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Richard Tauber (16 May 1891, Linz – 8 January 1948, London) was an Austrian lyric
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and film actor. He performed the tenor role in numerous operas, including ''
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'' by
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and
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.


Early life

Richard Tauber was born in
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, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and actress who performed
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roles at the local theater, and Richard Anton Tauber, an actor. His parents were not married, and his father was reportedly unaware of his birth as he was touring North America at the time. The child was named Richard Denemy. He was sometimes known as arlRichard Tauber and also used his mother's married name, Seiffert; however, the claim by the ''
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'' that he was ever known as Ernst Seiffert is not supported by any of the 12 published books and monographs about him listed in Daniel O'Hara's comprehensive Richard Tauber Chronology. After being adopted by his father in 1913, his legal name became Richard Denemy-Tauber. Tauber accompanied his mother on theatrical tours, but she found it increasingly difficult to manage and eventually left him with foster parents in Urfahr, now a suburb of
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. In 1897–98, he attended school in Linz, after which his father assumed responsibility for his upbringing, moving him to
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, and finally
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. His father, who was born
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ish, but had converted to
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, hoped his son would become a priest. However, the boy missed the excitement of the theater and instead joined his father in Prague and later, in 1903, at the theater in Wiesbaden. Although Tauber aspired to become a singer, he failed to impress the teachers he auditioned for, likely because he chose to sing
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, a repertoire unsuited to his voice. His father enrolled him at the
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in Frankfurt to study piano, composition, and conducting. Tauber made rapid progress in his studies but remained determined to pursue a career as a singer.


Early career

After an intensive period of vocal training under Carl Beines, Tauber made his public debut at a concert in
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on 17 May 1912. That same year, his father was appointed
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of the Municipal Theater in
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, which allowed him to arrange Tauber's debut as Tamino in ''
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'' on 2 March 1913. A few weeks later, on 16 April, Tauber performed the role of Max in ''
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''. This performance was attended by of the Dresden Opera, who had already offered Tauber a five-year contract starting on 1 August. The Count encouraged Tauber to take small roles with other companies to broaden his experience. During his tenure in Dresden, Tauber earned a reputation as an exceptionally quick learner. He mastered
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's ''
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'' in 48 hours and learned
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in
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's '' Ariadne auf Naxos'' overnight, astonishing Strauss, who conducted the performance in Berlin. This earned him the nickname "the SOS Tenor." In 1926, he rescued the German premiere of Puccini's ''
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'' at the Staatsoper Dresden by learning the role of Calaf in three days after tenor Curt Taucher fell ill. After guest appearances at the Wiener Volksoper in 1920, Tauber made his
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debut on 16 June in ''
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'', stepping in for an indisposed Alfred Piccaver. In 1922, he signed a five-year contract with the
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and subsequently performed with the
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. For many years, he divided his time between these two companies, spending four months with each, while reserving the remaining months for concerts, guest appearances with other companies, and international tours. Tauber sang tenor roles in numerous operas, including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Mignon'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. He also appeared in modern works such as Erich Korngold's '' Die tote Stadt'' and Wilhelm Kienzl's '' Der Evangelimann''. According to Daniel O'Hara's Tauber Chronology, he performed over 100 roles in opera and operetta. In June 1919, Tauber made the first of more than seven hundred gramophone records. All his vocal recordings were produced for the
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label, and from 1933 onwards, for the associated
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label. Tauber's lyrical, flexible tenor voice was renowned for its warm, elegant legato. His exceptional breath control allowed him to produce a superb head voice, remarkable '' messa di voce'', and exquisite
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. His physical appearance also contributed to his elegant stage presence, despite a slight squint in his right eye, which he camouflaged by wearing a monocle. When paired with a top hat, the monocle enhanced his distinctive and sophisticated look. Tauber first performed in an
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by
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at the Volksbühne in Berlin in 1920. This was ''Zigeunerliebe'', a role he also performed in Linz and Salzburg in 1921. In 1922, he was offered the role of Armand in Lehár's ' at the Theater an der Wien, and the experience was a resounding success. Although some critics looked down on his venture into operetta, it proved beneficial for Tauber, helping him gain a new audience and revitalizing Lehár's career as a composer of operetta. In the years that followed, Lehár composed several operettas with roles written specifically for Richard Tauber, including '' Paganini'' (1925, although Tauber was unavailable for the Vienna premiere and first performed it in Berlin in 1926), '' Der Zarewitsch'' (1927), ''Friederike'' (1928), '' The Land of Smiles'' (1929), which featured the famous aria " Dein ist mein ganzes Herz", '' Schön ist die Welt'' (1930), and '' Giuditta'' (1934). The hit songs, typically in the second act, became informally known as ''Tauberlieder''. Tauber also appeared in several films, both in Germany and later in England. Notably, he provided a 'voice-over', singing the title song in the otherwise silent film '' I Kiss Your Hand, Madame'' (1929). While in Vienna, Tauber also conducted at the Theater an der Wien, where, in 1924, he met the soprano Carlotta Vanconti. She soon divorced her Italian husband and married Tauber on 18 March 1926. They separated in 1928 and divorced later that same year in Berlin. However, the divorce was only legally recognized in Germany. In 1929, Tauber met Mary Losseff at Rudolf Nelson's review in Berlin, and they lived together for about five years. Losseff became his muse, and it was for her that he composed ''Der singende Traum''. Although Losseff's career was cut short by alcoholism, Tauber remained her lifelong friend and supported her until his death. In 1931, Tauber made his London debut in operetta, and London performances became a regular part of his schedule. He also toured the United States that same year. In 1933, Tauber was attacked in the street by a group of
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Brownshirts due to his
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ancestry. Following the assault, he decided to leave Germany for his native Austria, where he continued to perform at the Vienna State Opera until the ''
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'' in March 1938. During the mid-1930s, Tauber made several musical films in England. In April 1935, at the premiere of the film ''Mimi'', he met the English actress Diana Napier (1905–1982). After protracted legal proceedings to secure an Austrian divorce from Vanconti, they married on 20 June 1936. Napier appeared in three of his British films: '' Heart's Desire'' (1935), '' Land Without Music'', and ''
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'' (both 1936).


