Rudolf Laubenthal

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Paul Rudolf Laubenthal (born March 18, 1886 in Düsseldorf , † October 2, 1971 in Pöcking ) was a German opera singer (hero tenor).

Life

Rudolf Laubenthal initially studied medicine at the universities of Munich, Strasbourg and Berlin, but at the same time also took singing lessons. He was u. a. Student of Lilli Lehmann . Laubenthal made his debut in 1912 at a Bach festival in Eisenach and was then committed to the Berlin Opera House in 1913, where he worked until 1918. From 1919 to 1923 he was engaged at the Munich State Opera. A guest performance in 1922 at the London Coventgarden Opera led to his long-term engagement at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1923 .

Laubenthal worked in Berlin, Chicago, Dresden, Eisenach, London, Munich, New York, Pöcking, San Francisco, Strasbourg, South America, Vienna.

Rudolf Laubenthal was married to the singer Lulu Kaesser.

literature

  • Rosenthal, Harold et al. John Warrack: Friedrichs Opernlexikon. German Editing of Hans Otto Spingel. Friedrich, Velber bei Hannover 1969, p. 193.
  • Kutsch, Karl Josef u. Leo Riemens: Large song dictionary. Francke, Bern and Stuttgart 1987, p. 1648; Supplementary Volume 1991, p. 1511; Supplementary volume 2 1994, p. 1325.
  • Riemann music dictionary. Supplementary volume personal section. Edited by Carl Dahlhaus, Vol. 2, Schott, Mainz 1972, p. 21.
  • Seeger, Horst: Opernlexikon. 2nd edition Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1989, p. 366.
  • Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch vol. 65/1957, p. 61; Vol. 81/1973, p. 89.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Laubenthal in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
personal data
SURNAME Laubenthal, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laubenthal, Paul Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (hero tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 1971
Place of death Poecking