!!!Tauber, Richard eigentlich Ernst Seiffert

b. Linz (Upper Austria), May 16, 1891, 
d. London (United Kingdom), Jan. 8, 1948, singer; famous lyric tenor, 
composer; actor in Graz and Linz; after his debut in Chemnitz 1913 
came to Dresden in the same year and to Berlin 1919; from 1925 member 
of the Vienna Staatsoper; interpreter of Mozart´s work at the 
Salzburg Festival; also successful as a singer in musical films. Was a 
friend of F.  Lehár, who included tenor parts in his operettas 
for him; went on world-wide tours. 1938 emigrated to London (British 
nationality 1940).

!Literature
D. Napier Tauber, R. T., 1949; D. Napier Tauber, My 
Heart and I, 1959; C. Castle and D. Napier Tauber, This was 
R. T., 1971; O. A. Schneidereit, R. T., 2000.



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