Josef Olah

Josef Olah (born April 10, 1909 in Budapest as József Oláh; † after 1974, Rellingen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) was a Hungarian-German opera singer ( baritone ) and voice actor .

Life

The “Staatsoper baritone” Olah (before the Second World War he performed under the name “Josef Olaf”) was a member of the Hamburg State Opera from 1942 to 1953 . Engagements in Aussig, Gera and Düsseldorf followed. He sang and played the title role in Rigoletto , Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca , Count Luna in Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore , Tonio in the Bajazzo by Ruggero Leoncavallo , Marcello in Leoncavallo's La Bohème and George Germont in Verdi's La traviata .

In addition, Olah worked as a voice actor and lent his voice to the New Zealand actor Inia te Wiata in the films Me and the Minister and Demons of the South Seas .

His brothers, Ferenc and Istvan, were members of the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Der Spiegel , Edition 2, 1948, p. 150.
^ Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch , 88th year, 1979/80 season, p. 744.
↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Fourth, expanded and updated edition. De Gruyter Saur, Munich 2004/2012. ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

personal data
SURNAME	Olah, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian-German opera singer (baritone) and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest
DATE OF DEATH	after 1953

[1] Der Spiegel , Edition 2, 1948, p. 150.

[2] Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch , 88th year, 1979/80 season, p. 744.

[3] Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Fourth, expanded and updated edition. De Gruyter Saur, Munich 2004/2012. ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).