Josef Protschka

Czech by delivery, German by parentage, Josef Protschka emerged among the more important tenors of his era, in spite of a belated begin to his operatic profession. His repertory continues to be wide, encompassing Monteverdi, Mozart, Schubert, Gounod, Stravinsky, while others in opera, and Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann, to mention several, in lieder. Protschka was created in Prague on Feb 5, 1944. He exhibited skill as a kid and therefore sang in shows from the so-called Schuloper, Der Jasager, by Kurt Weill, documenting it aswell in 1955. After research in Cologne, Protschka gradually shaped his profession, showing up in concerts and single recitals, not producing his established operatic debut until 1977, in Giessen, Germany. After additional appearances on-stage and additional concerts and lieder recitals, Protschka started singing in the Cologne Opera in 1980. Protschka’s 1st important recordings had been beginning to show up around this period. Included in this was the 1980 launch of Heinrich August Marschner’s seldom-staged work Der Vampyr. Protschka debuted at Salzburg in 1985, performing Peisander in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse, with the Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Sweden, the next yr as Idomeneus in Mozart’s Idomeneo. Protschka’s recordings had been gaining greater see right now, and among the greater important of these had been his 1987 Beethoven Missa Solemnis on Aurophon as well as the Nikolaus Harnoncourt-led Pass away Fledermaus on Elektra, from 1988, where Protschka portrayed Alfred. Other effective recordings adopted, including discs of Mozart lieder and arias, and Wagner’s The Soaring Dutchman. In the meantime, Protschka debuted at Covent Backyard in 1990, performing Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio, with the Houston Grand Opera the next year performing Titus in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito. Later on tasks included Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Improvement and Werther in Massenet’s eponymous opera. Prior to the dawn of another milennium, Protschka made an appearance generally in most of Europe’s main opera homes, including those in Milan, Zurich, and Brussels. In the brand new century, Protschka continues to be less energetic in his profession, though he do show up on a Dvd movie documenting from the Beethoven Missa Solemnis in 2000, executed by Michael Gielen for the Pioneer Classics label. In 2006, Protschka executed professional classes in performing at Kleinkummerfeld, Germany, concentrating primarily over the music of Robert Schumann.