Richard Sallaba
Richard Sallaba (born November 23, 1905 in Vienna ; † May 2, 1956 ibid) was an Austrian actor and opera and operetta singer ( tenor ).
Life
After the Matura ( Abitur ) Sallaba attended the Vienna Academy of Music , where he at Rudolf Beer drama studied and took her by Zdenko Kestranek elocution lessons. From 1927 to 1931 as an actor at the Vienna Volkstheater , he then decided on a career as a singer. He toured the Netherlands , Belgium and West Germany with an operetta group , worked in Solothurn from 1933 to 1934 and in Bern from 1934 to 1935 . From 1936 to 1945 he was a member of the Vienna State Opera and in 1946 at the Vienna Volksoper . Above all, he was successful in the buffet , sang operetta roles at the Berlin Metropolitan Theater from 1941–1942 , worked at the Salzburg Festival (among other things, he was seen in Fidelio in 1938 ) and was also active as a singing teacher.
His final resting place is in the Döblinger Friedhof (I1-5-6) in Vienna.
Web links
- Christian Fastl: Sallaba, Richard. 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 .
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| SURNAME | Sallaba, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor as well as opera and operetta singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1956 |
| Place of death | Vienna |