Theo Adam

Created in 1926, Theo Adam was among the leading bass-baritones from the post-World Battle II period, particularly popular for his Wagnerian tasks. He became a member of the young boys’ choir from the Dresden Kreuzchor in 1937, a normal starting place for singers of this city. He began monitoring music in his hometown and in Weimar. He was needed military assistance in 1944 but resumed musical research when the battle finished. His professional debut was in the Dresden Condition Opera in 1949, which resulted in a visitor appearance in the 1952 Bayreuth Event, that was also the entire year he became a member of the Berlin Condition Opera. Regardless of the handicap of surviving in the Soviet bloc, Adam was chosen in 1963, after several appearances in smaller sized assignments, to sing the function of Wotan in Wagner’s Band on the Wagnerian shrine of Bayreuth in 1963. He afterwards sang the various other main bass-baritone and bass assignments in lots of Wagner operas, including Hans Sachs, Ruler Mark, Amfortas, as well as the Dutchman. Adam was also popular for the assignments of Baron Ochs (Strauss’ Rosenkavalier), Pizzaro (Beethoven’s Fidelio), Wozzeck (Berg), Ruler Philip (Verdi’s Don Carlos), La Roche (Strauss’ Capriccio), Don Giovanni (Mozart), and various other essential parts. Adam made an appearance on the world’s most esteemed locations, with debuts on the Metropolitan in 1963, Covent Backyard in 1967, as well as the 1972 Salzburg Celebration. He was also an extremely esteemed oratorio vocalist. Furthermore to performing the Bach Passions and many cantatas, he was remarkable in the name function of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Adam’s interpretations had been smart and dramatic, his tone of voice robust. From 1977, Adam produced regular television performances on his present “Theo Adam lädt ein” (An Invitation from Theo Adam). The writer of many books, Adam may be the laureate of several awards, like the Schumann Award of the town of Zwickau, the Country wide First Award from the German Democratic Republic, as well as the name of “Chamber Vocalist of Austria.”