1891–1948 Austrian tenor After his debut in Chemnitz in 1913, Tauber was engaged by the Dresden Opera as a lyric tenor. He achieved his greatest fame in operettas, especially those by Lehár; London heard him in Das Land des Lächelns (‘The Land of Smiles’) in 1931. He sang Don Ottavio (Mozart’s Don Giovanni) at Covent Garden shortly before his ...
to remain static and in his ensuing work, he pushed back the barriers of operetta in terms of both style and subject matter. A vital partnership developed with Richard Tauber during the 1920s, for whom Lehár wrote many of his leading roles. So strong was their association that the particular style of vocal writing used for the tenor became ...
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 | Modern Era | Classical ...
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