Leo Slezak sings 'Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' from Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte'

	Leo Slezak sings 'Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' from Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte' Leo Slezak sings 'Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte'. This recording is from 1923. Leo Slezak (18 August 1873 -- 1 June 1946) was a world-renowned Austrian-Czech tenor who specialized in German opera and lieder. He was also one of the premier interpreters of Verdi's Otello. Discovered and trained by the well-known baritone and teacher Adolf Robinson, he made a promising début at Brno on 17 March 1896 , as Lohengrin. His early career was somewhat chequered and his Covent Garden début on 18 May 1900, again as Lohengrin, was ruined by the pandemonium aroused by the war news of the Relief of Mafeking in South Africa. By contrast, his career in Vienna, whither he was called by Gustav Mahler in 1901, was brilliant and prolonged. He remained one of the leading tenors of the house through the mid-1920s and subsequently made occasional guest appearances until a final Pagliacci in 1933. Slezak had become internationally famous during this time, especially after a period of study with Jean de Reszke in 1907. A marked improvement was noted on his reappearance at Covent Garden in 1909, when he sang Otello with robust power and beauty of tone. That autumn he made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera as Otello, to still greater acclaim. He remained with the company for four consecutive seasons, singing, among other parts, his main Wagnerian roles (Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Walther), Giuseppe Verdi's Manrico and Radames, and PI <b>...</b>	From: Titta Ruffo Views: 0 0 ratings
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