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Hermann Jadlowker
12+ albums
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Hermann Jadlowker (17 July 1877, Riga - 13 May 1953, Tel Aviv) was a leading Latvian-born tenor who enjoyed an important international career during the first quarter of the 20th century. Jadlowker possessed a dark-hued, lyric-dramatic tenor voice of extraordinary flexibility. His agile vocal technique enabled him to sing runs, trills and other coloratura embellishments with astonishing ease and accuracy (although the basic timbre of his voice was not sweet or seductive). He made a large number of records in Europe and America across a 20-year period, commencing in 1907. Most of these recordings—which include arias by composers as diverse as Mozart, Auber, Verdi, Rossini and Wagner—can be heard on CD reissues, mainly on the Marston and Preiser labels. In order to escape from a commercial career into which his father tried to force him, Jadlowker ran away from home as a lad of 15. He journeyed to Vienna, where he studied classical singing with Josef Gänsbacher. In 1899 (some sources say 1897), he made his operatic début at Cologne in Kreutzer's Nachtlager von Granada. He then secured engagements in Stettin and and then at Karlsruhe. Here the German Emperor William (Kaiser Wilhelm II) heard him and was so impressed that he offered the tenor a five-year contract at the Royal Opera in Berlin. Apart from Berlin, Jadlowker sang also in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Vienna, Lemberg, Prague, Budapest and Boston during the course of his career. In 1910-12, Jadlowker appeared at th
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Ecco ridente in cielo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
92Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärk (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
63Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)
54Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust)
45Wohin seid ihr entschwunden (Eugen Onegin)
46Amarilli
47Cielo e mar (La Gioconda)
48Meine Freunde sind hier ganz im stillen versteckt (Fra Diavolo)
49Gott, welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio)
410Noch Tönt Mir Ein Meer Im Busen (Idomeneo, Act II)
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Hermann Jadlowker
Hermann Jadlowker
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The Symposium Opera Collection, Vol. 7 (1905-1921)
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Frieda Hempel, Soprano 1885 - 1955 & Hermann Jadlowker, Tenor 1877 - 1939
Great Voices Of The Century
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Great Voices of the Opera III, CD 2 of 2
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Marston MR 52017-2 2cd/2
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The Record of Singing 1899-1952
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Il mito dell'opera: 23 Vesti la giuba da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo (1921-1984)
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Hermann Jadlowker: Tenor, Vol. 2
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Arias
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Hermann Jadlowker - Dramatic Coloratura Tenor [Marston]