Description

MARIAN ALMA (ZALESZCZYKI, POLAND, 3 NOVEMBER, 1860 – BERLIN, GERMANY, 6 DECEMBER, 1937)

 

 

 

 

He first studied at the Lviv Polytechnic before turning to singing, where he studied under Walery Wysocki in Lviv. He made his debut there in 1878 as Lorenzo in D. Auber’s Fra Diavolo and remained with this opera house until 1884. Following his time in Lviv, he performed under the surname Manoli during the 1884-85 season at the Opera House in Olmütz, though he eventually reverted to his original name.

His career continued at several prominent opera houses: he was at the Vienna Court Opera in the 1885-86 season, the Municipal Theatre of Mainz from 1886-88, the Berlin Court Opera during the 1888-90 seasons, the Opera House of Düsseldorf from 1890-93, the Opera House of Wroclaw in the 1893-94 season, and the Municipal Theatre of Magdeburg in the 1894-95 season. In 1895, he returned to the Berlin Court Opera, where he performed until 1914. After 1900, he primarily took on comprimario roles.

He also made guest appearances at various opera houses, including those in Warsaw and Kraków in 1895, and Prague. In 1887, he sang at the Berlin Krolloper, the Court Theatre in Schwerin, and in 1902 at the Opera House of Leipzig. Notably, he appeared at the Berlin Court Opera in the premiere of R. Leoncavallo’s opera Der Roland von Berlin in 1904 and in the Berlin premiere of Der Rosenkavalier in 1911.

He continued his career at the Berlin Court Opera until 1914, after which he became a singing teacher in Berlin.

His daughter Helene Alma was also active as a singer; she appeared about 1910 in Berlin, later in the USA.

 

 Chronology of some appearances

 

1878-1884 Lviv Opera House

1884-1885 Olmütz Opera House

1885-1886 Vienna Court Opera

1886-1888 Mainz Municipal Theatre

1888-1890 Berlin Court Opera

1890-1893 Dusseldorf Opera House

1893-1894 Wroclaw Opera House

1894-1895 Magdeburg Municipal Theatre

1895-1914 Berlin Court Opera

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Spinn, spinn (Jüngst) 15024 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1904-03

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Gruber) 12388 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1901-09/10

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Den Bronnen, den uns Wolfram nannte 12381 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1901-09/10

Traviata (Verdi) O lass uns fliehen (w. Dietrich) 15081 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1904-08/09

Trovatore (Verdi) Dass nur für dich 42509 238B Berliner, Berlin 1901-02/03

Trovatore (Verdi) Einsam steh’ ich (Ständchen) 42208 565B Berliner, Berlin 1901-03

Trovatore (Verdi) Lodern zum Himmel (Stretta) 1595 Kalliope, Leipzig 1908

Undine (Lortzing) Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder 12252 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1901-09/10

Vergißmeinnicht (Suppé) 15084 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1904-08/09

Verlor’nes Glück (Sprowacker) 12253 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1901-09/10

Waffenschmied (Lortzing) Du bist ein arbeitsamer Mensch (w. Nebe) 15085 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1904-08/09

Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen 15101 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1904-08/09

Zauberflöte (Mozart) Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (w. Walter) 12408 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1901-09/10

Zieh’ hinaus beim Morgengrau’n (Dregert) 7027 Adler Phonograph Co cylinders, Berlin 1905-10

Zigeunerbaron (Strauss) Wer uns getraut (w. Dietrich) 15091 Edison cylinders, Berlin 1904-08/09