Arthur Darmel (Tenor) (Bouverie, Belgium 1879 - ? 1944)

He studied singing the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and made his debut as baritone at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels.

Chronology of some appearances

Baritone

1903-1907 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie 

Tenor

1911-1914 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie 

1915-1917 Paris Opéra-Comique

1914-1920 Paris Grand Opéra

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Odéon, Paris 1914 ?

Sigurd (Reyer): Esprits Gardiens 111869  

Hérodiade (Massenet): Air de Jean 111870  xp6935

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): La meule 111871  

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Duo with Bardot  111873  xp 64010

La fille du far west (Puccini): Elle me croit  111874

Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Plus Blanche 111875  

Antonis Delendas (Tenor) (Istanbul 1906 – Athens 1966)

He was born in Istanbul and studied at the Athens Conservatory violin. Later he was taught singing by Kosti Nicholas.

Chronology of some appearances

1942 Royal Theatre, Athens Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1944 Athens Olympic Theatre Tiefland  (Pedro)

1945 Athens National Theatre Tiefland  (Pedro)

1944 Athens Theatre Herodes Fidelio (-)   
1944 Athens Olympic Theatre Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

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Pathé, Aten 1927?
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana 80103

Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle 80104
Turandot (Puccini): Nessun dorma

Pathé, 1931 
Rigoletto (Verdi): Bella figlia dell’amore with Yiannis Angelopoulos, Vako Anglou and Clio Karantinou 80135  70332

Aldo Sinnone (Tenor) (Alessandria, Egypt 1904 - Milano 1947)

                                                                  Arturo

Chronology of some appearances

1935 Amsterdam Theater Carré Traviata (Alfredo)

1935 Amsterdam Theater Carré Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1935 Amsterdam Theater Carré Rigoletto (Duca)

1935 Amsterdam Theater Carré Traviata Boheme (Rodolfo)

1935 Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1935 's Gravenhage, Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen Faust (Faust)

1936 Milano Teatro Alla Scala

1940 Milano Teatro Alla Scala

1946 Zürich Opera
1947 Milano Teatro Alla Scala

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HMV?
La Leggenda Del Pastore (Bianca)

Werther (Massenet): Ah! non mi ridestar
Primavera nostalgica

David Stockman (Tenor) (Göteborg 1879 - Stockholm 1951)

He studied in Breslau, making his début in 1906 as Wilhelm Meister (‘’Mignon’’) at the Royal Opera, Stockholm, where he was engaged until 1942. He was the first Swedish Chénier, Mârouf, Hermann (‘’The Queen of Spades’’) and Gennaro (‘’I gioielli della Madonna’’); he also sang Romeo, Raoul (‘’Les Huguenots’’). He created in 1909 for Sweden the part of the Tristan in R. Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde''. In 1918 he received the order 'Litteris et artibus', in 1929 he became a Swedish court singer.

Chronology of some appearances

1906-1942 Stockholm Royal Opera

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G&T, Stockholm 1907-10

Si j'étais roi (Adam): Hennes namn och börd (J'ignore son nom)  082019 2141f

Arvid Ödmann (Tenor) (Karlstad 1850 - Stockholm 1914)

                                                                Fra Diavolo

                                                                     Faust

He made his debut (1873) as Tamino in ‘’Die Zauberflöte’’ in Stockholm. In 1875 he had the opportunity to study with Massenet in Paris, which greatly enhanced his skills in the French repertory. In 1887 he was engaged for the Copenhagen Opera but soon returned to the Royal Opera House in Stockholm where he remained to the end of his career (1911).

Chronology of some appearances

1873 Stockholm Royal Opera
1887-1889 Copenhagen Opera
1890-1911 Stockholm Royal Opera

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Favorite, Stockholm 1905/1906

La Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil 2-85004

M. Magdeleine (Tenor)

He appeared at the Opéra de Nice

Chronology of appearance

Opéra de Nice

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Disque Saphir
Mignon (Thomas): Elle ne croyait pas 753 560

Léon Marcel (Tenor)

In 1917 he appeared in opera performances in Algiers. Later he was first tenor of the Trianon Lyrique in Paris, where he sang the role of Edwin in the French premiere of I. Kálmán's ‘’Csárdásfürstin’’ (‘’Princesse Czardas’’) in 1930.

