Ludwig Strakosch (1 November 1855 – 14 October 1919) was an Austrian operatic baritone.
Life
Born in Brünn, Strakosch, son of a sugar manufacturer, first took singing lessons with Therese Stolz in Berlin and Louise Reß in Vienna. He then made his debut in Linz as Tell. He then sang in Strasbourg, where he performed the "Trumpeter" for the very first time under Victor Ernst Nessler. After that, he sang in Königsberg, the German Opera in Holland, Breslau (1891), Hamburg (1892) and Cologne (1894). After that he did not accept any further permanent engagements, but worked as a guest performer until he left the stage in 1897. After that he moved to Wiesbaden where he taught singing. From 1910 he worked in Hamburg at the singing school he opened together with his wife Irma Strakosch (1860-1931).
His repertoire included "Don Juan", the "Dutchman", the "Count" in Figaro, "Wolfram", "Tell", "Healing", "Rigoletto", "Pizarro", etc. His appearances in Bucharest with Gemma Bellincioni in Carmen, Faust and La traviata were also particularly noteworthy.
Strakosch also worked as a concert singer and was praised as Eugen Gura's successor, especially with ballads written by Carl Loewe.
Strakosch died in Hamburg at the age of 63.
Students
References
- U. Harten: "Strakosch Ludwig". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 13, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5, p. 349.
- Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 1008, (Ludwig Strakosch is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive)
External links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Strakosch in the German National Library catalogue
- Ludwig Strakosch Picture in the Sammlung Manskopf [de] of the Goethe University Frankfurt
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