Endré Koréh

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Endré Koréh ( April 13, 1906 in Sepriszentgyörgy , then Austria-Hungary - September 21, 1960 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian - Austrian opera singer with a bass voice . He was a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera and made guest appearances at the Salzburg Festival and at international opera houses.

Life, work

Koréh was born in Transylvania , his place of birth is now in Romania. He studied at the Budapest Music Academy and made his debut at the Budapest State Opera . There are different statements about his first role there, it was either Sarastro in Mozart's Magic Flute in 1929 or Sparafucile in Verdi's Rigoletto in 1930 . After that, he was the second bassist in the house alongside Mihály Székely (1901–1963) for more than a decade . From 1943 he was a guest at the Vienna State Opera , in September 1946 he was accepted into the ensemble of this house and could be seen and heard there in numerous larger and smaller roles until his sudden death in September 1960. His role spectrum was broad, his bass was deep, so deep that he could sing the deepest roles in his field - Osmin in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio and the Wagner roles Fafner, Hunding and Hagen in the Ring of the Nibelung . The parade roles were Duke Bluebeard (Bartók) and Baron Ochs von Lerchenau (Richard Strauss), but he also convinced as Phillip II, Pope Pius IV, Creon, King Marke and Prince Gremin, in the comic field as Pig Prince Kálmán Zsupán, as Bartolo in the Marriage of Figaro or as Falstaff in the Merry Wives of Windsor . As Osmin (79 performances) and Bartolo (89 performances) he was an indispensable member of the famous Vienna Mozart Ensemble .

He has made international guest appearances, sang at the Salzburg Festival , at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at the Glyndebourne Festival and in Florence. As Osmin, he also appeared in three performances with the State Opera in Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées . Koréh worked with famous conductors, including Karl Böhm , Wilhelm Furtwängler and Josef Krips . He was involved in a number of world premieres. In the staged premiere of the oratorio Le vin herbé [The Magic Potion ] by the Swiss composer Frank Martin at the Salzburg Festival in 1948, he took on the role of King Brand. Tristan and Isolde were sung by Julius Patzak and Maria Cebotari , the Brangäne by Hilde Zadek . In 1953 he sang - again in Salzburg - Albert K. in the world premiere of Einems Kafka setting Der Prozess . This production was then taken over to the Vienna State Opera. He played the Caliban in the world premiere of the Shakespeare setting Der Sturm by Frank Martin in 1955 in Vienna. Three days before his death he was on the stage of the Vienna State Opera as Schmidt in Andrea Chénier .

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SURNAME Koréh, Endré
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera singer with a bass voice
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Sepriszentgyörgy , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1960
Place of death Vienna