Julius Lieban

as Mime in "Siegfried" by Wagner

Julius Lieban
1857-1940
Austrian-German Tenor
He attended the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, studied singing with Josef Gänsbacher . He sang at the Municipal Theatre in Leipzig and at the Komische Oper in Vienna as Buffo. In 1881 he participated in the Wagner tour of Angelo Neumann and sang later at the Bayreuth Festival. From 1883 he worked as a Tenor buffo as a member of the Court Opera in Berlin; he also sang at the newly founded German Opera House in Charlottenburg. In 1908 he was appointed Kammersänger . In 1933 he sang the role of Mime at the State Opera when over 70. Made guest performances in many major opera houses throughout Europe. He worked in Berlin as a singing teacher.