Chronology of some appearances

1917 Algiers Opera

1930 Paris Trianon Lyrique

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Aerophone

Fortunio (Messager): J’amais la vieille maison grise  15012 25026

Josef Tijssen (Tenor) (Roermond 1871 - Kleve 1923)

                                                              Lohengrin

He studied music theory and directing at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels under A. Warnots and was active first as director of chorus and chapel master  at the Dutch Opera in Amsterdam. Then on advising his wife he studied singing under Cornélie van Zanten in Amsterdam. He appeared for the first time as a singer in ‘’Matthäus-Passion’’ by J.S Bach. He began his stage career in 1897 at the Old Dutch Opera in Amsterdam in which remained till 1902. In the 1902-1903 he was engaged by the Opernhaus in Frankfurt am Main, in the 1903-1905 seasons he appeared at the Stadttheater in Hamburg, then from 1905 to 1911 again sang in Frankfurt am Main. In the 1911-1912 season he sang at the Stadttheater in Kiel, from 1912 to 1915 at the Stuttgarter Hofoper. During the First World War he lived in Holland. In 1904 he appeared at the Bayreuth Festival as Walther von der Vogelweide in ‘’Tannhäuser’’. He made guest appearances at the Hofoper in Dresden (1904), Vienna (1905) and Munich (1908), also sang at the Hoftheater in Wiesbaden (1910) and Rotterdam (1911). His repertoire included Walther von Stolzing, Siegried, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan, Raoul in ‘’ Les Huguenots’’ and Manrico in ‘’Il Trovatore’’. He was married to the Dutch soprano Anna Tijssen-Bremerkamp. The end of his life ended tragically. He lived as a pedagogue and music professor in the town Kleve. He was stabbed in front of his house, when he became involved with troublemakers in front of his house.

Chronology of some appearances

1897-1902 Amsterdam  Old Dutch Opera

1902-1903 Frankfurt am Main Opernhaus

1903-1905 Hamburg Stadttheater

1904 Bayreuth Festival 

1904 Dresden  Hofoper

1905 Vienna Hofoper

1905-1911 Frankfurt am Main Opernhaus

1908 Munich Hofoper

1910 Wiesbaden Hoftheater

1911 Rotterdam Opera

1911-1912 Kiel Stadttheater

1912-1915 Stuttgarter Hofoper

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G&T, Hamburg 1904

Faust (Gounod): O gib junges Blut with Max Lohfing 44283 1866L

Jean Obein (Tenor)

He made his debut in 1919 at the Paris Grand Opéra in E. Reyer's ''Salammbo''.

Chronology of appearance

1919 Paris Grand Opéra Salammbo

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Pathé,  Paris  1925?
Sigurd (Reyer): Esprits gardiens 0511 200133   

Aleksei Kanshin (Tenor/Bass) (? - France 1942)

                                                                  Don Jose

Пружанский А. М. Отечественные певцы. 1750—1917

From 1894 ro 1896 he appeared in the USA, then made his debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Perfected his studies by taking lessons from Ioakim Tartakov. From 1913 to 1917 he was a soloist of the Theatre of Musical Drama in St. Petersburg, where he appeared as Don Jose, Herman and Parsifal. In 1917 made guest appearances in Odessa. After 1917 he performed as bass at the Teatro Alla Scala sharing roles with Ezio Pinza.

Chronology of some appearances

1894-1896 USA

1913-1917 St. Petersburg Theatre of Musical Drama

1917 Odessa

1927 Milano Teatro Alla Scala

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Gramophone, 10-11-11

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov): O you dark oak-grove 4-22329 16239b

Nikos Moraïtis (Tenor) (Athens 1880 - Athens 1938)

He studied singing under Dionyssios Lavrangas and made his probably made his debut as a member of the Lavrangas Opera Company (Elliniko Melodrama) in "The Parliamentary Candidate" (1901).

Chronology of some appearances

1905 Smyrna, Corfu, Constantinople and Thessaloniki

1907-1908 Khaniá (Canea, Crete)

1908 1908 Alexandria and Cairo

1911-1912 Constantinople, Constanza, Braila, Bucharest and Odessa

1924 USA Tour

1928 Athens

1933 Corfú

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I wish to thank Aristotelis Engonopoulos for providing me this records

Odeon

Anamnisis Smyrnis 

Acropolis

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana

Oscar Ralf (Tenor) (Malmö 1881 - Stockholm 1964)

