Phil Stark
Phil Stark (born December 30, 1919 in Graefenhausen as Philipp Stork ; † April 14, 1992 in Toronto ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) who emigrated to Canada.
Life
Phil Stark came to Darmstadt-Wixhausen when he was two years old . After training as a violinist with Otto Drumm (concert master at the Hessisches Landestheater Darmstadt ), he studied singing with Susanne Horn-Stoll, also in Darmstadt. His career began at the Stadttheater Trier and led via Heidelberg, the Staatstheater Wiesbaden , Cologne, Zurich, Nuremberg, Bremen, Düsseldorf and Duisburg to the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux . He also sang concerts on the Süddeutscher Rundfunk . In 1958 he moved to British Columbia and became a Canadian citizen. From 1960 he lived in Toronto.
Between 1960 and 1965, and then regularly from 1967 until his death, Stark sang with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) . He has also appeared at the Vancouver Opera , Edmonton Opera and the Stratford Festival of Canada, as well as on various radio and television programs of the SRC. He specialized in character roles and sang in Europe and the United States alongside sopranos such as Birgit Nilsson , Astrid Varnay , Anja Silja , Maria Kouba and Joan Sutherland .
On October 27, 1973 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York in the role of Herod in Salome at the side of Grace Bumbry and then sang the blacksmith Mime in Siegfried (1974) and Aegisthus in Elektra (1975). Other roles were Pang in Turandot and Herod in Salome in Hartford. In 1981 he also sang Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow at the San Francisco Opera alongside Hanna Glawari .
In October 1983 he stood under the direction of Nicola Rescigno as Emperor of Turandot Martina Arroyo . Martina Arroyo sang her first Turandot with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) . Calaf was Ermanno Mauro . The Prince of Persia for this conception was the then unknown Ben Heppner . The performance was broadcast on the radio.
Web links
- Phil Stark at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strong, Phil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stork, Philipp (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graefenhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1992 |
| Place of death | Toronto |