Leopold Landau (singer)
Leopold Landau ( June 21, 1841 in Varannó , Semplin County - May 9, 1894 in Hamburg ) was an opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Leopold Landau was originally Chasan at the synagogue in Prague and then took lessons from Maria Theresia Lehmann in Prague, the mother of the singers Lili and Marie Lehmann , and completed his studies with Franz Götze in Leipzig, where he made his debut in December 1870.
Then he came to Mainz, where he was successful as "Walter von Stolzing" in the Meistersingers on February 3, 1873 , took up engagement at the city theater in Strasbourg in 1874, in Cologne in 1875 and in 1876 at the summer opera in Hamburg was so cheap that the following year he was hired by Bernhard Pollini at the Hamburg City Theater . There the artist worked for 16 years in the most varied of tasks in the art of singing (lyric and buffalo parts). From his inaugural role "Tamino" on September 5, 1877 to his appearance on May 7, 1894 as "Isaschar" in Méhuls Josef , Hamburg had the opportunity to particularly recognize his work. His "Almaviva", "Stradella", "Octavio", "Lyonel", his Mozart roles "Tamino", "Octavio", "Basilio" etc. as well as the difficult Wagner roles "Mime" and "David" were vocal and representationally impeccable. 1882 was the first representative of "David" at the Hamburg Opera in London. Landau died of a stroke during a rehearsal for the opera Rienzi .
His son Felix Landau (1872–1913) worked as a conductor.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Leopold Landau . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 566 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Lining: Landau Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 426.
Web links
- Leopold Landau at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landau, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varannó , Semplin county |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1894 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |