Wilhelm Beck (singer)

Wilhelm Beck , actually Vilmos Beck ( February 19, 1869 in Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary - December 1, 1925 in Chicago ) was a Hungarian opera singer ( bass ).

Life

Beck was the son of a Budapest manufacturer. Even at the young age of ten, his special musical talent became noticeable and after he had initially studied composition and piano playing, his voice was discovered by his teacher Hans Kössler .

Beck completed a vocal degree in Budapest and then went to Paris, where he studied with Jean Lassalle and Drosti at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers .

He made his stage debut in 1892 at the Budapest National Opera , where he stayed until 1902, after which he only appeared as a guest.

He gave guest appearances in 1901 at the Vienna Court Opera , in 1908 and 1911 at the Grand Opéra Paris . Up until the beginning of the First World War in 1914, Beck was able to celebrate great success there as a Wagner interpreter. Between 1918 and 1921 he was often in Sweden, in 1921 at the Vienna State Opera, he also gave guest performances and concerts in England and Italy.

Often a guest from 1910, he was engaged at the Chicago Opera from 1918 until his death.

Roles (selection)

Daland - The Flying Dutchman (Richard Wagner)
Heinrich - Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
Brand - Tristan and Isolde (Richard Wagner)

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Wilhelm Beck . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 71 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. Biographical and bibliographical manual. 1st volume. Klagenfurt / Vienna 1953, p. 99.
Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 1: Aarden-Castles . Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 .

Web links

Wilhelm Beck at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon

Individual evidence

↑ SZERK, Ujvári Péter: Magyar Zsidó lexicon. Budapest 1929, pp. 98–99, digitized (Hungarian).

Remarks

↑ Year of birth according to Kosch: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, and esdf-opera.de - Eisenberg writes in 1861 .
↑ Kosch mentions January 1925 .

personal data
SURNAME	Beck, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beck, Vilmos (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 19, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	December 1, 1925
Place of death	Chicago

[2] SZERK, Ujvári Péter: Magyar Zsidó lexicon. Budapest 1929, pp. 98–99, digitized (Hungarian).

[1] Year of birth according to Kosch: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, and esdf-opera.de - Eisenberg writes in 1861 .

[3] Kosch mentions January 1925 .