Leonhard Labatt
Leonhard Labatt , also Leonard Labatt ( December 4, 1838 in Stockholm - March 7, 1897 in Christiana ) was a Swedish opera singer ( tenor ) on German stages as well as a singing teacher .
Life
Labatt was trained at the Swedish Conservatory and makes his first attempt on the stage in his hometown. From there he came to the court theater in Dresden, where he stayed for two years without attracting any particular attention. He left the institute to respond to a call to Vienna at the court opera, to which he had belonged since October 1, 1869. He worked there for 14 years. On May 22, 1883, the singer , who was also valued by Richard Wagner , appeared for the last time as "Stolzing" in the Meistersinger and on May 31, 1883 he stepped out of the association of this stage, first taking part in the Rotterdam Opera, then at the City Theater Bremen and returned to his homeland in 1889.
Then he worked as a singing teacher in Sweden.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Leonhard Labatt . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 563 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Labatt, Leonhard. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
Web links
- Leonhard Labatt at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
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SURNAME | Labatt, Leonhard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Labatt, Leonard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish opera singer (tenor) on German stages as well as singing teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1838 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1897 |
Place of death | Christiana |