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Memorial plaque for Dezső Ernster in Bayreuth

Dezső Ernster (born November 23, 1898 in Pécs ; † February 15, 1981 in Zurich ) was a Hungarian opera singer with a bass voice.

Life

Born in Pécs as the son of a cantor , Ernster studied in Budapest and Vienna . His career began in Plauen , where in 1924 and 1925 he sang the role of Hermann in Wagner's opera Tannhäuser and the singer's war on Wartburg . From 1929 he appeared at the Staatstheater Berlin and in the Kroll Opera , where he sang in Paul Hindemith's opera Neues vom Tage under the direction of Otto Klemperer . In 1931 Arturo Toscanini , who held him in high regard , brought him to Bayreuth .

In 1933 he had to leave Germany due to the racial policy of the Nazis and went to Austria. In 1938 he traveled to the USA for a tour and did not return to Hungary until two years later. In the meantime, Jewish singers were also banned from performing there . Only at Omike in the Budapest Goldmark Hall was there still an opportunity for Jewish artists to perform in public. In 1944 he was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He was in the group of 1683 Hungarian Jews who were able to travel to Switzerland through the organization of Rudolf Kasztner .

After the war he sang in Basel and then at the Metropolitan Opera , where he gave 175 performances between 1946 and 1963. Then he moved back to Switzerland. In Hungary he last appeared in 1966 as Sarastro in the Magic Flute , which was performed in the open-air theater on Margaret Island. He died in Zurich in 1981.

Leading roles

Discography

One example is the recording from the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein , 1958

literature

  • Fábián Imre: Serious Dezső . Zeneműkiadó, Budapest 1969. In Hungarian with an introduction by Otto Klemperer.
  • Luciano di Cave: Mille voci una stella (A thousand voices one star) Carucci Editore, Roma 1985. The book describes Jewish singers in the world
  • Harold Rosenthal, John Warrack: Concise Oxford dictionary of Opera .
  • Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Third, expanded and updated edition. Berlin 2000

Audio samples

  • Götterdämmerung
  • Salome

Web links

proof

  1. ↑ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dezsoernster.com
  3. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/26/arts/deszo-ernster-82-bass-sang-with-met-17-years.html
  4. ↑ http://mek.oszk.hu/02100/02139/html/sz06/155.html
  5. ↑ classicstoday.com
  6. ↑ classicalcdreview.com
personal data
SURNAME Seriously, Dezső
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Pécs
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1981
Place of death Zurich