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HEINZ KRAAYVANGER 1904-1971 German Tenor Studies at the Musikhochschule of Cologne and in Berlin. He made his debut in 1930 at the Opera House Cologne as a host in the Offenbach operetta "Madame Favart".

Bella Paalen as Fricka 'Die Walkure" Wagner BELLA PAALEN ( Isabella Pollak) 1881-1964 Hungarian Contralto Studied with Rosa Papier-Paumgartner and Johannes Ress in Vienna.Debut in 1904 Dusseldorf as Fides in "Prophet" by Meyerbeer. She was a member of the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna Court Opera until 1918). Sang in England , Holland , Spain Czeh Republic ,

GENEVIEVE VIX 1879-1939 French Soprano Studied at the Nantes Conservatoire and then at the Paris Conservatoire as a pupil of Lhérie.Debut at the Palais Garnier 1905 in the title role in the premiere of Daria by Georges Marty.Debut at the Opéra-Comique on 1906 as Louise. Created Concepción in L'heure espagnole in 1911 and Francesca in Francesca da Rimini (Leoni) in 1913 .Appearances in Madrid, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio da Janeiro, Havana, Chicago, New York, Boston, Rome, Cairo and Constantinople

Alfred Von Bary as Lohengrin 'Lohengrin" Wagner ALFRED VON BARY 1873-1926 Tenor Studied singing with Richard Müller. He Debut at the Dresden Court Opera in 1903 as Lohengrin in Wagner’s ‘’Lohengrin’’ .Important wagnerian tenor sang at Bayreuth , Dresden , Munich , Berlin ,Stuttgart , Mannheim, Hamburg,f Frankfurt ,Cologne, Nuremberg and at the Viennese Volksoper .

Alfred Von Bary as Tristan 'Tristan & Isolde" Wagner ALFRED VON BARY 1873-1926 Tenor Studied singing with Richard Müller. He Debut at the Dresden Court Opera in 1903 as Lohengrin in Wagner’s ‘’Lohengrin’’ .Important wagnerian tenor sang at Bayreuth , Dresden , Munich , Berlin ,Stuttgart , Mannheim, Hamburg,f Frankfurt ,Cologne, Nuremberg and at the Viennese Volksoper .

Alfred Von Bary as Samson 'Samson & Delilah" Saint-Saëns ALFRED VON BARY 1873-1926 Tenor Studied singing with Richard Müller. He Debut at the Dresden Court Opera in 1903 as Lohengrin in Wagner’s ‘’Lohengrin’’ .Important wagnerian tenor sang at Bayreuth , Dresden , Munich , Berlin ,Stuttgart , Mannheim, Hamburg,f Frankfurt ,Cologne, Nuremberg and at the Viennese Volksoper .

Alfred Von Bary as Tristan 'Tristan & Isolde" Wagner ALFRED VON BARY 1873-1926 Tenor Studied singing with Richard Müller. He Debut at the Dresden Court Opera in 1903 as Lohengrin in Wagner’s ‘’Lohengrin’’ .Important wagnerian tenor sang at Bayreuth , Dresden , Munich , Berlin ,Stuttgart , Mannheim, Hamburg,f Frankfurt ,Cologne, Nuremberg and at the Viennese Volksoper .

ELSA STRALIA (Elsie Mary Fischer) 1881-1945 Australian Soprano Studied in Milan and London. She made her Covent Garden, London debut as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1913, under the professional name of Elsa Stralia.She appeared at Covent Garden, and in Milan, Paris, South Africa and New York. She toured in South Africa, and in a number of American cities,

EDWARD LLOYD 1845-1927 English Tenor Performed in concert and oratorio Young Lloyd began singing as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and in 1866 became a member of both Trinity College and King's College chapels in the University of Cambridge. In 1869 he joined the choir of St Andrew's, Wells Street (under Barnby) and was engaged for the Chapel Royal in 1869–71. In 1871 he sang in the St Matthew Passion at the Gloucester Festival, and came prominently to public attention. He never sang in the theatre, possibly because he was short of stature . 1873 he made his first appearance at St James' Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Society. In the year of his retirement in 1900, he became the Gold Medallist of that Society

ERIKA WEDEKIND (Frida Marianne Erica Wedekind) 1868-1944 German Soprano Studied Dresden Conservatory with the famous soprano and music educator Aglaja Orgeni . Debut 1894 (as Mistress Ford in " The Merry Wives of Windsor "by Otto Nicolai ) and received in the same year her first engagement at the Court Opera in Dresden , Participated in the premiere of the opera The beauty of Fogaras of Alfred Grünfeld , and in the premiere of the opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck . After leaving the Dresden Court Opera in 1909, followed by appearances mainly as a concert singer. Erika Wedekind was one of the first coloratura sopranos of Germany and was an outstanding representative of their field. She performed in Germany, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Stockholm, Paris and London

Erica Wedekind as Mignon "Mignon" Thomas ERIKA WEDEKIND (Frida Marianne Erica Wedekind) 1868-1944 German Soprano Studied Dresden Conservatory with the famous soprano and music educator Aglaja Orgeni . Debut 1894 (as Mistress Ford in " The Merry Wives of Windsor "by Otto Nicolai ) and received in the same year her first engagement at the Court Opera in Dresden , Participated in the premiere of the opera The beauty of Fogaras of Alfred Grünfeld , and in the premiere of the opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck . After leaving the Dresden Court Opera in 1909, followed by appearances mainly as a concert singer. Erika Wedekind was one of the first coloratura sopranos of Germany and was an outstanding representative of their field. She performed in Germany, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Stockholm, Paris and London

