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Although he only enjoyed a short career, he died at the age of forty-five, the name Leo Schutzendorf still is very much alive in the music world today. In the world premiere of Wozzeck on December 14, 1925, he sang the title role. Albert Einstein wrote about him in the Berliner Tagblatt: "He was a singer who was obsessed by the stage. At his best when he was the center of attention, one could still not overlook him even if he was singing a small role in a remote part of the stage. His Wozzeck was gripping in its bluntness, a miracle of precision of inflected speech - equal to the greatest representatives of this role on the theater stage. His Alberich and Klingsor were highly unconventional but full of pungent characterization. His Figaro
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was a cheerful but dangerous fellow, superior to every aristocratic opponent. The power of his voice, which was never limited to simply mere belcanto singing was overwhelming as was his dramatic emphasis. Equally worthy of the highest praise were the roles he sang in operetta. He was the most mischievous of all rascals in Fra Diavolo, the most pleasant of all devils in Schwanda. Wherever he appeared, he filled the stage with overpowering tumult. He had a way of carrying along the most uninspired colleagues on stage and thrilling the most indifferent public."
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Works on This Recording
2.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Aria(s) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1924
3.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Aria(s) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Bruno Weyersberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ
Date of Recording: 1924
6.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Excerpt(s) by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Michael Bohnen (Bass Baritone),
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Germany
Date of Recording: 1926
7.
Martha: Ja, seit früher Kindheit Tagen by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone),
Josef Kalenberg (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 1927
9.
Zar und Zimmermann: O sancta justitia! by Albert Lortzing
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Selmar Meyrowitz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837; Germany
Date of Recording: 1930
10.
Der Wildschütz: Fünftausend Taler by Albert Lortzing
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Selmar Meyrowitz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Germany
Date of Recording: 1930
11.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Ja, das Schreiben und das Lesen by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Selmar Meyrowitz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin City Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Austria
Date of Recording: 1930
12.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Von des Tajos Strand by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Selmar Meyrowitz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin City Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1930
14.
Der Bettelstudent: Schwamm drüber by Karl Millöcker
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Selmar Meyrowitz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin City Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1930
15.
Der Barbier von Bagdad: Es hat auf Erden by Peter Cornelius
Performer:
Leo Schützendorf (Baritone)
Conductor:
Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1858; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 1924
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