Description

OSCAR BRAUN (VIENNA, 16 FEBRUARY, 1867 – BUDAPEST, 15 APRIL, 1944)

 

 

 

 

He completed his training in Vienna and began his opera career in 1889 at the Carl Theater in Vienna. In 1891, he joined the Cologne Opera House, where he participated in the premiere of Nicola Spinelli’s opera A basso porto in 1894. He gained recognition as the first lyric tenor at the Frankfurt am Main Opera House in 1895, where he performed an extensive repertoire and also ventured into operetta. In 1898, he pursued further studies in Paris. He sang at the Theater des Westens in Berlin during the 1898–1900 and 1902–1903 seasons, and at the Berlin Court Opera in the 1900–1901 season. From 1903 to 1907, he performed operettas at the Central Theater in Berlin, followed by engagements at the New Operetta Theater in Berlin from 1907 to 1911, and guest appearances as an operetta singer, including the 1912–1913 season in Amsterdam. Around 1910, he toured with the Oscar Braun Operetta Society, which he founded. He also appeared at the Komische Oper in Berlin (1915–1920) and at the Kurtheater in Freudenstadt (1922–1923).

He made guest appearances in various opera houses, including the Court Opera in Dresden and the Theater in Brünn (1902), the Leipzig Opera House (1905), the Berlin Kroll Opera (1908, as Manrico in Il Trovatore), and the Schwerin Court Theater (1909). In the 1907–1908 season, he performed at the Leipzig New Operetta Theater. His roles included Gomez in Das Nachtlager von Granada by C. Kreutzer, Lyonel in Martha, Peter Iwanow in Zar und Zimmermann, Fra Diavolo by Auber, Alfredo in La Traviata, David in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Jan in Der Bettelstudent by Millöcker, Barinkay in Der Zigeunerbaron, and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss. Oscar Braun, who was of Jewish descent, was still living in Berlin in 1941, but his fate after that remains unknown.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Bettelstudent (Millöcker) Auch ich möchte’ etwas fragen dich (w. Wolff) A55007 xBo3252 Odeon, Berlin 1909-11
2. Bettelstudent (Millöcker) Ich knüpfte manche zarte Bande X34378, Bx773 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10-08
3. Cloches de Corneville (Planquette) Die Reise um die ganze Erde X34358 Bx765 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10 (early)
4. Der Rastelbinder (Lehár) Wenn zwei sich lieben X34377 Bx772 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10-08
5. Der süsse Doktor (Kollo) Du gleichst den Rosen 55012 xBo 3258-2 Odeon, Berlin 1905
6. Der Teufel lacht dazu (Holländer) Sonne und Mond (w. Ellis) 10162 Beka, Berlin 1906-10
7. Die Juxheirat (Lehár) Herz, du bist bewegt X34368 Bx769 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10-08
8. Die schöne Risette (Fall) Der Hirtenknabe Hippolyt (w. Ly) 14663 Lyrophon, Berlin 1911-0102
9. Die schöne Risette (Fall) Wir beide sind ein junges stolzes Königspaar (w. Ly) 14661 Lyrophon, Berlin 1911-0102
10. Es blinkt der Tau (Rubinstein) 331 Lyrophon, Berlin 1905 (Summer)
11. Fledermaus (Strauss) Dieser Anstand, so manierlich (w. Wolff) X50157 xB1669-2 Odeon, Berlin 1906 (late)
12. Fledermaus (Strauss) Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell (w. Lieban-Globig) 4504 B821 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10
13. Fledermaus (Strauss) Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell (w. Lieban-Globig) X34390, xB819 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10
14. Martha (Flotow) Duett with Adolf Lieban 506 Lyrophon, Berlin 1905-01
15. Martha (Flotow) Ja, seit früh’ster Kindheit Tagen (w. Bertram) 2-19001 510-g Favorite, Berlin 1906-01
16. Mignon (Thomas) Leb’ wohl, Mignon X34353 Bx763 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10 (early)
17. Mikado (Sullivan) Kuss-Duett (w. Lieban-Globig) X34397 xB816 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10
18. Rigoletto (Verdi) O wie so trügerisch X34367 Bx767 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10 (early)
19. Rigoletto (Verdi) O, wie so trügerisch 15068 1022-e- Favorite, Berlin 1906-01
20. Trovatore (Verdi) Einsam steh’ ich (Ständchen) 15067 1021-e- Favorite, Berlin 1906-01
21. Winterlied (von Koss) X34357 Bx764 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10 (early)
22. Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen X34376 Bx762 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10 (early)
23. Zigeunerbaron (Strauss) Wer uns getraut (w. Grining) 1505 Homokord, Berlin 1906-02-13
24. Zigeunerbaron (Strauss) Wer uns getraut (w. Lieban-Globig) 4512 B818 Odeon, Berlin 1905-10
25. Zigeunerbaron (Strauss) Wer uns getraut (w. Wolff) X50162, xB1688 Odeon, Berlin 1906 (late)