Leonardo Aramesco (Tenor) (Temesvár 1898 – New York 1946)

He studied singing at Vienna under Otto Iro and Kate Naether-Osten. He began his stage career appearing in the 1920-23 seasons at the Vienna State Opera. In 1926 he was engaged by the West German broadcasting company in Cologne. Here he attained a quite unusual popularity singing roles like Rodolfo in ‘’Bohème’’, Cavaradossi in ‘’Tosca’’, Don Ottavio in ‘’Don Giovanni’’, Lohengrin, Riccardo in Verdi’s ‘’Ballo in maschera’’, Jason in ‘’Medea’’ of Cherubini, Don José in ‘’Carmen’’, Almaviva in ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’ and Tamino in ‘’Zauberflöte’’. He also sang in other German radio stations, among other things at Frankfurt a. M., Stuttgart, Munich, Vienna andPrague. Also as an operetta singer he had a significant career. In 1933 he was dismissed as a Jew with the German broadcasting company. Then in the 1935-36 season he was engaged by the Opera House in Lucerne, in the 1937-38 season he performed at the Opera House of Teplitz-Schönau in Czech Republic. He went to Amsterdam, where he made guest appearances and then been active in the field of education. Then he emigierted to USA. Here he still gave a recitals. He died suddenly during an USA tour.

Chronology of some appearances

1920-23 Vienna State Opera

1923-24 Berlin State Opera

1924-25 Erfurt Municipal Theatre

1925-26 Bielefeld Municipal Theatre

1926-27 Erfurt Municipal Theatre

1926-28 Essen Opera House

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Electrola, Berlin 1929-09-26

Rosenkavalier (Strauss): Arie des Sängers EH423 62-625

Grammophon 1929

Zarewitsch (Lehár): Napolitana (Warum hat jeder Frühling)  27162

Gräfin Mariza (kalman): Komm', Zigany 844-A 

Polydor, Berlin 1931
Frau Luna (Lincke): Schlösser, die im Monde liegen 17085 12½DB III

Polydor, Berlin 1932
Der lachende Ehemann (Eysler): Weinlied 17085 4591BD II

Grammophon, Berlin 1933
Todessehnen (Tosti) 17054 5094½BD 8