Richard tauber tenor biography
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Richard Tauber
Austrian tenor and actor
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| Born | Richard Denemy (1891-05-16)16 May 1891 Linz, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 8 January 1948(1948-01-08) (aged 56) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Opera singer, actor |
| Years active | 1912–1947 |
| Spouses | Carlotta Vanconti (m. 1926; div. 1928) |
Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948)[1] was an Austrian lyric tenor and film actor. He performed the tenor role in numerous operas, including Don Giovanni by Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Early life
[edit]Richard Tauber was born in Linz, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and actress who performed soubrette roles at the local theater, and Richard Anton Tauber, an actor. His parents were not married, and his father was reportedly unaware of his birth as he was touring North America at the time. The child was named Richard Denemy. He was sometimes known as [Carl] Richard Tauber and also used his mother's married name, Seiffert; however, the claim by the Encyclopædia Britannica that he was ever known as Ernst Seiffert[2] is not supported by any of the 12 published books and monographs about him lis
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Richard Tauber
A reader recently asked why I had not written anything about Richard Tauber. I didn’t have a good answer and said I would; this is it. Tauber (1891-1948) was born in Linz, Austria to an unmarried actress. His father was an actor Richard Anton Tauber who eventually acknowledged him and took over his upbringing. Young Tauber wanted to be a singer and was enrolled in a school where he not only studied singing, but also piano, composition, and conducting. This musical education, atypical for a singer, differentiated him from his peers as his career brought him worldwide fame.
After further vocal study with Carle Bienes, Tauber made his operatic debut as Tamino in The Magic Flute in Municipal Theatre in Chemnitz where his father was intendant. He gradually became more prominent such that by 1920 he was a leading tenor at the Vienna State Opera and then at the Berlin State Opera.
He was an amazingly quick study learning the title role in Gounod’s Faust in two days and Baccus in Strauss’ Ariadne Auf Naxos overnight. He saved the German premiere of Puccini’s Turandot in 1926 at the Staatsoper Dresden, learning the role of Calaf in three days when the scheduled tenor became ill.
In 1919 he began his recording career. He made more
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Tauber, Richard
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