Georg Anthes (Tenor) (Bad Homburg, Germania March 12, 1863 - Budapest, Hungary February 23, 1923)

He studied singing under Julius Stockhausen in Frankfurt a. M. and made his debut in 1888 at theStadttheater in  Freiburg i. Br. as Max in ‘’Freischütz’’. He appeared also in London (Covent Garden), Wiesbaden, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt a. M., Leipzig and Holland. His repertoire included Lyonel in ‘’Martha’’, Siegfried in ‘’Nibelungenring’’, Assad in ‘’Königin von Saba’’, Manrico in ‘’Il Trovatore’’, Radames in ‘’Aida’’, Otello, Masaniello in ‘’La Muette de Portici’’, Faust, , Raoul in ‘’Les Huguenots’’, José in ‘’Carmen’’, Jason in ‘’Medea’’ and Eisenstein in ‘’Fledermaus’’. In 1913 he became a professor of the conservatoire in Budapest. Since 1920 he worked as the first director of the Budapest Opera.

Chronology of some appearances

1888 Freiburg i. Br. Stadttheater Freischütz (Max)

1889-1902 Dresdner Hofoper

1892 Dresdner Hofoper Premiere Herrat (Felix Draeseke)

1892 Dresdner Hofoper Premiere Frauenlob (Reinhold Becker)

1892 Bayreuth Festival Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Walther von Stolzing)

1893 Gotha Hoftheater Evanthia Premiere (Paul Umlauff)

1895 Vienna Hofoper

1896 Dresdner Hofoper Odysseus Premiere Heimkehr (August Bungert)

1897 Dresdner Hofoper Premiere Haschisch (Oscar von Chelius)

1898 Riga Opera

1900 Basel Stadttheater

1900 Stockholm Opera

1900 Stuttgart Hoftheater

1901 München Hofoper

1901 Stockholm Opera

1902 München Hofoper

1902 New York Metropolitan Opera Debut Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1903-1913 Budapest National Opera
1908-1909 New York Metropolitan Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Mapleson cylinders

Lohengrin

7 February 1903 Lohengrin's Question with Gadski

7 February 1903 Preparation for Battle with van Rooy

7 February 1903 King's Prayer with van Rooy and Blass

7 February 1903 Minster Scene with Gadski and van Rooy

Siegfried

19 January 1903 Hammer Song with Reiss

19 January 1903 Act III Duet with Nordica

Tristan und Isolde

9 February 1903 Love Duet with Nordica

9 February 1903 Love Duet with Nordica and Schumann-Heink

Gramophone? 1904
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