was discovered during military service. He made his debut at the Teatro Novedades in Barcelona in 1910 without special st...
Oct 22, 2018

Mária Basilides (Contralto) (Ilosvár, Hungary November 11, 1886 – Budapest, Hungary September 26, 1946)

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She received her education at the Music Academy of Budapest. In 1911 she made her stage debut at the Volksoper in Budapest; she made ...
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Marion Talley (Soprano) (Nevada, Missouri, USA December 20, 1906 – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA January 3, 1983)

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She was a musical prodigy and she began singing at the age of five. She was only 15, when settled in Kansas City. She showed an amazi...

Carl Jöken (Tenor) (Krefeld, Germany 3. November 1893 - Hamburg, Germany 7. April 1971)

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First he studied chemistry and from 1914 to 1918 as a soldier took in the First World War. Without proper vocal studies he made his d...

Germaine Cernay (Mezzo-Soprano) (28 April 1900, Le Havre - 19 September 1943, Paris)

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Her real name was Germaine Pointu. At first, she wanted to become a pianist, but then she studied voice at the National Conservatory ...
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Oct 15, 2018

Elisabeth Böhm Van Endert (Soprano) (Neuss 31. 12. 1876 † Zürich 27. 02. 1956)

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She began her singing studies with Wally Schauseil in Düsseldorf and continued with Richard Müller in Dresden. First she appeared in ...

Georgy Nelepp (Tenor) (Bobruika, Ukraine, 20 April 1904 - Moscow, 18 June 1957)

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He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory and made his debut, as Lensky, with the Kirov in 1930, remaining with the company until 1944...
Oct 10, 2018

Mafalda Salvatini (Soprano) (Baiae, Italy 17 October 1886 - Lugano, Switzerland 13 June 1971)

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                                                                            Santuzza Her father was an officer of the Neapolitan arm...
Sep 9, 2018

Willis James Flanagan (Tenor) (Holyoke, Massachusetts 1882 - ?)

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He began as a baritone studying with Murrie 1920's in Italy, France and Germany, making extensive tours singing.   He then ...
Aug 26, 2018

Laczó István (Tenor) (September 16, 1904, Szombathely, Hungary - September 27, 1965 Budapest, Hungary)

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He initially studied architecture and then trained as singer mostly in Italy. In 1935 he made his debut at the National Opera in Buda...

Lajos Laurisin (Tenor) (March 26, 1897, Kalocsa, Hungary - January 10, 1977, New York City, New York, United States)

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He received his education in Budapest under Szidi Rákosi and Béla Szabados. From 1926 to 1944 he was a member of the Budapest Nationa...
Aug 25, 2018

Maria Russo (Mezzo-Soprano)

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She was to young to sing in Guy Golterman’s grand operas   At MUNY   and Kiel, but St Louis Mezzo-Soprano Maria’Russo’s career was ‘m...
Jul 26, 2018

Arne Ohlson (Tenor) (Uddevalla, Sweden 2. 01. 1911 – Märsta, Sweden 1. 05. 2000)

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He initially studied violin and music theory in Uppsala and Stockholm, but then trained by John Forsell, Joseph Hislop and Augustin K...

Carlo Galeffi (Baritone) (Malamocco 4 June 1884 – Roma 22 September 1961)

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Galeffi studied singing under the pedagogues Di Como, Sbriscia and later with Antonio Cotogni. He made his debut   1903 at the Teat...
Jul 14, 2018

Hermann Schramm (Tenor) (Berlin, Germany 7. 02. 1871 - Frankfurt am Main, Germany 11. 12. 1951)

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Like his father, first he became a merchant, but then studied singing and made his debut in 1895 at the Wroclaw Opera House as Gomez ...
Jul 12, 2018

Margaret Burke Sheridan (Castlebar, Republic of Ireland 15. 10. 1889 – Dublin, Republic of Ireland 16. 04. 1958)

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First she was trained in Dublin, then at the Royal Academy of Music in London under William Shakespear and completed her education   ...

Max Rohr (Tenor) (? 1875 – München 1917)

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His stage debut took place in 1901 at the Court Theater in Detmold. In 1902 he continued his education and in the 1903-04 season he w...
Jun 15, 2018

Libero De Luca (Tenor) (Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 1913 - Horn, Switzerland 1998)

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After studying architecture, he was trained by Max Kraus in Munich as baritone (1932-1934), but then retrained as tenor in Zurich b...
May 13, 2018

Ettore Campana (Baritone) (Savignano sul Rubicone 1875 - Los Angeles 1941)

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He studied singing at the Liceo Musicale in Pesaro and made his debut at the Teatro Comunale in Cesenatico as Marcello in ‘’Boheme’’ (...
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May 12, 2018

Eugène Graux (Tenor) (Hellemmes-Lille, France 27. 01. 1895 – Amiens, France 05 05. 1963)

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Graux studied singing at the Conservatoire de Lille under Alphonse Capon (1913). After the war, where he was wounded, he was admitted...
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May 11, 2018

Josip Križaj (Bass) (Vevče, Ljubljana 5 March 1887 – Zagreb 30 July 1968)

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He received his vocal training in Ljubljana and in Munich. In 1907 he made his debut at the Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theat...
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May 9, 2018

Umberto Bagnoli (Tenor)

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Bagnoli was a lyric tenor, who around 10 years appeared at the Italian provincial operatic houses. His repertoire included Almaviva in...
May 8, 2018

Astra Desmond (Contralto) (Torquay, England 10 April 1893 – Faversham, England 16 August 1973)

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In 1919 she made her debut in a concert in London. In the following years she sang various opera roles at the Covent Garden Opera (in...
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May 6, 2018

Hertha Stolzenberg (Cologne 13. 2. 1889 – Oberstdorf 18. 3. 1960)

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After her education in Cologne and Berlin she made her debut in 1910 at the Komische Oper in Berlin. In the 1911-1912 season she sang ...
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May 2, 2018

Carrere (Tenor)

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                                                                           Arnold (1921) He made his debut at the Opéra Comique in Pa...
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