Adam Didur

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Adam Didur
Adam Didur as Boris Godunov in the 1913 American premiere of the opera

Adam Didur (born December 24, 1874 in Sanok , † January 7, 1946 in Katowice ) was a Polish opera singer ( bass ) and theater director in Bytom .

Life

Didur took singing lessons in Lviv and Milan , where he made his debut in a concert in Beethoven's 9th Symphony .

His operatic debut in Rio de Janeiro in 1894 was followed by appearances in Russia, the Warsaw Opera (1899-1903) and at La Scala in Milan (1903-1906) and at the Covent Garden Opera in London in 1905. From 1905 to 1908 he worked in Buenos Aires , but also made a guest appearance in New York in 1907.

On his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1908 he was the high priest Ramfis in Verdi's Aida , and he became one of the leading bass players there, who also took over Boris Godunov in Mussorgski 's opera of the same name in 1913 . Didur took part in the world premieres of Puccini's operas La fanciulla del West and in Trittico , as well as in the operatic version of Humperdinck's royal children and interpreted the bass parts. As Mefistofele in Arrigo Boito 's opera of the same name as well as in the roles of the villains of Hoffmann's stories , he appeared with extraordinary success, but returned to Europe in 1932 to take over the opera direction in Lemberg, which then failed.

Didur became director of the Opera Śląska in Bytom in 1945 , the majority of whose first Polish staff came from Lviv.

Role repertoire

Didur sang the bass parts in the following operas, among others:

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SURNAME Didur, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish opera singer (bass) and theater director in Bytom
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Sanok
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1946
Place of death Katowice