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1888–1952 American bass-baritone Born in Hungary, Schorr spent his early career in central Europe. He made his name as the leading Wagner bass-baritone of the inter-war years, appearing at Bayreuth 1925–31, Covent Garden 1925–33 and the Metropolitan 1924–43. He was in particular demand as Wotan and Hans Sachs. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Richard Tauber ...

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, Hungarian Schorr’s rolling Wagnerian bass was the model of grandeur and his poetic sensibility invaluable to his portrayal of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger. After studying in America, Schorr sang small roles in Chicago before returning to Europe. His real debut was in 1912, performing Wotan in Die Walküre and his tenure with the Berlin Staatsoper allowed him ...

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and was then staged as an opera in 1957. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Major Operas | Moses und Aron by Arnold Schoenberg | Modern Era Personalities | Friedrich Schorr | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Serialism | Modern Era | Opera ...

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at the Metropolitan Opera in 1922. His repertory included Don Carlo (Ernani), Tonio (Pagliacci), Rossini’s Figaro and Ambroise Thomas’s (1811–96) Hamlet. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Friedrich Schorr | Modern Era | Classical ...

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(Re-khart Shtrous) 1864–1949 German composer During an amazingly productive career, Richard Strauss wrote 15 operas, five ballets, several orchestral masterpieces, well over 200 songs and many other works. As a conductor he contributed in countless practical ways to the musical life of Europe and the US in the flourishing period from the last two decades of the nineteenth ...