He was the older brother of famous tenor Torsten Ralf (1901-54) and concert/oratorio singer Einar Ralf (1888-1971). First he studied languages at the university of Lund, however, was to be heard since 1905 as an operetta singer at the Södermalms Theater in Stockholm. In 1904 he was the soloist tenor with the USA tour of the university choir of Lund. From 1907 to 1917 he studied singing under the famous baritone John Forsell and Gillis Bratt in Stockholm. In 1918 his debut took place at the Royal Opera in Stockholm as Siegmund in ''Die Walkure''. Till 1940 he had a successful career at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, where he was famous as an interpreter of the roles in R. Wagner's operas. In Stockholm he appeared in the premières of the operas ''Kronbruden" by  T. Ranmgström (1922 as Mats), ''Nerone'' of A. Boito (1926), ''Bäckahästen'' of  Kurt Atterberg (as Kristoffer) and Nathanael Berg's ''Engelbrekt''. In 1927 he sang at the Bayreuth Festival as Siegmund. The same year he made guest appearance at the Opéra-Comique in Paris as Tristan. In 1925 went on tour in the USA. Later he not only added to his repertoire operettas, but also published translations of about 40 opera and operetta librettos into the Swedish. Since 1908 he was married to the operetta singer Therese Björklund. 

Chronology of some appearances

1905 Stockholm Södermalms Theater

1918-1940 Stockholm Royal Opera

1927 Bayreuth Festival

1927 Paris Opéra-Comique

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Ekophon, Stockholm 1921-06

Die keusche Suzanne (Gilbert): Trink wenn du allein bist NS 27

Der Bettelstudent (Millöcker): Ich knüpfte manche zarten Bande NS 27

Peter Müller (Tenor) (Koblenz 1863 - Stuttgart 1914)

http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/

After short education he was active as a Chorister at the Theatres in Koblenz und Zürich and joined in 1885 to the Hofoper in Stuttgart. The directorship of the opera house allowed him to perfect his studies by taking a new lessons. After Additional vocal studies he made his debut in this opera house as Lyonel in ‘’Martha’’ (1890). In 1897 he made guest appearances at the Opernhaus in Frankfurt a.M.. He performed also at the Stadttheater in Zürich (1900), Opernhaus in Leipzig (1897), Hoftheater in Wiesbaden (1901) and Karlsruhe (1909), Hofoper in München (1904). His repertoire included Wilhelm Meister in ‘’Mignon’’, Chapelou in ‘’Postillon de Lonjumeau’’, Leopold in ‘’La Juive’’, Alfonso in ‘’La Muette de Portici’’, Tonio in "La figlia del reggimento", Almaviva in ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’, Arnoldo in ‘’Guglielmo Tell’’, Pinkerton in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’ and Turiddu in ‘’Cavalleria Rusticana’’. In 1894 he sang at the Stuttgarter Oper in the premiere of the opera "Der Pfeifer von Hardt" by Ferdinand Langer. He also appeared with success in operettas and was estimated as a concert singer.

Chronology of some appearances

1885 Stuttgart Hofoper

1890 Stuttgart Hofoper

1894 Stuttgarter Oper

1897 Frankfurt a.M. Opernhaus

1897 Leipzig Opernhaus 

1900 Zürich Stadttheater

1901 Wiesbaden Hoftheater

1904 München Hofoper

1909 Karlsruhe Hoftheater

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Odeon, Berlin 1911

Der Rodelzigeuner (Snaga): Ja, himmlische Märchen 99680 xB5283

Otto Lahnemann (Tenor) (? 1883 - ?)

He began his career in 1907 at the Hoftheater in Kassel, joined in 1909 to the Stadttheater in Halle/Saale and was engaged in 1912 by the Hoftheater in Braunschweig to which he belonged till the years of the First World War. He was known as an interpriter of the roles in R. Wagner’s operas like the Erik in "Fliegenden Holländer", Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Siegmund in ‘’Die Walkure’’, Siegfried in the Nibelungenring and Parsifal. His repertoire included also Max in ‘’Freischütz’’, Hüon in ‘’Oberon’’ and José in ‘’Carmen’’. He sang as a guest at the Stadttheater in Hamburg (1908), Hoftheater in Hannover (1908, 1910), Hoftheatern in Dessau (1909), Karlsruhe (1910) and Weimar (1910, 1912), Opernhaus in Leipzig  (1911) and Stadttheater in Basel (1914). 

