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KURT BAUM (COLOGNE, MARCH 15, 1900 – NEW YORK, DECEMBER 27, 1989)

Kurt Baum was born in Prague in 1908. He studied voice in Rome and Milan, and made his debut in Zurich in 1933. He sang with the German Theater in Prague (1934-1939), but left to escape the Nazis. He came to the United States in 1939, and at first joined the Chicago Opera (1939-41), but in November 1941 he joined the Met, and sang there until 1967. He also appeared at La Scala (1948-49) and Covent Garden (1953). While at the Met, Baum sang 18 roles in 352 performances. Although not considered a singer with much finesse, his voice was stentorian, and his high notes the envy of many tenors. Baum died in 1989.

TRACKLIST

1. Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida
2. Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Un dì all´azzurro spazio
3. Carmen (Bizet) La fleur que tu m´avais jetée
4. Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) Di rigori armato il seno
5. Faust (Gounod) Salut, demeure chaste e pure
6. Guglielmo Tell (Rossini) O muto asil del pianto… Corriam
7. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba
8. Trovatore (Verdi) Di quella pira
9. Bohème (Puccini) Che gelida manina
10. Forza del Destino (Verdi) O tu, che in seno
11. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar
12. Juive (Halevy) Rachel, quand du Seigneur
13. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Plus blanche que la blanche hermine
14. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Donna non vidi mai
15. Norma (Bellini) Meco all´altar di Venere
16. Stabat Mater (Rossini) Cujus animam
17. Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia
18. Turandot (Puccini) Nessun dorma