Guiseppe Kaschmann by Falk

GUISEPPE KASCHMANN
1845-1925 Croation Baritone

He first studied law at the University of Padua, then vocal studies with Alberto Giovanni in Udine. He debuted in 1869 at the Opera House of Zagreb (Agram) and sang the following year there at the inauguration of the new house, the title role in the opera "Mislav" by Ivan Zajc. In 1876 he joined the Teatro Regio Turin as Alfonso in Donizetti's "La Favorita". 1879-82 he had great success during their tour of Spain and Portugal, especially at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Teatro San Carlos, Lisbon. In Italy, since 1878 he was celebrated at La Scala (where he 1879 in the premiere of the opera "Mary Tudor" by Carlos Gomes participated), at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome and at many other major theaters. In 1883 he was appointed to the Metropolitan Opera New York and sang in their inaugural season (at the same time as his first role at this house) the Enrico in "Lucia di Lammermoor", but was initially only during this season there in commitment. He has performed with great success at Covent Garden Opera House London, at the Court Opera of St. Petersburg, on the operas of Warsaw, Monte Carlo and Cairo, at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires and at the Opera of Rio de Janeiro. At the Bayreuth Festival in 1892 and 1894 he sang the Wolfram in "Tannhäuser" and Amfortas in "Parsifal". On 06.10.1892 he participated in the premiere of the opera "Cristoforo Colombo" by Alberto Franchetti in the title role at the Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa. (This opera was commissioned by the city of Genoa to 400-year anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus in her great son order). In the 1895-96 season he sang then again at the Metropolitan Opera New York. Overall, he has appeared at this house during two seasons in twelve different games and in 43 performances, including Don Giovanni, as Valentin in "Faust" by Gounod and as Kurvenal in "Tristan". With age, he moved to the buffo trade and had at the age of almost 70 years of great success as Don Pasquale by Donizetti and as Rosina in the "Barber of Seville". In 1922, he took his leave at the Teatro Quirino in Rome in Cimarosa's opera "Astuzie femminili" from the stage. At that time, he lived for some time in Rome, where he worked as a teacher and among other things the teacher of bassist Salvatore Baccaloni war