Ferry Gruber

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Ferry Gruber (born September 28, 1926 in Vienna , † July 23, 2004 in Munich ) was an Austro-German opera and operetta singer (tenor) who mastered all major parts of the operetta buffo and operetta buffo .

Life

The chamber singer Ferry Gruber was trained at the Vienna Music Academy with Hans Swarowsky and Hermann Gallos . He then worked as a choir director and conductor in Vienna , but soon turned to the singing career. He received his first engagement in 1950 at the State Theater of Lucerne as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte . Soon he moved to the city theater of Basel and finally went to Munich in 1954 to the Bavarian State Opera . Ferry Gruber also belonged to the ensemble of the Munich State Theater on Gärtnerplatz , where he worked alongside Harry Friedauer, was one of the most popular and acclaimed singers in the house. His singing partners from opera and operetta included Christine Görner , Margit Schramm , Erika Köth , Sari Barabas , Dorothea Chryst , Ingeborg Hallstein , Liselotte Ebnet , Harry Friedauer, John van Kesteren , to name just a few of the many. At the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne , Ferry Gruber made a number of recordings with the conductor Franz Marszalek . He is unforgettable for the Munich audience as Monostatos in the Magic Flute. His role in the opera Die Liebe zu den Drei Orangen , with Ingeborg Hallstein, which was staged by Arno Assmann for the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in 1960 , also attracted great attention . The artist was actively involved in the two Munich theaters for 50 years.

The singer also gave many guest appearances in German, European and North American opera houses and a. in Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Monte Carlo, Amsterdam and Lisbon as well as in Ottawa and Vancouver. He also took part in the opera festivals in Florence, Edinburgh and Salzburg. In the latter city, for example, the singer-actor shone in 1957 as Cecco, alongside Anneliese Rothenberger , and in Joseph Haydn's little-known opera Die Welt auf dem Monde .

In addition, Ferry Gruber took part in several operetta films and television programs, has worked as an opera and operetta director since 1969 and gave singing lessons in private lessons. Numerous recordings of operas and operettas round off his artistic activity.

Ferry Gruber died at the age of 77 and was buried in the cemetery of the Upper Bavarian community of Graefelfing , district of Munich .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ youtube.com: Ferry Gruber - Grüss dich Gott ( The Bird Trader ) from 1980
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Ferry Gruber
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Ferry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-German opera and operetta singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2004
Place of death Munich