Georg Karl Stahlberg (15 March 1866

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– 6 March 1942 Tartu) is an

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n opera singer (bass) and music pedagogue. In 1890 he graduated from the

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in agriculture. He taught singing in 1894 in

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at O. Seffer; in 1895 in

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at B. Stolzenberg; and from 1896 to 1897 in

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. From 1898 to 1902 he sang at the

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. In 1902 he returned to Tartu. He became a music pedagogue and also sang in oratorios and operas in Estonia and abroad. From 1922 to 1928 he taught at Tartu Music School. His students included Leenart Neuman, Benno Hansen, Rudolf Jõks, Aarne Viisimaa,

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, Arno Niitof.

Opera roles

References

1866 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Estonian male opera singers 19th-century Estonian opera singers Musicians from Tartu Male singers from the Russian Empire {{Estonia-writer-stub