Description

JOSEF GOSTIC (STARA LOKA, SLOVENIA MARCH 5, 1900 – BELGRAD, SERBIA DECEMBER 25, 1963)

 

 

 

 

First, he studied at the Conservatory of Ljubljana and then completed his education in Vienna. In 1929, he made his debut at the Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1937, he became the principal tenor at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where he performed until the end of his career. Guest appearances brought him success in Berlin, Dresden, Prague, and Belgrade, and later also in Paris (1953) and London. From 1943, he frequently appeared as a guest at the Volksoper in Vienna, and from 1944, he also performed at the Staatsoper in Vienna. He became a regular member of this opera house in 1958. On August 14, 1952, at the Salzburg Festival, he sang the role of Midas in the premiere of Richard Strauss’s opera Die Liebe der Danaë. In 1955, he performed at the London Stoll Theatre in the English premiere of the opera Ero s onoga svijeta by J. Gotovac, under the direction of the composer. In 1958, he was a guest at Covent Garden in London. Most of his repertoire included heroic roles. He continued his career until the 1960s.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1929 Ljubljana Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

1937 Zagreb Croatian National Theatre

1943 Wien Volksoper

1944 Wien Staatsoper

1952 Salzburg Festival

1955 London Stoll Theater

1958 London Covent Garden

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Aida (Verdi) Se quel guerrier io fossi… Celeste Aida (in Slovenian)
2. Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Lenski’s aria (in Slovenian)
3. Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Un di all’azzurro spazio (in Slovenian)
4. Ero S Onoga Svijeta (Gotovac): Aria (in Slovenian)
5. Carmen (Bizet) Il fior (in Slovenian)
6. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Mamma quel vino è generoso (in Slovenian)
7. Zauberflöte (Mozart): Der, Welcher Wandert Diese Strasse with Ljobomir Pantscheff, Leopold Simoneau and Hilde Gueden
8. Lohengrin (Wagner) Da voi lontan (in Slovenian)
9. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba (in Slovenian)
10. Prodana Nevjesta (Smetana) Aria (in Slovenian)
11. Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stele (in Slovenian)
12. Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia (in Slovenian)
13. Trovatore (Verdi) Ah! si, ben mio (in Slovenian)
14. Aida (Verdi) Se quel guerrier io fossi (in German)
15. Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida (in German)
16. Aida (Verdi) Morir si pura e bella with Leonora Lafayette (in German)
17. Aida (Verdi) La fata pietra with Leonora Lafayette (in German)
18. Aida (Verdi) O terra addio with Leonora Lafayette (in German)
19. Aida (Verdi) Nel fiera anelito (in German)
20. Aida (Verdi) Pur ti riveggo with Leonora Lafayette (in German)