Koloman from Pataky
Koloman von Pataky , born Kálmán Pataky de Déstalva (born November 14, 1896 , in Alsó Neudra or Alsólendva , Austria-Hungary ; † March 3, 1964 in Los Angeles ) was a Hungarian opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
After a short and less systematic training, he made his debut in Budapest as Duke of Mantua . In 1926 he went to Vienna and participated, among other things, in the premiere of the Egyptian Helena by Richard Strauss . His focus was on Italian and French, and he made a name for himself as a Mozart singer. In 1931 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in Rosenkavalier .
In the years after his arrival in Vienna, Pataky lived at Damböckgasse 10, Vienna-Mariahilf , together with his 14 years younger wife Lea Beregi (1910–1996), daughter of the Hungarian actor Oskar Beregi (1876–1965), who fled to Vienna in 1919 , he ran an extremely hospitable house in his apartment at Margaretenstrasse 82, Vienna-Margareten . In 1932 Pataky applied for financial compensation in Vienna after his tailor and his wife's singing teacher had sued him for unpaid outstanding debts. The social affair, Pataky was a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera with the rank of Austrian chamber singer , brought to light that supposedly the exuberant hospitality that the couple offered every visitor to their house had led to the singer's poverty. In September 1932, Pataky's application was rejected by the court, and then dropped in December. According to Lehmann's apartment indicator Pataky should subsequently his apartment gave up in the Damböckgasse,
In 1939 Pataky sang Hüon from Oberon at La Scala in Milan under Tullio Serafin .
His Mozart interpretations are said to have been among the best of the 20th century. After a leg amputation, he had to end his career in the 1940s.
Filmography
- 1943: Egér a palotában
literature
- Jürgen Kesting: The great singers of the 20th century . Cormoran Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-517-07987-1
- Christian Fastl: Pataky de Désfalva, Kálmán (Koloman von). 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
- Koloman von Pataky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Works by and about Koloman von Pataky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Koloman von Pataky in: Austrian Library Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ This is how a chamber singer perishes: Guests ruin Pataky. The chamber singer has to leave his apartment - Pataky's apartment has been cleared of guests - Frau Pataky's clothes: for strange women. In: Wiener Sonn- und Mondags -Zeitung , No. 28/1932 (LXX. Year), July 11, 1932, p. 6. (Online at ANNO ). .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pataky, Koloman from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pataky, Kálmán |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsó Neudra or Alsólendva , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1964 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |