1907 Polish ADAMO DIDUR MILAN FONOTIPIA FREISCHUETZ No nessun salvar ti/VIVA 78

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The famous POLISH Basso ADAMO DIDUR

Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-15

72. XPh2677 Freischutz (Weber): Viva Bacco e il suo liquor (Hier im ird'schen Jammertal)/ No nessun salvar ti

92024

Milano Fonotipia

Fonotipia 10 3/8"  78 rpm record w signature on the label and in the dead wax

Condition:

VERY GOOD PLUS, rare light scratches, plays quiet w some dist on top notes, a few notes on Baccus blast

Hear the Faust Serenata Here

Adamo Didur (December 24, 1873 - January 7, 1946) was a top-class Polish operatic bass vocalist.[1] He sang extensively in opera in Europe and appeared at New York's Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1932.
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He was born on December 23, 1873 or 1874 in Sanok, Poland.[2][3][4][1] Didur studied in Lwów with Valery Wysocki.[1] He was later working with Franz Emmerich in Milan.[2] His concert debut came in Milan in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.[1] In 1894, he made his operatic debut in Rio de Janeiro, after which he appeared in Russia. He sang at La Scala, Milan, in 1903-1906, and at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1905. He also appeared with the Warsaw Opera from 1899 to 1903. Later, he travelled to Argentina, singing in Buenos Aires in the 1905-1908 operatic seasons. Didur's North American debut came at the Manhattan Opera House in 1907.[2]
Didur made his Metropolitan Opera debut on November 14, 1908, singing Ramfis in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.[2] He remained with the company for a quarter of a century and becoming one of its principal bass singers. It was at the Met in 1913 that he appeared in the title role in Boris Godunov in the American premiere of Mussorgsky's opera.[5][6][7] He also created roles in three operas by Giacomo Puccini at the Met, namely, La fanciulla del West and the Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi segments of Il Trittico.[2] He also appeared in the world premiere of Die Königskinder.[2] His last appearance at the Met was in The Tales of Hoffmann on February 11, 1932.[2] His voice had been on the wane for some time and he returned to Europe to live.[2]
Two months before the outbreak of World War II, Didur was appointed director of the opera company in Lwów, but the conflict made work impossible.[2] He was appointed the first director of the Silesian Opera in 1945.[1]
He died on January 7, 1946 in Katowice.[6]
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Didur was twice married; with his first wife, the Mexican singer Angela Aranda Arellano (1874-1928), he had five children, two of whom later became singers themselves.[2] After her death he married the French dancer Marguerite Vignon in 1928.[8]

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