Emil Scaria (18 September 1838 – 23 July 1886) was an Austrian bass-baritone. Born in Graz, he studied at the conservatory in Vienna before making his debut in Pest in 1860; he sang the role of St. Bris in Les Huguenots. He was a failure, and abandoned the stage entirely in favor of further study; he selected Manuel García as his new teacher. Though he returned to the stage in Dessau, he did not see success until he sang at the Crystal Palace in London in 1862. In 1863, he appeared with the Leipzig Opera; in 1864, he was working in Dresden. He was engaged by the Vienna State Opera in 1872. In 1882, he created the role of Gurnemanz in Parsifal for Richard Wagner at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Scaria died in Blasewitz, in Germany, in 1886.
Roles edit
World premieres edit
- 1868 Franz von Holstein: Der Haideschacht – Königliches Hoftheater Dresden
- 1882 Richard Wagner: Parsifal – Bayreuth Festival (Gurnemanz)[1]
Repertoire edit
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References edit
- ^ Gruber, C[hristine] M.; Reitterer, H[ubert] [in German] (1990). "Scaria, Emil (1840–1886), Sänger". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon ab 1815 (online) (in German). Vol. 10. Austrian Academy of Sciences. pp. 13–14.
Further reading edit
- David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.
External links edit
Media related to Emil Scaria at Wikimedia Commons
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