Reiner Minten (Tenor) (1901, † 18. 9. 1958 Hannover)

                                                                          Lohengrin

                                                                     Margarete Bäumer

He made his debut at the Opernhaus in Düsseldorf (1921-1922). In the 1922-1923 season he sang at the Stadttheater in Bielefeld, in the 1923-1924 season at the  Stadttheater of Mönchengladbach, from 1924 to 1925 at the Staatstheater in Oldenburg, in the 1925-1927 seasons at the Stadttheater in Münster and from 1927 to 1930 at the Stadttheater in Dortmund. He continued his career at the Opernhaus in Leipzig (1930-1933) and at the Landestheater in Schwerin (1933-1937) and in 1937 he was engaged by the  Opernhaus in Hannover. Here he worked till 1950 as a popular singer. His stage repertoire included De Grieux in ''Manon Lescaut'', Canio in ''Pagliacci'', Alvaro in ''La forza del destino'', Radames in ''Aida'', Eleazar in ''La Juive'', Samson in ''Samson et Delila'',  Hüon in ''Oberon'' Erik in "Fliegenden Holländer", Tristan in ''Tristan und Isolde'', Siegmund and Siegfried in Nibelungenring, Herodes in ''Salome'' and Otello.

Chronology of some appearances

1921-1922 Düsseldorf Opernhaus
1922-1923 Bielefeld Stadttheater
1923-1924 Mönchengladbach Stadttheater
1924-1925 Oldenburg  Staatstheater
1925-1927 Münster Stadttheater
1927-1930 Dortmund Stadttheater
1930-1933 Leipzig  Opernhaus
1933-1937 Schwerin Landestheater
1937-1950 Hannover Opernhaus
 
RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Parlophon
Siegfried (Wagner): Heil dir, Sonne with Margarete Bäumer  P9555-I  21742
Siegfried (Wagner): Heil dir, Sonne Pt II with Margarete Bäumer  P9555-II  21743
Siegfried (Wagner): So berühre mich nicht with Margarete Bäumer P9556-I 21744
Siegfried (Wagner): Ob ich jetzt dein? with Margarete Bäumer P9556-II 21745

Giovanni Peirani (Tenor) (Rivoli/Torino 1868 - Santiago del Cile 1901)

He died suddenly.

Chronology of some appearances

1895 Colorno  Teatro Sociale Trovatore (Manrico) (Debut)
1896 Como Teatro Sociale Forza del destino (Don Alvaro)
1897 La Valletta/Malta Teatro Reale  Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1898 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Aida (Radames)
1899 Odessa Teatro Municipale Profeta (Johannes)
1900 Siviglia  Teatro San Ferdiando Otello (Otello)
1901 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Aida (Radames)

Giovanni Peirani never made records

Amador Famadas (Tenor) (Girona, 1889 – Barcelona, 1962)

Chronology of some appearances

1909 Barcelona Les Arenes Aida (Radames) (Debut)
1914 Bologna Teatro Comunale Africana (Vasco)
1916 Parma Teatro Regio Aida (Radames)
1916 Roma Teatro Costanzi Carmen (Don Jose)
1917 Roma Teatro Costanzi Huémac (Huémac)
1917 Roma Teatro Costanzi Carmen (Don Jose)
1917 Roma Teatro Costanzi La fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)
1917 Roma Teatro Costanzi Aida (Radames)
1923 Parma Politeama Reinach Pagliacci (Canio)
1931 Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Carmen (Don Jose)

Amador Famadas never made records

Klara Brun-Kamionska (Soprano) (Smila, Ukraine 1. 12. 1876 - Kiev, Ukraine 25. 10. 1959)

                                                                                 Lisa

                                                                  with Oscar Kamionsky

From 1894 to 1899 she studied singing at the Vienna Konservatorium. In 1903 and 1913 she went for further studies to Italy and became a pupil of C. Rossi. In 1899 she made her debut as Leonora in G. Verdi's ''Il Trovatore'' at the Opera House in Nikolayev. She appeared with success also in France and Germany. Her repertoire included Amelia in ''Ballo in maschera'', Aida, Desdemona in ''Otello'', Valentina in ''Gli Ugonotti'', Tosca, Brünnhilde in ''Walküre''. Since 1926 she taught singing. From 1929 to 1934 she was active as pedagogue at the Technical School of Music in Kiev. From 1941 to 1944 she worked in Baku. From 1934 to 1952 she became a known vocal pedagogue at the Kiev Conservatory. Married the famous baritone Oscar Kamionsky.

Chronology of some appearances

1899 Nikolayev Opera House

1900 Nizjni Novgorod

1900 Baku 

1901 Kazan

1901 St. Petersburg Arkadia Theater 

1902 Kiev

1902 Odessa

1904 St. Petersburg  Conservatory Theater

1905 Kazan

1905 St. Petersburg New Opera

1906 Irkutsk

1907 Moscow S. Zimin's Opera
1909 Japan

1913 Rostov-on-Don

1913 Kharkov

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Gramophone, Kiev 03
Gorniye vershiny Op 48 No 5 (Rubinstein) Wanderers Nachtlied with Oscar Kamionsky 24346 1648z

Pathé, St Petersburg 1911
Don Giovanni (Mozart): Là ci darem la mano with Oscar Kamionsky 21122

Enrico Goiri (Tenor)

                                                                          Radames

Chronology of some appearances

1905 Vicenza Eretenio Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1905 Vicenza Eretenio Pagliacci (Canio)
1905 Milano Lirico Pagliacci (Canio)
1906 Barcelona Bosque Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1906 Barcelona Bosque Pagliacci (Canio)
1906 Las Palmas Perez Galdos Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)  
1906 Las Palmas Perez Galdos Pagliacci (Canio)
1906 Las Palmas Perez Galdos Tosca (Cavaradossi) 
1906 Barcelona Bosque Aida (Radames)
1906 Barcelona Bosque Boheme (Rodolfo)
1906 Las Palmas Principal Aida (Radames)
1906 Porto Maurizio Cavour Boheme (Rodolfo)
1906 Ventimiglia  Politeama Sociale Boheme (Rodolfo)

Enrico Goiri never made records

Antonio Castigliano (Tenor)

Chronology of some appearances

1923 Torino Teatro Regio Luisa (rigattiere/1°guardia)
1924 Torino Teatro Regio Boris Godunov (Missail)
1924 Torino Teatro Regio La Fanciulla del West (Harry)
1924 Torino Teatro Regio Giulietta e Romeo (Bernabò)
1925 Torino Teatro Regio Il gallo d'oro (principe Gvidon)
1925 Torino Teatro Regio Nerone  (tempiere)
1925 Torino Teatro Regio Marouf (1°mercante)
1925 Torino Teatro Regio Don Pasquale (notaro)
1926 Torino Teatro Regio La cena delle beffe (Lapo)
1926 Torino Teatro Regio Il Trovatore (Ruiz)
1945 Torino Teatro Lirico Mefistofele (Nereo)
1946 Torino Teatro Lirico Boris Godunov (boiardo/Mitjuscia)
1947 Torino  Teatro Carignano Il segreto di Susanna  (Guiccio)
1947 Torino  Teatro Carignano Fedora (Sergio)

Antonio Castigliano never made records
 

Amedeo Albanese (Tenor)

Chronology of some appearances

1896 Sofia Alhambra Rigoletto (Duca)
1897 Zara Comunale  Boheme (Rodolfo)
1898 Genova Politeama Genovese Boheme (Rodolfo)

Amedeo Albanese never made records

Giacomo Arnò (Tenor)

Chronology of some appearances

1893 Casale Monferrato Sociale Loreley (Walter)
1898 Monferrato Sociale Boheme (Rodolfo)
1898 Foligno Piermarini Boheme (Rodolfo)  

Giacomo Arnò never made records

Luigi Innocenti (Tenor)

Chronology of some appearances

1896 Catania Teatro Nazionale Faust (Faust)
1899 Intra Civico Boheme (Rodolfo)
1899 Malta Reale Boheme (Rodolfo)
1899 Malta Reale Carmen (Don Jose)
1899 Malta Reale Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1899 Suzzara Sociale Boheme (Rodolfo)
1899 Roma Teatro Costanzi Wally (Giuseppe Hagenbach)
1899 Roma Teatro Costanzi Iris (cenciaiolo)
1899 Roma Teatro Costanzi Gioconda (Enzo)
1899 Roma Teatro Costanzi Le villi (Roberto)
1900 Ancona Vittorio Emanuele Boheme (Rodolfo)
1900 Roma Teatro Costanzi Boheme (Parpignol)
1900 Roma Teatro Costanzi Traviata (Alfredo)
1900 Roma Teatro Costanzi Saffo (Gianni Gaussin)
1900 Verona Ristori Carmen (Don Jose)
1900 Verona Ristori Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1900 Badia Polesine  Politeama Piana Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1901 Rio de Janeiro Lirico Boheme (Rodolfo)
1901 Rio de Janeiro Lirico Carmen (Don Jose)
1901 Rio de Janeiro Lirico  Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1901 Rio de Janeiro Lirico  Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1901 San Paolo Santana Boheme (Rodolfo)
1901 San Paolo Santana Carmen (Don Jose)
1901 San Paolo Santana Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1901 Warsaw Imperial Carmen (Don Jose)
1902 Santiago del Cile Municipal Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1903 Firenze Della Pergola Boheme (Rodolfo)
1904 Barcellona Liceo Boheme (Rodolfo)
1904 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Carmen (Don Jose)
1905 Alessandria Finzi Carmen (Don Jose)
1906 Milano Dal Verme  Carmen (Don Jose)
1906 Torino Vittorio Emanuele Carmen (Don Jose)

Luigi Innocenti never made records

Georges Cathelat (Tenor) (Paris, France 13. Febr. 1904 - Paris, France ?)

Originally he wanted to become an organist and studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris. During his military service he trained his voice at the conservatoire of Nantes and continued this education in the Paris Conservatoire. In 1931 he became a member of the Opéra-Comique. Here he appeared in 1934 for the first time as Pelléas in C. Debussy's ‘’Pelléas et Mélisande’’, his special star role. He limited himself in the future by a few parts and the Pelléas remained the central role of his artistic career. In 1938 he sang this role at the San Francisco Opera as well as in other American towns. In 1935 he guested as Pelléas in Amsterdam, in 1948 in Lausanne. In 1939 he was called up for the war service in the French army, but was given time off, for a glittering performance of ‘’Pelléas et Mélisande’’ in 1940 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. After his retirement he lived in Paris.

Chronology of some appearances

1931 Paris Opéra-Comique

1938 San Francisco Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE 

 

Salabert, Paris
Faust (Gounod): Cavatine, pt 1  3231 SS1209A
Faust (Gounod): Cavatine, pt 2 3231 SS1210B

Marguerite Soyer (Soprano) (Paris, France 1891 - ? 1973)

She studied singing at the Conservatoire de Paris and made her debut at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (1922/1923).

Chronology of some appearances

1923 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Francesca da Rimini (Francesca) (Premiere)

1925 Paris Opéra-Comique Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1926 Paris Opéra-Comique Francesca da Rimini (Francesca) (Premiere)

1926 Paris Opéra-Comique Tosca (Tosca)

1929 Paris Opéra-Comique Tristan und Isolde (Isolde)

1930 Opéra d'Alger Tosca (Tosca)

1934 Opera de Lyon Lohengrin (Ortrude)
1934 Opera de Lyon Otello (Desdemona)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

HMV, Paris 14-3-29
Tristan et Yseult (Wagner): La mort d'Yseult, pt 1 2-33087 P807
Tristan et Yseult (Wagner): La mort d'Yseult, pt 2 2-33088 P807

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Luisa Tozzi (Soprano)

