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Eine Nacht in Venedig: Marcel Wittrisch - Let Me Greet You, Sweet Venetia!, 1930

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Sei mir gegrüsst, du holdes Venezia! (Let Me Greet You, O Sweet Venice!) -- Aufrittslied des Herzogs a.d. Operette "Eine Nacht in Venedig" (Joh. II Strauss) -- Marcel Wittrisch u. Mitgl. d. Orchesters d. Staatsoper, Berlin Dir.: Clemens Schmalstich, Electrola ca 1930 (Germany)

NOTE: Marcel WITTRISCH (born Antwerp 1901 -- died Stuttgart 1955) -- one of great German tenors of XX century. Born in Belgium to a German family, he tied his life and career with Germany. He studied in conservatories of  Munich, Leipzig and Milan. His career began in Halle Opeera House, he then went to Brunswick and on to Berlin, where he sang opera from 1929 to 1944. Wittrisch also appeared as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at the Royal Opera House, London in 1931. He managed to carve out a fine career in the face of competition from such renowned German tenor rivals as Richard Tauber, Helge Roswaenge, Franz Völker, Joseph Schmidt, Julius Patzak or Peter Anders. In his earlier years, his voice was characterised by a fresh gleaming tone, which qualified Wittrisch to a lighter repertoire. As his voice matured, he undertook heavier operatic roles such as Wagner's Lohengrin in 1937 at the Bayreuth Festival. He recorded numerous sides for Telefunken and Electrola, also in duetts with the finest singers of the Ist half of the XX century (Margarethe Teschemacher, Dusolina Giannini, Margarethe Klose).

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