!!!Slezak, Leo

b. Šumperk, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch-Schoenberg), Aug. 18, 1873, 
d. Rottach-Egern (Germany), June 1, 1946, world-famous tenor, 
originally gardener and metalworker. Brilliant career after his debut 
in Bruenn (Brno) (1896): 1901-1926 at the Vienna Hofoper and 
Staatsoper (1926 honorary member), 1905 Kammersaenger*, 1909-1912 
outstanding success at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Excelled in 
Wagner parts and as a highly expressive singer of lieder. After 
approx. 1932, career as film actor (comic parts, frequently with H.  
Moser). His children, Walter and Margarethe S., also chose singing as 
a career.

!Works
Meine gesammelten Werke, 1922 (Meine saemtl. Werke, 1937); Der 
Wortbruch, 1927; Der Rueckfall, 1940; Mein Lebensmaerchen, 1948.

!Literature
S. Klinenberger, L. S., 1910; W. Slezak, Wann geht der 
naechste Schwan?, 1964



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