Erica Wedekind as Cherubino "Le nozze di Figaro" Mozart ERIKA WEDEKIND (Frida Marianne Erica Wedekind) 1868-1944 German Soprano Studied Dresden Conservatory with the famous soprano and music educator Aglaja Orgeni . Debut 1894 (as Mistress Ford in " The Merry Wives of Windsor "by Otto Nicolai ) and received in the same year her first engagement at the Court Opera in Dresden , Participated in the premiere of the opera The beauty of Fogaras of Alfred Grünfeld , and in the premiere of the opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck . After leaving the Dresden Court Opera in 1909, followed by appearances mainly as a concert singer. Erika Wedekind was one of the first coloratura sopranos of Germany and was an outstanding representative of their field. She performed in Germany, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Stockholm, Paris and London

Richard Tauber as Tsarevich Der Zarewitsch (1927), Lehar CREATOR ROLE RICHARD TAUBER 16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948 Austrian Tenor He made his public debut at a concert at Freiburg on 17 May 1912,his father was appointed Intendant of the Municipal Theatre in Chemnitz and was therefore in a position to arrange for Richard to appear as Tamino in The Magic Flute on 2 March 1913. Dresden Opera who had already offered Tauber a five-year contract, commencing on 1 August.,Made his made his Vienna State Opera debut on 16 June in La bohème , He signed a five-year contract with the Vienna State Opera and appearances with the Berlin State Opera tenor role in many operas, including Don Giovanni, The Bartered Bride, Tosca, Mignon, Faust, Carmen and Die Fledermaus, as well as newer works such as Erich Korngold's Die tote Stadt and Wilhelm Kienzl's Der Evangelimann.Gounod's Faust, Bacchus in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos .Tauber first performed in an operetta by Franz Lehár at the Volksbuhne in Berlin in 1920

RICHARD TAUBER 16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948 Austrian Tenor He made his public debut at a concert at Freiburg on 17 May 1912,his father was appointed Intendant of the Municipal Theatre in Chemnitz and was therefore in a position to arrange for Richard to appear as Tamino in The Magic Flute on 2 March 1913. Dresden Opera who had already offered Tauber a five-year contract, commencing on 1 August.,Made his made his Vienna State Opera debut on 16 June in La bohème , He signed a five-year contract with the Vienna State Opera and appearances with the Berlin State Opera tenor role in many operas, including Don Giovanni, The Bartered Bride, Tosca, Mignon, Faust, Carmen and Die Fledermaus, as well as newer works such as Erich Korngold's Die tote Stadt and Wilhelm Kienzl's Der Evangelimann.Gounod's Faust, Bacchus in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos .Tauber first performed in an operetta by Franz Lehár at the Volksbuhne in Berlin in 1920

Dolly Castles as Yum Yum " The Mikado " Gilbert & Sullivan Dolly Castles (Ethel Castles) 1884-1971 Australian Soprano She was born in Bendigo, she appeared for several seasons with the J,C, Williamson Company and made her way to America where she appeared as the principal soprano in the first production of the musical The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, based on the OZ books of L. Frank Baum (music by Louis Gottschalk), which was shown in Los Angeles on 31 March 1913. She retired from the stage after World War 1, In Australia she appeared in the original Australian cast of the J.C. Williamson’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited as The Princess Zara at the Princess Theatre which premiered on January 20, 1905 and which closed after 18 performances. She was in the credits for a revival of The Sorcerer produced at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney in December 1905 and also in the Sydney 1905 season where she was in the revival of the title role of Princess Ida.

Dolly Castles as Phyllis "Iolanthe" Gilbert & Sullivan Dolly Castles (Ethel Castles) 1884-1971 Australian Soprano She was born in Bendigo, she appeared for several seasons with the J,C, Williamson Company and made her way to America where she appeared as the principal soprano in the first production of the musical The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, based on the OZ books of L. Frank Baum (music by Louis Gottschalk), which was shown in Los Angeles on 31 March 1913. She retired from the stage after World War 1, In Australia she appeared in the original Australian cast of the J.C. Williamson’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited as The Princess Zara at the Princess Theatre which premiered on January 20, 1905 and which closed after 18 performances. She was in the credits for a revival of The Sorcerer produced at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney in December 1905 and also in the Sydney 1905 season where she was in the revival of the title role of Princess Ida.

THEODOR REICHMANN 15 March 1849 -22 May 1903 German Baritone Studied Berlin and Milan . Debuted 1869 (as Ottokar in "Der Freischütz") in Magdeburg .After engagements in Rotterdam (1870-1871), Cologne (1871/1872), Strasbourg (1872) and Hamburg (1872-1875), belonged to 1875-1883 the Munich Court Theatre on and came on April 5, 1881, as a guest at the Hofoper (René in "Masked ball").Debut on June 4 as Dutchman April 8 , 1889 , and from 1 September 1895 until 22 May 1903 Reichmann was a member of the Court Opera , Roles Dutchman , Hans Sachs , Wotan , Don Juan , Count Almaviva , Amonasro , Escamillo , Rigoletto .Sang regularly at the Bayreuth Festival

Theodor Reichmann as Don Juan 'Don Juan" Mozart THEODOR REICHMANN 15 March 1849 -22 May 1903 German Baritone Studied Berlin and Milan . Debuted 1869 (as Ottokar in "Der Freischütz") in Magdeburg .After engagements in Rotterdam (1870-1871), Cologne (1871/1872), Strasbourg (1872) and Hamburg (1872-1875), belonged to 1875-1883 the Munich Court Theatre on and came on April 5, 1881, as a guest at the Hofoper (René in "Masked ball").Debut on June 4 as Dutchman April 8 , 1889 , and from 1 September 1895 until 22 May 1903 Reichmann was a member of the Court Opera , Roles Dutchman , Hans Sachs , Wotan , Don Juan , Count Almaviva , Amonasro , Escamillo , Rigoletto .Sang regularly at the Bayreuth Festival