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ZOLTÁN ZÁVODSZKY (JULY 18, 1892 BÁTORKESZI (KINGDOM OF HUNGARY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, CONTEMPORARY BÁTOROVE KOSIHY IN SLOVAKIA – ON OCTOBER 8, 1976 IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY)

 

 

 

 

Zoltán Závodszky started studying at the National Hungarian Royal Academy of Music. His teachers included Georg Anthes for singing, Dezső Antalffy-Zsiross for organ playing, and Leó Weiner, Zoltán Kodály, and Viktor Herzfeld for composition. In 1920 and 1921, he received a scholarship at the Royal Opera House of Budapest. Between 1921 and 1948, he was a private singer at the Opera House, becoming a permanent member in 1943. During the Nazi era, he did not receive roles due to his wife’s Jewish heritage. He was a leading singer of Richard Wagner’s operas for decades. After his retirement, he taught at the Music Academy and later at a similar institute in Vienna. He also translated several operas and songs. His wife committed suicide due to Závodszky’s adultery, and he later remarried, but had no children.

 

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. A nürnbergi mesterdalnokok (Wagner) Rózsálló hajnalról álmodtam én
2. A walkür (Wagner) Winterstürme
3. Ady Az ágyan hívogat dal (Bartók)
4. Az Istenek alkonya (Wagner) Mime
5. Lohengrin (Wagner) A király imája with László Jámbor
6. Lohengrin (Wagner) Előjáték, Nászkórus és Nászszoba-jelenet
7. Lohengrin (Wagner) Jel hát a nászi dal with Zsófia Czanik
8. Lohengrin (Wagner) Lohengrin belépője
9. Lohengrin (Wagner) Lohengrin búcsúja
10. Lohengrin (Wagner) Nagy messzi táj
11. Lohengrin (Wagner) Óh, meg ne döntsd a hitnek sziklavárát
12. Otello (Verdi) Kardom nálam
13. Siegfried (Wagner) Erdőzsongás
14. Tannhauser (Wagner) Hát jó, legyen
15. Trisztán és Izolda (Wagner) Szerelmi kettős with Anna Báthy
16. Trisztán és Izolda (Wagner) Trisztán látomása