Description

BORIS GREVERUS (RUSSIA (ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES IN DWORATZKEN, PROVINCE OF EAST PRUSSIA), 1902 – AFTER 1964)

 

 

 

 

Greverus was born in Russia but grew up in Germany, where he received free singing lessons from Ernst Grenzebach in Berlin. He made his debut in the autumn of 1929 at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, performing as Hermann in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame. After a season at the Stadttheater Essen, he went on to work in Prague and then in Graz. In 1933, he was hired by the Landestheater Wiesbaden, where he joined the NSDAP. In 1936, he was imprisoned for nine months on suspicion of homosexuality but was released later that same year. Following this, he moved to Berlin and joined the Theater der Jugend. From 1945 to 1948, and again in the 1950/51 season, he was a member of the Städtische Oper in West Berlin. In 1961, Greverus joined the Theater des Westens, and he retired in 1964. From 1933 to 1936 he used the name Bodo Greverus.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1929 Mannheim Nationaltheater

1933 Wiesbaden Landestheater

1945-1948 West Berlin Städtische Oper

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Ultraphon, Berlin 1930

Turandot (Puccini):  Non piangere, Liù 10720 A400

Turandot (Puccini) Nessun dorma 10721 A400

 

Don Carlos

Cast

(Don Carlos, Elisabeth, Eboli, Rodrigue, King Philip II, Grand Inquisitor)

Boris Greverus, Irma Demuth, Joanna Blatter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Josef Greindl, Josef Herrmann

Conductor, Opera house and orchestra

Ferenc Fricsay

Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus

(sung in German; recorded on 18 November)

Label

Myto

Cat: 001.H038