Chronology of some appearances

1907 Kassel Hoftheater

1908 Hamburg Stadttheater

1908 Hannover Hoftheater

1909 Halle/Saale Stadttheater

1909 Dessau Hoftheatern

1910 Hannover Hoftheater

1911 Leipzig Opernhaus

1912 Braunschweig Hoftheater

1914 Basel Stadttheater

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Gramophone, Stuttgart 1908

Lohengrin (Wagner): Atmest du nicht 4-42164 5163r

Arthur Fleischer (Baritone) (Wien 1881 - San Francisco 1949)

                                                              Don Giovanni

                                                              Hans Sachs

He received his education at the Vienna Konservatorium and had successively the following engagements: In the 1906-1909 seasons appeared at Komischen Oper in Berlin, in 1909 at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, from 1910 to 1914 at the Hoftheater in Hannover. Here he further studied under Hans Emge and sang in the 1914-1921 seasons at the Volksoper in Vienna, from 1921 to 1923 at the Staatsoper in Dresden and from 1924 to 1927 at the Staatsoper in Berlin. Then he made guest appearances in Vienna, however, had again in the 1932-1933 season a guest engagement by the Theater in Graz. He gave guest performances at the Opernhaus in Leipzig (1907), Hofoper in Dresden (1909), Deutschen Theater in Prag (1919 and 1920) and Staatsoper in Vienna (1919, 1920, 1925). In 1927 he appeared in Madrid; he travelled around Holland, Italy and Finland. His leading roles were: Pizarro in ‘’Fidelio’’, Wolfram in ‘’Tannhäuser’’, Telramund in ‘’Lohengrin’’, Wotan in ‘’Die Walkure’’, Hans Sachs in ‘’Die meistersinger von Nürnberg’’, Sebastiano in ‘’Tiefland’’, Valentin in ‘’Faust’’, Count di Luna in ‘’Trovatore’’, Amonasro in ‘’Aida’’ and Scarpia in ‘’Tosca’’. In 1920 he appeared at the Volksoper in Vienna in the German première of P. Mascagni’s ‘’Lodoletta’’. As a Jew since 1933 he couldn't sing in Germany and emigrated to the USA. There his son worked under the name Thomas Martin (1910-84) as a conductor and translator of opera librettos. In 1917 he appeared at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste as Kurwenal in ''Tristan und Isolde''.

Chronology of some appearances

1906-1909 Berlin Komischen Oper

1907 Leipzig Opernhaus

1909 Vienna Raimund Theater

1909 Dresden Hofoper 

1910-1914 Hannover Hoftheater

1914-1921 Vienna Volksoper

1917 Trieste Teatro Verdi

1919 Prag Deutschen Theater

1919 Vienna Staatsoper

1920 Vienna Staatsoper

1920 Prag Deutschen Theater

1921-1923 Dresden Staatsoper

1924-1927 Berlin Staatsoper

1925 Vienna Staatsoper

1932-1933 Graz Theater

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Homokord

Tannhäuser (Wagner): Lied an den Abendstern B. 8686 M 51776
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Als du in kühnem Sange B. 8686 M 51777

Artur Frinberg (Artūrs Frinbergs) (Tenor) ( Melluzi, Latvia 1916 - Riga, Latvia 1984)

                                                                    Canio

                                                              Riccardo

He studied singing under R. Bērziņš and made his debut only after the Second World War in 1946 at the Latvian National Opera in Riga. There he had a long-standing successful career as heroic tenor. He made guest appearances in Helsinki (1950), Canada (1954), Sofia (1961), Warsaw and Lodz (1962); in addition he guested at the leading operatic stages of the Soviet Union, in particular in Moscow and Leningrad. In 1962 his appointment the People's Artist of the Latvian Soviet Republic. His extensive repertoire included Pedro in ‘’Tiefland’’, Ohello, Dimitri in ‘’Boris Godunov’’, Herodes in ‘’Salome’’, Canio in ‘’Pagliacci’’. Riccardo in ‘’Ballo in maschera’’ and also roles in operas of R. Wagner.

