Anton Dermota
Anton Dermota was a Slovenian lyric tenor known for his interpretations of Mozart in the mid-20th century. Throughout his long career, he also performed concert music and lieder, and served as a music educator. He was born in 1910 in the town of Kropa, Slovenia, which was a community of metalworkers and blacksmiths. His father was also a metalworker and earned a small income fabricating nails for construction. As children, Dermota and his siblings supplemented their inadequate diets by foraging fruit and stealing from neighboring farmers' fields. In the late 1920s he attended the Ljubljana School of Organists, and later he changed his focus to singing. In 1934 he won a scholarship to study music in Vienna, where he received vocal lessons from Marie Radó-Danielli. He made his operatic debut that same year at the Cluj-Napoca National Opera Theater in Romania. A short while later, he accepted an invitation from Bruno Walter to join the Vienna Staatsoper. Dermota made his debut there in 1936 and sang his first major role in 1937 as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata. He also made his Salzburg Festival debut that same year, with Arturo Toscanini conducting Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. He became a celebrated and beloved fixture in Vienna and remained with the Staatsoper for over 40 years. In addition to his career in opera, Dermota was also an active recitalist and gave countless performances accompanied by his wife, pianist Hilde Berger-Weyerwald. For 30 years he remained in high demand and toured extensively, performing at every major opera house in Europe and Australia, and the Teatro Colón of Argentina. In the realm of concert music, he was respected for his performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. In 1966 he and his wife began teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna. He celebrated his 40th anniversary with the Vienna Staatsoper in 1977, and in 1979 he sang in the United States for the first time, at a recital in Stanford, California. Two years later he sang the role of Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute, in his final performance with the Vienna Staatsoper. He continued performing in Slovenia and Austria until 1989, when he died from heart failure in Vienna.
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Beethoven: Symphony No.9, Overtures, Grosse Fugue
Dame Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Anton Dermota, Arnold Van Mill, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 4 de ago. de 2009
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Symphonie n°9
Erich Kleiber, Hilde Gueden, Sigelinde Wagner, Anton Dermota, Ludwig Weber, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Lançado por OperaPrima-Carillon em 23 de abr. de 2021
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Ein Liederabend mit Anton Dermota
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 1 de jan. de 1989
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Lisa Della Casa, Christa Ludwig, Anton Dermota, Paul Schöffler, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1955
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Strauss, R.: Arabella
Lisa Della Casa, Hilde Güden, Anton Dermota, George London, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1958
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Opera - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de nov. de 1993
A discografia ideal da QobuzQualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lebendige Vergangenheit - Anton Dermota
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 10 de ago. de 2006
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STRAUSS II, J.: Fledermaus (Die) (Vienna State Opera / Krauss) (1950)
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Naxos em 14 de mar. de 2002
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LP Pure, Vol. 27: Klemperer Conducts Mahler
Anton Dermota, Elsa Cavelti, Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer
Classical - Lançado por Archiphon em 3 de jun. de 2016
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Franz Schubert : Die Schöne Müllerin
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2014
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Opera Arias - Mozart, Puccini, Massenet, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Bellini, Gounod (Remastered 2024)
Hilde Güden, Raphael Arie, Anton Dermota, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. em 26 de abr. de 2024
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Verdi: Otello
Opera - Lançado por Orfeo em 1 de jan. de 1989
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Die schöne Müllerin
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 2 de out. de 2006
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Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 29 de set. de 2006
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Winterreise
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 9 de out. de 2006
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Anton Dermota
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 9 de out. de 2006
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Beethoven : Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber, Hilde Gueden, Sieglinde Wagner, Anton Dermota, Ludwig Weber
Opera - Lançado por Puzzle Productions em 7 de out. de 2011
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527
Paul Shöffler, Anton Dermota, Carla Martinis
Opera - Lançado por Urania em 1 de jan. de 2001
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Anton Dermota in seltenen Aufnahmen
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 11 de set. de 2008
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Eine Jugend in Slowenien
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 23 de out. de 2006
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Es muß ein Wunderbares sein
Classical - Lançado por Preiser Records em 23 de ago. de 2006
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