Son of Dutch parents he spent his youth in Tilburg
and Utrecht and first worked in a factory of Utrecht as a metalworker. After
the discovery of his voice he studied under Hugo Nolthenius, Antoon Averkamp
and Cornélie van Zanten in Amsterdam. In 1887 he appeared for the first time in
a concert in Utrecht. In 1894 he made his stage debut at the Dutch Opera in
Amsterdam as Beppe in ‘’Pagliacci’’. He had his first great success in
Amsterdam in the title role of the opera ‘’Joseph’’ by E. Méhul. In 1898 he
went to study the Wagner style under Julius Kniese in Bayreuth. In 1900 he was
engaged as the first tenor by the opera house in Leipzig and appeared there
till 1914. In Leipzig he was highly appreciated and quickly became known. Here he
sang also in the premieres of the operas: ‘’Orestes’’' of F. Weingartner (1902),
"Strandrecht" ("The Wreckers") of Mrs. Ethel Smith
(11. 11. 1906) and in
the German première of C. V. Stanford’s "Viel Lärm um
nichts". In the
1910-1914 seasons he sang annually at the London Covent Garden as heldentenor.
Here he made his debut in 1910 as Tristan under sir Thomas Beecham. Since 1910 he
made guest appearances at the Dresden Hofoper. In the 1901-1910 seasons he sang at the Berlin Hofoper. In the 1908-1910 seasons he was a
soloist of the Munich Hofoper. In the 1908-1909 season he appeared at the Vienna Hofoper. In the 1911-1912 season he sang
the part of Siegmund at the Bayreuth Festival. In 1912 he performed at the Boston Opera. In 1912 he was engaged
by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Till 1917 he remained the first heldentenor
of this opera house, where he had a huge success. Then he lived in his native
country. Guest appearances followed in Germany, Austria, France and in the
Scandinavian lands (Stockholm, 1918-1920). He sang also in Amsterdam Antwerp
and Brussels. In Brussels he appeared in the 1925-1930 seasons as heldentenor.
In the 1922-1923 season he travelled with the German Opera around the USA. In the
1922-1925 seasons he sang at the Berlin Volksoper, in the 1926-1927 season at the Berlin
Staatsoper. In
1924 he again performed at the Covent Garden in London. In 1925 he participated
in the festival in Zoppot. At the concert hall he was highly appreciated for
his interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s "Lied von der Erde". As an interpreter of this composition he also made guest
apppearance in 1928 in the Salzburg Festival. In 1930 he sang the part of Tristan at
the Paris Grand Opéra. As Tristan he appeared in 1932 in Amsterdam and in 1933
in Hannover. His repertoire included also Tamino in "Zauberflöte", Raoul in ‘’Huguenots’’, Faust, Samson
in ‘’Samson et Dalila’’, José in ‘’Carmen’’ and Otello.
Autobiography ''Mijn loopbaan'' (Amsterdam, 1929)
Chronology of some appearances
1894 Amsterdam Dutch Opera
1900-1914 Leipzig Opernhaus
1901-1910 Berlin Hofoper
1908-1910 Munich Hofoper
1908-1909 Vienna Hofoper
1910-1914 London Covent Garden1901-1910 Berlin Hofoper
1908-1910 Munich Hofoper
1908-1909 Vienna Hofoper
1910 Dresden Hofoper
1911-1912 Bayreuth Festival
1912 Boston Opera
1912-1917 New York Metropolitan Opera
1918-1920 Stockholm
1922-1923 USA
1922-1925 Berlin Volksoper
1924 London Covent Garden
1925-1930 Brussels
1925 Zoppot
1926-1927 Berlin Staatsoper
1928 Salzburg Festival
1930 Paris Grand Opéra
1932 Amsterdam Opera
1933 Hannover Opernhaus
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