Sári Barabás
Sári Barabas [ ʃa ː rɪ bɒrɒba ː ʃ ] ( born March 14, 1914 in Budapest, † April 16, 2012 in Grünwald near Munich) was a Hungarian- German opera and operetta singer (soprano ).
Life
Barabas began her career as a ballet dancer. Age of seven, she danced in the Budapest children's ballet. Twelve years later she was the prima ballerina of the local operetta house. A serious accident ended her dancing career. Sári Barabas then studied singing in her hometown. At the age of 25 she made her debut in 1939 as Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto at the National Opera Budapest.
After their escape from Hungary ( 1948) Barabas had first engagement at the Stadttheater Zurich ( 1948-1950 ) and at the Vienna Volksoper ( 1949-1950 ); they then settled in Munich. Here she first worked for the Bavarian Radio and sang at the Frankfurt Opera and the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. In 1952 she sang in the Prince Regent Theatre with great success, the Queen of the Night in the opera The Magic Flute. Director Rudolf Hartmann Barabas dedicated to the Bavarian State Opera ( solid commitment from 1955 to 1959, as a guest to 1965 ) and at the State Theatre on Gaertnerplatz. Barabas was from 1954 to 1960 there ensemble member; to 1971 she appeared regularly at the Staatstheater am Gaertnerplatz continue as a guest. There, one of her brilliant games of the Sylva Varescu in the operetta The Gypsy Princess, which she sang at many national and international music stages.
Sári Barabas, who used also the upscale entertainment song that was playing in France, England, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and several times in the USA. In 1950 she was a guest at the San Francisco Opera as Queen of the Night. In 1951, she starred as Madame Dubarry on the side of Willi Fritsch in the film The Dubarry.
She has performed at the Vienna State Opera (1949-1961), at the Covent Garden Opera ( season 1951/1952 as Gilda and Queen of the Night ), at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (1952 Adele Le Comte Ory by Gioacchino Rossini ), Glyndebourne Festival ( in 1953 as Konstanze in the Abduction from the Seraglio, from 1954 to 1958 when Adele Le Comte Ory and in 1957 as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos) and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin ( 1956-1958 ).
In the 1960s, she was successful in the Operetta Mörbisch am Neusiedler See on the stage. She appeared in the Victoria and Her Hussar (1960), The Gypsy Princess (1961 ), The Merry Widow and Venus in Silk (1967 ) with. She also sang in London in 1969 in the musical The Great Waltz.
In 1963, she the title of the opera singer was awarded. She has recorded many times with singing colleagues of Gärtnerplatztheater, such as Ferry Gruber, Rosl Schwaiger and Harry Friedauer. 1978 ended Barabas her stage career with the title role in the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! Staatstheater am Gaertnerplatz. Your last major international appearance was the artist in 1991 in Carnegie Hall. There, they did not sing on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Richard Tauber, the well-known song Ask ' why I go ( The song is over ) by Robert Stolz.
On 20 December 1998, she returned, aged 85, again on the stage of Munich Gärtnerplatztheater back and took a speaking role as Princess Anhilte in the operetta The Gypsy Princess by Emmerich Kálmán. In this role, took Barabas, the "Icon of the house", June 2, 2007 final farewell to the stage.
For her contributions to the theater at Gaertnerplatz she was appointed by Bavarian art Minister Hans Zehetmair an honorary member of the theater in 1999. During the award Barabas signed and state director and chief dramaturge of the house, Klaus Schultz, the foundation document for a Sári Barabas funds are obtained from the artists of the Gärtnerplatztheater non-bureaucratic assistance.
Sári Barabas was married since 1956 to his second wife with the tenor Franz Klarwein ( 1914-1991 ), with whom she often stood together on the stage and in the concert hall. Barabas 2012 died at the age of 98 years on the effects of a stroke.
Discography (selection)
Sari Barabas on CD
- Sari Barabas - A singer portrait Uracant
- Dostal, Nico - Clivia (cross section) EMI operetta melodies
- Dostal, Nico - The Hungarian Wedding ( cross-section) EMI operetta melodies
- Fall, Leo - The Dollar Princess (cross section) EMI operetta melodies
- Fall, Leo - Der liebe Augustin ( Melodienfolge ) EMI operetta melodies
- Kálmán, Emmerich - The Gypsy Princess (short version) EMI operetta melodies
- Kálmán, Emmerich - Countess Maritza (short version) EMI operetta melodies
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - The Abduction from the Seraglio ( complete recording ) Valhalla
- Rossini, Gioachino - The Barber of Seville ( total uptake ) Valhalla
- Rossini, Gioachino - Le Comte Ory ( total uptake ) EMI
- Schröder, Friedrich - wedding night in Paradise (cross section) EMI operetta melodies
- Champagne Operetta - Rudolf Schock EMI
- Focus Operetta - The popular & most beautiful EMI