Ludwig Weber

Ludwig Weber (July 29, 1899 – December 9, 1974) was an Austrian bass. Ludwig Weber was born in Vienna in 1899. He initially planned to pursue a career as a teacher and artist when he discovered his vocal promise and decided to pursue an opera career. In 1919 he began studies with Alfred Borrotau, a well-respected teacher, and had his professional debut in 1920 at the Vienna Volksoper where he sang for a few years in smaller roles. Possessing one of the largest dark-and-cavernous-type bass voices of the twentieth century, Weber was in equally high demand for villainous roles and noble characters. He was a prominent exponent of the vocal technique known as "Bayreuth bark". In the mid-1920s Weber was singing in mid-size to leading roles with smaller companies throughout Germany. After a successful appearance at the Munich Wagner Festival of 1931 he joined the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1933 and soon began to receive invitations to sing abroad. In 1936 he joined the Royal Opera at Covent Garden where he sang numerous roles for several years including: Pogner, Gurnemanz, Hunding, Hagen, Daland, King Marke, Osmin, Rocco, and Commendatore. In 1945 he became a member of the Vienna…Citește mai mult

Selected discography Aida: Joseph Keilberth and the Reichssenders Orchestra Stuttgart singing the role of Ramphis Boris Godunov: excerpts only with Carl Leonhardt and the Reichssenders Orchestra Stuttgart, singing the title role Don Giovanni: with Rudolf Moralt (1955) singing the role of the Commendatore Der fliegende Holländer: with Hans Knappertsbusch (1955) singing the role of Daland Götterdämmerung: excerpts only with Wilhelm Furtwängler (1937) singing the role of Hagen Götterdammerung: with Rudolf Moralt (1949) singing the role of Hagen Götterdammerung: with Hans Knappertsbusch (1951) singing the role of Hagen The Magic Flute: with Herbert von Karajan (1950) singing the role of Sarastro Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: with Hans Rosbaud (Milan, 1955) singing the role of Pogner the goldsmith Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: with Hans Knappertsbusch (1960) singing the role of Fritz Kothner the baker

Mozart/Sussmayr Requiem with Jascha Horenstein Parsifal: with Hans Knappertsbusch (1951) singing the role of Gurnemanz Parsifal: with Clemens Krauss (1953) singing the role of Gurnemanz Das Rheingold: with Joseph Keilberth (1955) singing the role of Fasolt Der Ring des Nibelungen: with Wilhelm Furtwängler (1950) singing the roles of Fasolt, Hunding, Fafner and Hagen Der Rosenkavalier: with Erich Kleiber (1954) singing the role of Baron Ochs Tristan und Isolde: with Herbert von Karajan (1952) singing the role of King Marke

Encyclopedia.com entry Singing the role of Commendatore in Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, with George London, audio only, YouTube