Chronology of some appearances

1896 Salerno Teatro Comunale Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)
1899 Mazara del Vallo Teatro Garibaldi  Traviata (Violetta)
1902 Campi Bisenzio Teatro Dante Ernani (Elvira)
1904 Catania Politeama Pacini Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)
1909 Bournemouth Teatro Royal Ballo in maschera (Amelia)
1911 Manila Teatro Zorillo Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

RECORDING FOR SALE

Phonodisc, Milano 1909/1910
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Esulti pur la barbara with Dammacco 370 

Oana Mariggi (Soprano)

Chronology of some appearances

1924 Palermo  Politeama Garibaldi Carmen (Micaela)
1924 Palermo  Politeama Garibaldi Boheme (Mimi)

She made 4 records, which are extremely rare.

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Fonotipia, Milano  1926-05-15
Carmen (Bizet): Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante 152740 Pho 5803
Traviata (VerdI): Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima 152742 Pho 5802

Henk Noort (Tenor) (October 6, 1899 The Hague, Netherlands; died 1990)

He received his education with the well known pedagogue Cornelie van Zanten. In the beginning he had not the intention to become a professional singer, but his phenomenal tenor voice with the choir he joined, catches such attention that Evert Cornelis send him to Cornelie van Zanten. At her advice he followed the way of her former pupil Jacques Urlus and she destined him for an opera career. Henk Noort made his debut with the Co-Opera-Tie in 1927, as first priest in Mozart’s Zauberflöte. After that he sang - end 1927, beginning 1928 - yet some minor roles for this company. Because those days in the Netherlands there was only little employ for opera singers, he had to continue his career abroad. Cornelie van Zanten let him sing to several German opera theatres. He leaved to Koblenz, where he debuted in the Stadttheater. Here he was noticed soon by the intendant of the opera in Wupperthal, who entrusted him in 1929 and in 1930 already to all the leading parts. Henk Noort also sang at the opera of Elberfeld-Barmen. The next year he leaved to Berlin, where he joined the Stadtische Opera. The influence of the government of the capital city Berlin upon the vocal- dramatic-art in those days, made him decided to leave the city in 1932 and return back to Rhineland, where he became first tenor of the opera of Düsseldorf and where he stayed from 1933 until 1935. After expiration of his contract he only joined guest appearances and he appeared in 1937 in Salzburg during the Festspiele, where he performed under the baton of Toscanini the role of Walther von Stolzing in the Meistersinger. In the Netherlands he sang - now as an established singer - in end 1938, beginning 1939 roles as Max in Weber’s Der Freischütz and Lohengrin. Also he made those days a great tour through America and Canada together with Hilde Konetzi, Marta Krasva and Joël Berglund and returning from this, he sang as guest in Vienna, Dresden, Munich, Paris, Brussels and Berlin in which city he joined for six years the Staats - and Städtische Oper. He broke his contract in the course of the war to return to the Netherlands, where he established himself in Rotterdam. During the war and the first years there after he sang several times for the opera in roles as Florestan (Fidelio), Manrico (Trovatore), Walther von Stolzing (Meistersinger), pending that the international circumstances would allow him to continue his career abroad again. In 1948 he appeared again several times as guest in Swiss. His final opera contract was with the Stadttheater of Münster. Noort has sung under many famous conductors, a.o. under the already mentioned Toscanini, under Bruno Walter, Ansermeth, Richard Strauss, Eduard van Beinum, Carl Schuricht, Karl Böhm, Hans Kindler, Desiré Defauw etc. In the Netherlands he was known mostly as concert singer, where he cooperated in performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s Lied von der Erde, Bach’s Matthäus Passion, Verdi’s Requiem and important oratorio performances. There exists recordings of him of the Die Meistersinger under Toscanini as Walter von Stolzing.

