Robert Burg
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Born | Robert Bartl 29 March 1890 Prague |
Died | 9 February 1946 Radebeul, Germany | (aged 55)
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Robert Burg (29 March 1890 – 9 February 1946), real name Robert Bartl, was a German baritone in opera, concert and recital. He belonged to the opera in Dresden for almost three decades, where he shaped the revival of Verdi operas. He performed in world premieres including the title roles of Busoni's Doktor Faust and Hindemith's Cardillac. Burg also appeared regularly at the Bayreuth Festival and gave international guest performances.
Life
Robert Bartl was born in Prague as the son of a pianist. During his studies of mathematics there, he took singing lessons with the baritone Hans Pokorny.[1] He was a member of the Burschenbunds-Convent "Saxonia Prag" while he studied.[1]
He made his stage debut in
In the 1920s, Burg contributed to the
Between 1933 and 1942, Burg appeared at the Bayreuth Festival, especially as Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen. He gave guest performances in Berlin and Munich as well as in Amsterdam, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Zürich, and also gave recitals in towns in Saxony.[1][2] After the Second World War, Burg gave concerts in the destroyed Dresden and the surrounding area from July 1945. He died the evening before his 32nd stage anniversary, in his dressing room following a lieder recital in Radebeul at age 55.[1]
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As Escamillo in Carmen, 1916
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As Boris Godunov, with Grete Merrem-Nikisch as his son Feodor, 1923
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As Falstaff, 1924
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As Cardillac in 1926, with Claire Born as his daughter
References
- ^ a b c d e f Robert Burg Sächsische Biographie
- ^ ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
- ^ a b Burg, Robert Bayerisches Musiker Lexikon Online
Further reading
- Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft. Band II: Künstler. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5, pp. 105–106.
External links
- Media related to Robert Burg at Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Burg at AllMusic
- "Robert Burg", picture as Rienzi at the Sammlung Manskopf of the Goethe University Frankfurt