Harald Pröglhöf
Harald Pröglhöf ( July 8, 1920 in Traismauer - December 21, 1988 in St. Pölten ) was an Austrian opera singer with a bass-baritone voice .
Life
Pröglhof studied at the Vienna Music Academy , his teacher was the state opera singer Hermann Gallos . In 1948 Pröglhöf won a singing competition in Scheveningen.
According to all sources, the singer is said to have become a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera in 1948 , but the archives there and old programs already list appearances from autumn 1945, for example the Imperial Commissioner in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on September 19, 1945. Pröglhöf sang a lot of small and some middle roles in an extremely large number of performances. He stood 308 times as steward of the Feldmarschallin im Rosenkavalier on the stage of the Vienna State Opera, 254 times as Sciaronne in Tosca and 223 times as Imperial Commissioner. His last performance is recorded in the Sciaronne's performance catalog on October 2, 1977.
Pröglhöf was engaged at the Salzburg Festival from 1950 to 1952, in a concert in 1950, in 1951 as the second craftsman in Bergs Wozzeck and in 1952 in the world premiere of Strauss'schen Liebe der Danae . In 1952 he was a guest in Wagner's Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 1953 he made a guest appearance with the Vienna State Opera at the Opéra National de Paris . He was also on the opera stage in Rome.
In the concert hall he sang a number of sacred works, such as Bruckner's Mass in F minor (1950 at the Salzburg Festival), or in concert performances, such as Gluck's Iphigenie auf Tauris (1956 at the Wiener Musikverein ).
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Recordings
- Mozart:
- Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro , conductor: Erich Kleiber (Decca)
- Magic Flute (Columbia)
- Ostrich:
- Salome (Decca)
- Salome , conductor: Rudolf Moralt (Philips)
- Der Rosenkavalier , conductor: Erich Kleiber (Decca)
- Der Rosenkavalier , conductor: Herbert von Karajan , recorded 1956 Kingsway Hall, London (Columbia)
- Ariadne auf Naxos , conductor: Erich Leinsdorf (RCA)
- Arabella , conductor: Sir Georg Solti (Decca)
- The woman without a shadow , conductor: Karl Böhm (Decca)
- Daphne , conductor: Karl Böhm (DGG)
- Capriccio , live recording by the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Georges Prêtre , March 21, 1964
- Puccini:
- Tosca (Westminster)
- Concert repertoire:
- Bach: St. Matthew Passion , BWV 244, with Kathleen Ferrier , Irmgard Seefried , Walther Ludwig , Otto Edelmann , Erich Kaufmann , Otto Wiener , Paul Schöffler , Walter Berry , Harald Pröglhöf; Wiener Symphoniker , Wiener Singverein , conductor: Herbert von Karajan (Verona)
- Mozart: Requiem , KV 626, with Werner Pech (soprano), Hans Breitschop (alto), Walther Ludwig (tenor), Harald Pröglhöf (bass); Wiener Hofmusikkapelle , conductor: Josef Krips . [New York]: Richmond, [1960]
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Pröglhöf, Harald. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Web links
- Harald Pröglhöf at Bach Cantatas (English)
- Harald Pröglhöf's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
- Archive of the Salzburg Festival , accessed by Harald Pröglhöf on August 1, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Wiener Singverein : Concerts in the 1955-56 season , accessed on August 1, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pröglhöf, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (bass baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Traismauer |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1988 |
| Place of death | St. Polten |