Chronology of some appearances

1931 Berlin Stadtische Opera
1933-1935 Düsseldorf Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Conductor Arturo Toscanini (Live/1937) with Hans Herrmann Nissen, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Maria Reining and Kerstin Thorborg
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Am Stillen Herd In Winterszeit
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Fanget An! So Rief Der Lenz In Den Wald
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Morgenlich Leuchtend In Rosigem Schein 
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Verweilt! Ein Wort! Ein Einzig Wort!
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Mein Herr! Der Singer Meisterschlag
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Seid Meiner Treue Wohl Versehen
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Ja, Ihr Seid Es! Nein, Du Bist Es!
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Geliebter, Spare Deinen Zorn
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner)  Grüß Gott, Mein Junker
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Abendlich Glühend
Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Morgenlich Leuchtend In Rosigem Schein (Conclusion)

Vittoria Palombini (Contralto) (? 1906 † Milano, Italia 1971)

She made her debut in 1928. In the 1929-1930 seasons she made guest appearances at Italian Opera in Holland. From 1933 to 1963 she was active at La Scala, where she appeared as Fricka in "Walküre", Meg Page in ‘’Falstaff’’, Maddalena in ‘’Rigoletto’’, Hedwige in ‘’Wilhelm Tell’’. One of her star roles was the part of witch in ‘’Hansel and Gretel’’ by Humperdinck, which she sang several times at La Scala (since 1950). At this famous theater she appeared on 7. 3. 1934 in the premiere of the opera ‘’Il Dibuk’’ of Lodovico Rocca. In 1934 and 1939 she took part at the festival of Arena di Verona. In the 1949-1952 seasons she performed regularly at the Stoll Theatre in London. In 1947 she participated at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in the premiere of Gian Francesco Malipiero’s ‘’I Capricci di Callot’’. On 26. 1. 1957 she sang in the premiere of ‘’Les Dialogues des Carmélites’’ of Poulenc at La Scala as Mère Jeanne, already in 1953 she was there in the premiere of I. Pizzetti’s ‘’Cagliostro’’. In 1955 she again appeared at La Scala in the opera premiere, this time in "Il Giudizio Universale" of V. Tosatti. In 1957 she took part at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli in the premiere of the opera ‘’Vivi’’ of Franco Mannino.

Chronology of some appearances

1939 Roma  Teatro Reale dell'Opera Risurrezione (Sofia Ivanovna/Korableva)
1946 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Hansel e Gretel (strega Marzapane)
1946 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Hansel e Gretel (strega Marzapane)
1949 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Mese Mariano (superiora)
1949 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice  La via della finestra  (marchesa)
1950 Teatro alla Scala di Milano Hansel e Gretel (strega Marzapane)

RECORDING FOR SALE

Telefunken

Falstaff (Verdi): Reuige Büßer ! Arme Sünder Part I with Stabile, Nessi and Donaggio  F 104 026616

Falstaff (Verdi): Reuige Büßer ! Arme Sünder Part II with Stabile, Nessi and Donaggio F 104 026617

Berta Morena (Soprano) (Mannheim 27. 1. 1878 † Rottach-Egern / Tegernsee 7. 10. 1952)

Her real name was Berta Meyer. After completing her studies with Mrs Röhr-Brajnin, Regina de Sales and Aglaja von Orgeni she made her debut in 1898 at the Münchner Hofoper as Agathe in Freischütz. The debut was successful and the critics were full of praise for her beautiful voice as well as for her beauty. During the next seasons she appeared in a variety of roles, gradually gaining a reputation, especially in Wagnerian roles. From 1903 she sang Brünnhilde, from 1907 she was very successful as Leonore in Fidelio. Within a short time, she became Munich’s most beloved singer, appearing there as Elisabeth, Elsa, Eva, Isolde, Kundry, Sieglinde, the Brünnhildes, Senta, Santuzza, the title role in Lachner’s Catharina Cornaro, Kassandra in Weingartner’s Orestes, Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Aida and in Charpentier’s Louise. One of her best roles was Rachel in Halévy’s La Juive. In 1908 she was invited to sing at the Metropolitan, where she appeared in 56 performances during four seasons singing Leonore in Fidelio under Gustav Mahler, but she could not erase still vivid recollections of Lilli Lehmann and Amalie Materna in the role. Elisabeth and Sieglinde were considered the best performances during her Met career. Berta Morena sang widely as a guest artist, in Vienna, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Berlin (Hofoper), Zurigo, Barcelona, Budapest National Opera and London (1914). At Covent Garden, she did not please neither as Isolde nor as Kundry, but her Sieglinde was exceptional. In 1923 she celebrated her twenty-fifth anniversary of membership at the Munich Opera. Soon after she left the Munich Opera on account of disagreements with the management reappearing as Brünnhilde at the Metropolitan. It was not until 1927, that she bade farewell to her audience to become a sought-after singing tutor. Berta Morena died in 1952, at Rottach-Egern (Bavaria). Bertha Morena was one of the most celebrated artists in Munich for 25 years, not only because of her vocal quality as a ‘Hochdramatische’ but also because of her splendid appearance which induced no less an artist than Franz von Lenbach to paint her portrait. When listening to her records you will hear a dark-timbred s. voice, occasionally having some difficulties with the heights, but she is definitely not a mezzo-s. as the critic Alfred von Mensi-Klarbach stated at the beginnin of her career. Hers is a warm, bright voice with a quick vibrato, in my opinion ideally suited to the lyric-dramatic repertory. 

Lit.: L.A. Vogl: "Berta Morena und ihre Kunst" (München, 1919)

 
Chronology of some appearances

1898-1923 München Hofoper

RECORDINGS FOR SALE 

Gramophone, Berlin 1907-11?
Juive (Halévy): Er kehrt zurück 043086 347s
Lohengrin (Wagner): Du Ärmste kannst wohl nie ermessen 043087 348s
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Allmächt'ge Jungfrau 43995 3927r
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Dich teure Halle 43996 3928r

Gramophone, München 1909-07?
Aida (Verdi): Doch sage, auf welchem Wege with Knote & Feinhals 044140 398s
Aida (Verdi): Zu dir führt mich ein ernster Grund with Feinhals 044134 395s
Lohengrin (Wagner): Das süsse Lied with Knote 044138 400s
Walküre (Wagner): Der Männer Sippe, pt 1 2-43268 6703½r
Walküre (Wagner): Der Männer Sippe, pt 2 2-43269 6704r
Walküre (Wagner): Du bist der Lenz 2-43313 6705r

Gramophone, Berlin 1911-08-19
Walküre (Wagner): Siegmund, sieh' auf mich, Todesverkündung, pt 1 with Kraus 044195 2293c
Walküre (Wagner): Hehr bist du, Todesverkündung, pt 2 with Kraus 044196 2294c

Carlo Baroni (Tenor)

Chronology of some appearances

1954-1972 Paris Opéra Comique

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Live 
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Se il mio nome
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Ecco ridente in cielo

Dmitry Dobkin (Tenor) ( St. Petersburg, Russia 1886 - New York, USA 1953)

He studied at the Warsaw Musical Institute, the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and also in Milan, Italy. The latter was due to a scholarshop bestowed by Grand Duke Konstantin for five years of study in Italy. Dobkin made his operatic debut in Venice in 1908, and continued to sing in Italy until 1909. He then returned to Russia and sang with the Petrograd Opera Company from 1910-13. During WWI he sang in Scandinavia (1917-1920), and rather than return to Russia after the Revolution, he came to the United States in 1920 and made his debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He gave many concert recitals, including some with the noted British pianist, Dame Myra Hess, and toured the U.S. (1925-28). He also appeared on the radio, and made a number of recordings, which included songs from the Yiddish Theater. He was founder and director of the Free Musical Society and founder of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Dobkin also taught.

