Anton Dermota [SEP] voice type
Anton Dermota
"Kammersänger" Anton Dermota (June 4, 1910 – June 22, 1989) was a Slovene tenor.
He was born in a poor family in the Upper Carniolan village of Kropa in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and is now in Slovenia). He went to the Ljubljana Conservatory with the intention of studying composition and organ, but in 1934 he received a scholarship which sent him to Vienna. There, he devoted himself exclusively to vocal study with Marie Radó.
the Vienna Singverein (Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) under Oswald Kabasta, with Franz Schütz at the organ. sang the Evangelist's recitative role, and the other vocal soloists were Erika Rokyta, Enid Szantho, Anton Dermota and Josef von Manowarda.
The UK premiere was given on 24 May 1966, conducted by Bryan Fairfax.
Recordings.
- Anton Dermota (Evangelist), Walter Berry (God), Hilde Güden, Ira Malaniuk, Fritz Wunderlich (soloists): Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, cond.