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- Like Pattiera, he decided early that he wanted to be a singer. His father sent him to Leopold Demute, the celebrated baritone of the Vienna opera, for a voice test. He tried to bellow Wagner and came back with an unflattering report, that the voice was much too small, and all ideas of a singing career should be dropped.
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Tauber hoped to become a singer but failed to impress any of the teachers he auditioned for, probably because he chose to sing Wagner, for which his voice was not suited. His father entered him at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt to study piano, composition and conducting.
Tauber became known as the SOS tenor from Dresden, willing to sing anything at 48 hours’ notice. When Picaver took ill in 1915, it was Tauber who was rushed to takeover at short notice. His actual debut on the stage of the Dresden opera was on the 31st of August 1913, in Obour’s Massinuello.
Richard Tauber was an Austrian-born British tenor celebrated for his work in opera and, especially, operetta. Tauber was studying voice at Freiberg, Ger., at the time of his highly successful operatic debut, as Tamino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) at the Chemnitz.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
From 1923 to 1932, he also became a well-known singer of operetta, especially the roles associated with his famous collaboration with Franz Lehár. Tauber sang the leading male roles in the Lehár operettas – each of which traditionally included a "Tauber song", composed especially for the tenor.
As the son of a Jewish actor he was forced to leave Austria in 1938. He settled in the UK, singing in Covent Garden under Thomas Beecham. He sang and conducted many concerts in Britain during the war, returning to Covent Garden and Vienna Staatsoper for final performances in 1947. Interview with.
Richard Tauber was an Austrian opera and operetta singer, renowned for his exceptional tenor voice and often referred to as the "Austrian Caruso". He was born into an artistic family, born out of wedlock, and initially carried his mother's maiden name, Denemy.
Aug 25, 2014 · On 1 August, 1913 Tauber was given the title „Königlich Sächsischer Hofopernsänger,“ i.e. he became a member of the ensemble of the Dresden Court Opera. From then on his career took off, based on incredible devotion to studying, something that is documented at length in Sollfrank’s book.