Chronology of some appearances

1908 Venice Opera House

1910-1913  Petrograd Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE 

Victor 11/13/1925
Fafael (Arensky): Serenade BVE-33786 
Skazka o Czare Achromele : Prologue BVE-33785

Emma Juch (Soprano) (Vienna, Austria 4. 7. 1863 † New York City, USA 6. 3. 1939)

She was born  Emma Antonia Joanna Juch Wellman. She received her education by Mme Murio-Celli in Detroit and made her debut in 1881 as a member of the Mapleson opera troupe at the Her Majesty's Theatre in London as Philine in "Mignon" of A. Thomas.  The same year she sang at the New York Academy of Music. In 1884-1887 she was a member of the Theodore Thomas’s Opera Company. In the 1887-1888 season she travelled with the National Opera Company in the USA. From 1888 to 1891 she undertook guest performance tours with own traveling opera company ‘’The Juch Grand Opera Company’’, through the United States and through Mexico. Later she was active as concert soprano and for the last time she sang at the New York singer's party (1894). In 1905 she married the lawyer Francis L. Wellman from whom later she separated. Chronology of some appearances - Jemmy 1/10/1882, Marguerite de Valois 1/12/1882, Philine 1/16/1882, Lady Harriet Durham 1/17/1882, Erster Knabe 1/19/1882, Euridice 4/26/1886, Elsa von Brabant 4/29/1886, Marguerite 11/15/1886, Euridice 11/16/1886, Senta 11/19/1886, Marguerite 1/22/1887, Chrysa 11/07/1887, Elsa von Brabant 11/09/1887, Marguerite 11/11/1887, 2/04/1888, 10/21/1889, Carmen 10/23/1889, Mignon 10/25/1889, Carmen 5/05/1890, Mignon 5/07/1890, Marguerite 5/09/1890, Arline 5/10/1890, Elsa von Brabant 11/10/1890, Selika 11/12/1890, Senta 11/13/1890, Arline 11/15/1890, Santuzza 11/23/1891, Gilda 11/24/1891, Marguerite 11/26/1891, Elisabeth 11/27/1891, Arline 11/28/1891 (in Filadelfia) Judah, Catherine Ruth 11/30/1942, Little Buttercup 12/1/1942, Katisha 12/2/1942, Queen of (Filadelfia) the fairies 12/2/1942, The duchess of Plaza-Toro 12/3/1942, The lady (Filadelfia) Jane 12/4/1942, Katisha 11/15/1943, Little Buttercup 11/17/1943, Ruth (Filadelfia) 11/20/1943 (Filadelfia).

In 1904 she made five records for Victor. 

1881 London Her Majesty's Theatre

1884-1887 Theodore Thomas’s Opera Company

1887-1888 National Opera Company

1888-1891 The Juch Grand Opera Company

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Victor, New York 1904-05-07
Messiah (Händel): Come unto Him 81046 B1291
Lohengrin (Wagner): Einsam in trüben Tagen 85033 C1293
Serenata (Tosti) 85034 C1294

Simon Edwardsen (Tenor) (Fredrikstad, Norway 1892 - Stockholm, Sweden 1985)

From 1915 to 1919 he was a pupil of Poul Bang in Copenhagen. In 1919 he began his stage career and first he appeared at smaller opera societies in Denmark and Norway. In the 1925-1927 seasons he sang at the Stora Theater in Gothenburg, from 1927 to 1950 he was a member of the Royal Opera in Stockholm. In the 1951-1955 seasons he was engaged by the National Theater in Reykjavik, from 1953 to 1954 he performed at the National Opera Helsinki. In the 1960-1961 season again he was a soloist of the Rikstheater in Stockholm. During his engagement at the Stockholm Opera he was  active also as director. His repertoire included Pedrillo in ‘’Entführung aus dem Serail’’, Mime and  Loge in ‘’Ring-Zyklus’’, Monostatos in ‘’Zauberflöte’’ etc.

Chronology of some appearances

1925-1927 Gothenburg Stora Theater

1927-1950 Stockholm Royal Opera

1951-1955 Reykjavik National Theater

1953-1954 Helsinki National Opera

1960-1961 Stockholm Rikstheater 

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

HMV, København 1923-03-27
Sollys (Storm) X1804 BE1047

HMV, Stockholm 1934-02-08
Marie-Luise (Meisel) X4243 (30-11657)