Marian Alma (Tenor) (Zaleszyki, Poland 1860 - Berlin 1945?)

First he studied at the Lviv Polytechnic, then singing under Walery Wysocki in Lviv and made his debut there in 1878 as Lorenzo in ‘’Fra Diavolo’’ of D. Auber. He remained in this Opera House till 1884. Then he appeared in the 1884-85 season at the Opera House in Olmütz (under surname Manoli, which he filed later again), in the 1885-86 season at the Vienna Court Opera, from 1886-88 at the Municipal Theatre of Mainz, in the 1888-90 seasons at the Berlin Court Opera, from 1890-93 at the Opera House of Dusseldorf, in the 1893-94 season at the Opera House of Wroclaw, in the 1894-95 season at the Municipal Theatre of Magdeburg, in the end, in 1895-1914 again at the Berlin Court Opera. Since 1900 he appeared there primarily as Comprimario. He made guest appearances at the Opera Houses of Warsaw (1895), Cracow (1895) and Prague. In 1887 he sang at the Berlin Krolloper, also at the Court Theatre in Schwerin and in 1902 at Opera House of Leipzig. In 1904 he appeared at the Berlin Court Opera in the premiere of R. Leoncavallo’s opera ‘’Der Roland von Berlin’’, in 1911 in the Berlin première of ‘’Rosenkavaliers’’. Till 1914 he continued his career at the Berlin Court Opera. Then he was a singing teacher in the German capital, lived later in miserable relations. Probably died during the World War II in Berlin. His daughter Helene Alma was also active as a singer; she appeared about 1910 in Berlin, later in the USA.

 Chronology of some appearances

1878-1884 Lviv Opera House

1884-1885 Olmütz Opera House

1885-1886 Vienna Court Opera

1886-1888 Mainz Municipal Theatre

1888-1890 Berlin Court Opera

1890-1893 Dusseldorf Opera House

1893-1894 Wroclaw Opera House

1894-1895 Magdeburg Municipal Theatre

1895-1914 Berlin Court Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Berliner, Berlin 1901-02/03

Lohengrin (Wagner): Mein lieber Schwan 42536 29B

Trovatore (Verdi): Dass nur für dich 42509 238B

Freischütz (Weber): Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen 42053 2922B

G&T, Berlin 1902-10?

Martha (Flotow): Mag der Himmel euch vergeben 42987 1412x

Fra Diavolo (Auber): Erblickt auf Felsenhöh'n 42049 2921B

Columbia, Berlin 1903/1904

Lohengrin (Wagner): Atmest du nicht 40198

Kalliope, Leipzig? 1908?

Fra Diavolo (Auber): Erblickt auf Felsenhöhn 1586

Trovatore (Verdi): Lodern zum Himmel (Stretta) 1595