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MAX KUTTNER (BADEN, AUSTRIA, 24 FEBRUARY 1883 – STRAUBING, GERMANY, 17 OCTOBER, 1953)

After a technical education Kuttner worked first as a designer in Frankfurt am Main, but there he also trained as a singer. In 1905 he made his debut at the Lortzing Theater in Berlin. After training his voice, he began his stage career in 1904 at the Court Theater of Weimar and sang since 1906 at the Lortzing Theater in Berlin. He specialized in the tenor buffo roles in which he proved to be a superior actor. He sang Jacquino in “Fidelio”, Pedrillo in the “Entführung aus dem Serail”, Monostatos in the “Zauberflöte”. His career took place mainly at various Berlin theaters. He moved to the field of operetta in the twenties and had great success as an operetta tenor in Berlin. He became known as a radio and record singer. In 1933 he left Germany as a Jew and finally came to China. There he appeared in operettas in Shanghai (1940-1941). After the Second World War, he returned to Germany, where he died in 1953 in Straubing in Bavaria. Married the opera singer Nelly Bondy, who sang in Weimar and at the Komische Oper in Berlin.

TRACKLIST

1. An der Weser Lied (Gustav Pressel) Artiphon 7312
2. Das Grab auf der Heide Ballade (Wilh. Heiser) Artiphon 7311
3. Grüsst mir das blonde Kind am Rhein (Heiser) Homokord 51960
4. Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai) Garten-Quartett (w. Pickelmann, Leux & Hieber) Zonophone X-24435 Zonophone, Berlin 1908
5. Martha (Flotow) Mag der Himmel euch vergeben (w. Pickelmann, Leux, Hieber & Rathfelder) Zonophone X-24553
6. Martha (Flotow) Spinn-Quartett (w. Pickelmann, Leux & Hieber) X-24398 Zonophone, Berlin 1908
7. Noch sind die Tage der Rosen Lied (Baumgartner) Parlophon 1416 2-1416
8. Polenblut (Stein) Immer nur ländlich und sittlich with Erika de Wied Parlophon P 1867
9. Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen Luna Grand Record Z 6080
10. Polenblut (Stein) Heléna with Erika de Wied Parlophon P1864
11. Hier Schalger-wer dort Potpourri II.Teil (Lindemann) Odeon A44671 Be4917
12. Hier Schlager-wer dort Potpourri Teil I (Lindemann) Odeon A44670 Be4916
13. Gräfin Mariza (Kálmán) Komm’ mit nach Varasdin! with Toni Bloch Parlophon P.1713-I
14. Gräfin Mariza (Kálmán) Ich möchte träumen Parlophon P.1713-II
15. Mein Herz sucht eine Königin Lied (Erwin) Beka B4310
16. Heimweh (Berlin) Beka B4310
17. Die tanzende Prinzessin (Kollo) Für ein bißchen Liebe Homocord B.1720
18. Die tanzende Prinzessin (Kollo) Der Bubikopf Homocord B. 1720
19. Rigoletto (Verdi) O wie so trügerisch Beka B3557-II
20. Wenn eine schöne Frau befiehlt (Lehár) Gramophone 20292 B42261