Chronology of some appearances

1946-1974 Riga Latvian National Opera

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Рижский Завод
The Queen Of Spades (Tchaikovsky): Forgive Me, Bright Celestial Vision ГОСТ 5289-50 B19958
Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle ГОСТ 5289-50 B20894

Adolf Kaktins (Baritone) ( Ērberģe, Latvia 1885 - Los Angeles 1965)

                                                                Scarpia

                                                                 Wolfram

First he became a bricklayer and then was active as an actor. Then he studied singing and made his debut in 1910 in Riga in "Das Nachtlager von Granada" by C. Kreutzer. In 1912 and 1914 he still appeared in Riga, then in the 1913-1915 seasons was engaged by the Stadttheater in Nürnberg. In  the 1915-1918 seasons he was active at the Theatre of Musical Drama in St. Petersburg. From 1918 to 1944 he was one of the leading singers of the Latvian National Opera in Riga. In 1925 he made guest appearances at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in ‘’Demon’’ by A. Rubinstein and ‘’Prince Igor’’ of  A. Borodin. He sang there also the role of Scarpia in ‘’Tosca’’ as a partner of Gilda dalla Rizza and Tonio in ‘’Pagliacci’’. In the same 1925 he guested at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Amonasro in ‘’Aida’’. As a guest he also appeared at the opera houses of Kaunas, Libau, Tallinn, Helsinki and at the Staatsoper in München in which he performed in  ‘’Fliegenden Holländer’’ and ‘’Otello’’. At the Grand Theatre, Warsaw he appeared as Mephistofele in ‘’Faust’’ by C. Gounod, at the Bolschoi Theatre in Moscow as Rigoletto, Escamillo in ‘’Carmen and Amonasro in ‘’Aida’’. Since 1944 he lived in West Germany, then from 1949 in the USA (San José, California).

Chronology of some appearances

1913-1915 Nürnberg Stadttheater

1915-1918 St. Petersburg Theatre of Musical Drama

1925 Monte-Carlo Opéra

1918-1944 Riga National Opera

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HMV, Riga 1928-10/11
Faust (Gounod): Mefisto serenáde EM33 18-282592

HMV, København 1929-06-25 
Carmen (Bizet): Toreadora ārija EL1003 32-728

Tannhäuser (Wagner): Dziesma vakara zvaigznei EL1003 32-727
Hamlet (Thomas): Dzīru dziesma EK1031 30-1085

HMV, Berlin 1930-10
Trovatore (Verdi): Ariya (Il balen) EK1057 30-5341

Aldina Baroni (Soprano)

About this singer I have no information.

Private record
Traviata (Verdi): E' strano ... Ah fors'è lui
Nina (Pergolesi): Tre giorni son che Nina
Manon (Massenet): Io non vi vidi mai with Mario Vergoni
Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Vi dall'anima vergoni with Mario Vergoni

Jacques Decker (Tenor) (Cologne 1877 - Cologne 1964)

                                                              Lohengrin

He was active first as a businessman, then, studied singing at the Conservatoire in Cologne. Here he was a pupil of Paul Haase, Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg and E. Wolff. In 1906 he began his stage career at the Stadttheater in Elberfeld to which he belonged till 1908. By the Stadttheater in Hamburg he was engaged in the 1908-1909 season, then joined to the Hoftheater in Mannheim and appeared here with great success till 1912. In the 1912-1913 season he sang at the Opernhaus in Düsseldorf and in the 1913-1914 season as a guest at the Hoftheater in Brunswick. Then he took part in the First World War and began his career only again in the 1918-1920 seasons at the Stadttheater in Bielefeld. He guested in 1910 at the Hoftheater in Karlsruhe, likewise in 1910 at the Stadttheater in Bremen. In 1911 he appeared at the Hoftheater in Wiesbaden and in 1914 at the Stadttheater in Basel, after 1920 still sang in Austria, Holland and Belgium. His extensive repertoire included Florestan in ''Fidelio'', Erik in ''Fliegenden Holländer'', Lohengrin, Walther von Stolzing in ''Die meistersinger von nürnberg'',  Tannhäuser, Tristan, José in ''Carmen'', Eleazar in ''La Juive'', Samson in ''Samson et Dalila'', Radames in ''Aida'' and Canio in ''Pagliacci''. After his retirement, he lived in Cologne. 

Chronology of some appearances

1906-1908 Elberfeld Stadttheater
1908-1909 Hamburg Stadttheater
1909-1912 MannheimHoftheater
1910 Karlsruhe Hoftheater
1910 Bremen Stadttheater
1911 Wiesbaden Hoftheater
1912-1913 Düsseldorf Opernhaus
1914 1914 Basel Stadttheater
1913-1914 Brunswick Hoftheater
1918-1920 Bielefeld Stadttheater

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Anker
Frühlingsabend (Fleck) E 9913-I  07326
Es blinkt der Tau (Rubinstein) 5161 E 9913-II  07327