Later career

In 1938, Tauber made his London operatic debut in ''Die Zauberflöte'' under Sir
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. Earlier that year, the Nazi government of Germany annexed Austria, and Tauber left for good. In response, the Nazis withdrew the Taubers' passports and
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; this left the couple technically stateless, prompting Tauber to apply for British citizenship. He was touring South Africa when World War II broke out and returned to Switzerland until receiving the papers allowing him to enter the UK in March 1940. Germany had banned recordings of his music in 1937. Despite receiving lucrative offers from the United States, he remained in the UK throughout the war. With little opera staged in wartime Britain, he earned a living by singing, conducting, and making gramophone records and radio broadcasts. He even composed English operettas with lyricist Fred S. Tysh. From one of these, ''Old Chelsea'', the song "My Heart and I" became one of his most popular English recordings. It was only these English records that generated royalties for him; for his earlier recordings, he had been paid per performance and had been forced to leave his savings behind in Austria. By this time, he was so crippled by
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that he could no longer move in and out of the microphone for softer and louder notes. To address this, a small trolley was constructed on rubber wheels, allowing engineers to silently roll him back and forth while recording. In 1946, Tauber appeared in a Broadway adaptation of ''The Land of Smiles'' (''Yours is my Heart''), which flopped, leaving him with huge personal losses and in debt to the backers. He was thus forced to tour the United States, Canada, Central, and South America for six months to recoup the losses, with Arpad Sandor and George Schick serving as his accompanists, and Neil Chotem as an assisting artist. In April 1947, Tauber returned to London and sought medical attention for a persistent cough. He was eventually diagnosed with
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: one lung was already useless, and the other nearly so. The Vienna State Opera was in London for a short season at the
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– their first visit since the war – and they invited Tauber to sing one performance with his old company. On 27 September 1947, he sang the role of Don Ottavio in ''Don Giovanni'', a relatively small part but with two difficult arias that demand good breath control. Those in the audience reported that he sang wonderfully, earning loud applause. Live excerpts of these two arias from this performance survive, revealing a tone of undiminished focus and steadiness, a good line, and somewhat shortened phrasing.


Death

Three days after his last performance, Tauber entered
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on October 1, 1947, to have his left lung removed to treat the cancer. Despite this, he died of complications on January 8, 1948, at the London Clinic, Devonshire Place. His Requiem Mass was held at St. James's Church, Spanish Place. He was interred in
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in London.


Selected discography

Tauber made over 720 vocal recordings for the Odeon/
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companies, as well as several as an orchestral conductor, primarily of his own works, but also of music by
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and Johann Strauss, Jr.. Among the 120 acoustic recordings, the most notable include arias by
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,
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, and Kienzl, along with songs by
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,
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, and Grieg. Additionally, there are five duets with Elisabeth Rethberg, arias by Verdi,
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, and others, as well as excerpts from Korngold's '' Die tote Stadt'', including a duet with
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. Among the electrical recordings are albums of German folksongs, 12 songs from
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's ''
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'', accompanied by Mischa Spoliansky, and an album of folksongs by Franz Gabriel and Hermann Löns. Perhaps most prized are the four Mozart arias recorded in 1938 and 1939, and the aria from ''
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'' made in 1946. Among his final recordings are two songs by Richard Strauss, accompanied at the piano by Percy Kahn. During his lifetime, his numerous recordings of music by
Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life and career L ...
, much of which was composed specifically for him, and his own songs from the operetta ''Old Chelsea'' (1942) were bestsellers, alongside a vast array of lighter and popular music in both German and English. A number of his broadcasts have been preserved, including a series of General Motors Concerts from America in 1937, a Radio Hilversum concert from 1939, and excerpts from his three series of weekly programs for the
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(1945–47).


Selected filmography

* ''Reise-Abenteuer'' (1925) hort silent* ''Achtung! Aufnahme!'' (1927) hort silent* '' I Kiss Your Hand, Madame'' (1929) * '' Never Trust a Woman'' (1930, ''Ich glaub' nie mehr an eine Frau'') * '' End of the Rainbow'' (1930, ''Das lockende Ziel'') * '' The Land of Smiles'' (1930) * '' The Big Attraction'' (1931, ''Die große Attraktion'') * '' Melody of Love'' (1932, ''Melodie der Liebe'') * '' Blossom Time'' (1934) * '' Heart's Desire'' (1935) * '' Land Without Music'' (1936) * ''
Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
'' (1936) * '' Waltz Time'' (1945) * '' Lisbon Story'' (1946)


References


External links

* * *
Das Richard Tauber Archiv
This site also hosts a regularly update
chronology
in English by Daniel O'Hara.






Photographs of Richard Tauber
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"History of the Tenor": Richard Tauber
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