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Adam Didur or Adamo Didur (24 December 1874 – 7 January 1946) was a famous Polish operatic bass singer. He sang extensively in Europe and had a major career at New York's Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1932.
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Family 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, including Eva Didur and Olga Didur-Wiktorowa. After her death he married the French dancer Marguerite Vignon in 1928.
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Adam Didur or Adamo Didur (24 December 1874 – 7 January 1946) was a famous Polish operatic bass singer. He sang extensively in Europe and had a major career at New York's Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1932.
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Career Didur was born on 24 December 1874 in Wola Sękowa near Sanok, Poland. Didur studied in Lwów with Walery Wysocki and later with Franz Emmerich in Milan. He made his vocal debut as a soloist at a concert performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Milan, Italy. His operatic stage debut came in 1894 as Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust in Rio de Janeiro. Besides South America, he also toured Egypt and Italy in 1894, including the small town of Pierolo near Turin where he met his first wife, a Mexican singer named Angela Aranda Arellano. After steady years at Warsaw Opera from 1899 to 1903, Didur launched a career at major European opera houses. His guest appearances in Spain and Russia in 1903 were followed by La Scala years 1903-1906, first appearing there as Wotan in Das Rheingold. His debut at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, was in the role of Colline in La bohème on the opening night of the 1905 season. He travelled later to Argentina, singing in Buenos Aires in the 1905–1908 operatic seasons. In 1914, he returned to London to sing Baron Archibaldo at the British premiere of Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re…
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Legacy Didur's large, sonorous and rich-toned voice was in its prime between the late 1890s and the World War I period. It was particularly suited to the performance of Italian operas. He was a versatile stylist. His unusual agility and his wide vocal range allowed him to also sing baritone roles such as Tonio in Pagliacci and Count Almaviva in Le nozze de Figaro. Although chiefly a basso cantante, Didur could effectively deliver deep richness of basso profondo that made him one of the foremost interpreters of Boris Godunov. He was also especially praised for his portrayal of Mefistofele in both Gounod's and Boito's operas, and Rossini's Don Basilio. He made many recordings of operatic arias for several labels including Fonotipia and Pathé which are available on CD transfers.
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Discography Didur recorded for G & T, Fonotipia, Pathé and Brunswick labels. Selections from his recorded arias and songs were reissued on compact discs:
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Lebendige Vergangenheit, Preiser (89198) Club "99" (CD 99-89) Hafg (Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst ) Vol. 1, 1904-16 (10073) Hafg (Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst ) Vol. 2, 1900-03 (10074)
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Further reading Michael Scott, The Record of Singing. Vol 1: To 1914. Duckworth: London, 1979, pp. 120–121. Karl-Josef Kutsch and Leo Riemens, Großes Sängerlexikon, Vol. 4. Munich: K. G. Saur, 2003, pp. 1163–1164. David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.