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ROBERT BURG (PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, 29 MARCH 1890 – RADEBEUL, GERMANY, 9 FEBRUARY 1946)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Robert Bartl. After initial studies in mathematics, he was trained by Hans Pokorny in Prague. He made his debut in 1914 at the Theater of Aussig as Valentin in Faust by Gounod. During the 1915-1916 season, he sang at the Deutschen Theater in Prague and made guest appearances at the Stadttheater in Augsburg. From 1916, he was a member of the Hofoper (later Staatsoper) in Dresden, where he remained until 1944. Alongside artists like Tino Pattiera and Meta Seinemeyer, he played a significant role in the Verdi Renaissance of the 1920s in Germany. He performed in the world premieres of several operas: on January 14, 1918, he appeared in Dresden in Der Eroberer by Jan Brandts-Buys, on September 9, 1926, in Hindemith’s Cardillac, on May 21, 1925, in the title role of Ferruccio Busoni’s Doktor Faust, and in 1930 in the world premiere of Mark Lothar’s Lord Spleen. From 1933 to 1942, he sang at the Bayreuth Festival. In 1935, he appeared at the Festival of Sopot as Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and as Colonna in Rienzi. He also performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1924 and 1928, at the Städtische Oper in Berlin in 1924 and 1931, and in Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, and Budapest. Robert Burg suffered a heart attack during a concert in Dresden.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Blick’ ich umher AA57792 xxB6586 Odeon, Berlin 1920
2. Bajazzo (Leoncavallo) Prolog 140092 146 as Polyphon
3. Boris Godunow (Mussorgsky) Arie des Boris Wie bang ist mir 2-8590 P2172-I Parlophon
4. Boris Godunow (Mussorgsky) Recitativ und Arie des Boris Ich hab’ erreicht das Höchste 2-8591 P2172-II
5. Carmen (Bizet) Votre toast 140088 154 as Polyphon
6. Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Spiegelarie 57872, xxB6273 Odeon, Berlin 1916-08-05
7. Muette de Portici (Auber) Seht, seht auf wilden Meereswogen (Barcarole) 57775 xxB6590 Odeon, Berlin 1920
8. Otello (Verdi) Credo in un Dio crudel 2-8109 P1984-II Parlophon
9. Rigoletto (Verdi) Monolog 140013 152 as Polyphon
10. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Blick’ ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise 140087 144 as Polyphon
11. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Lied an den Abendstern 57793, xxB6267 Odeon, Berlin 1916-08-04
12. Tannhäuser (Wagner) O du mein holder Abendstern 140091 145 as Polyphon
13. Tiefland (d’Albert) Hüll’ in die Mantille 79044, xxB6413 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06-11
14. Traviata (Verdi) Hat dein heimatliches Land 57797 xxB6416-2 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06-11
15. Troubadour (Verdi) Ihres Auges himmlisch Strahlen 140012 149 as Polyphon
16. Walküre (Wagner) Der Augen leuchtendes Paar P9216 2-20497 Parlophon, Berlin 1927-12-07
17. Walküre (Wagner) Leb’ wohl, du kühnes herrliches Kind P9216 2-20496 Parlophon, Berlin 1927-12-07
18. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Ach, in den kalten Räumen hier (w. Seinemeyer) P9866, 2-21002 Parlophon, Berlin 1928-10-19
19. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Ich grüß’ dich, kleine Schwester (w. Seinemeyer) P9866 2-21001-2 Parlophon, Berlin 1928-10-19
20. Lohengrin (Wagner) Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein (w. Seinemeyer, Pilinsky, Jung, Düttbernd & chorus) P9842 2-20857 Parlophon, Berlin 1928-06-25