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'''Ernst Gutstein''' (15 May 1924 – 24 February 1998) was an Austrian operatic [[baritone]].
== Life and career ==
Born in Vienna, Gutstein studied singing at the [[Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien]], among others with [[Josef Witt]] and the reknown [[Kammersänger]] and baritone [[Hans Duhan]]. His debut as an opera singer took place in 1948 at the [[Tyrolean State Theatre]] as Don Fernando in Beethoven's ''[[Fidelio]]''. Engagements followed at the [[Hagen Theatre]] (1952-1953), the [[Theater & Orchester Heidelberg]] (1953-1954) and the [[Staatstheater Kassel]] (1954–1958). In the 1958/59 season he sang at the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]] in [[Düsseldorf]] and [[Duisburg]]. From 1959 to 1962 he was a member of the [[Oper Frankfurt]].
From 1963 Gutstein belonged to the ensemble of the [[Vienna State Opera]]. He could be heard there in almost 20 different roles in a total of 125 performances. In Vienna he sang different roles such as Conte Almaviva in ''[[The marriage of Figaro]]'', Bartolo in ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'', Friedrich von Telramund in ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' and Faninal in R. Strauss' ''[[der Rosenkavalier]]'', who was considered to be his special highlight role. He also took on character parts from the German repertoire and modern music, including the music teacher in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'', Doctor Schön in ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]'' and Alfred Ill in '''' by [[Gottfried von Einem]]. In the 1995/96 season he appeared there again, still almost in full possession of his vocal means, in two performances as theatre director La Roche in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]''.<ref>Rollenverzeichnis von Ernst Gutstein in ''Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-2005'', . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2006. </ref>
Under the direction of Albert Moser (1963-1973), Gutstein was also engaged by the [[Wiener Volksoper]]. There he sang in numerous new productions. In December 1965 he took over Janus in the opera ''[[Halka]]'' by S. Moniuszko. In January 1967 he sang there at the side of [[Rudolf Schock]] Sebastiano in the premiere of the opera ''[[Tiefland (opera)|Tiefland]]'' by E. d'Albert. In February 1972 he sang the title role in the new musical version of the opera ''König Nicolo'' by Rudolf Weishappel.<ref>
[http://bit.ly/2DsG1Vd ''König Nicolo''] Eintrag bei Music Information Center Austria</ref><ref>[[Herbert Prikopa]]: ''Die Wiener Volksoper'', . Ibera Verlag, Vienna 1999. </ref>
In spring 1972 followed the premiere of ''[[I quatro rusteghi]]'' by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; in November 1972 Gutstein took over Peter in Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy tale opera ''[[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]'' in a new production. Other premieres by Gutstein at the Volksoper included ''[[The Bartered Bride]]'' (1973, as Kruschina), '''' (1978, as Father Fadenkreutz) and ''[[La Vie parisienne (operetta)|La Vie parisienne]]'' (1980/81, as the Brazilian). In 1975 he sang the archdeacon Claude Frollo at the Vienna Volksoper in the rarely played, late-Romantic F. Schmidt's opera ''[[Notre Dame (opera)|Notre Dame]]''. In the 1979/80 season he took on one of the leading roles in the opera ''[[Die Kluge]]'' (premiered in June 1980, director: ) within the framework of a [[Carl Orff]] evening; as a "rumbling, powerful-voiced" king he was "not without charm".<ref>Peter Dusek: ''ORFF-ABEND''. performance criticism. In ''''. Edition 7/8. July/August 1980. Pages 547/548.</ref> In the 1980/81 season he sang an "oppressive" Schischkow in the opera ''[[From the House of the Dead]]'' in a production of the Vienna Volksoper, which was also shown in the summer of 1981 as part of the [[Vienna Festival]].<ref>Perter Dusek: ''AUS EINEM TOTENHAUS''. Performance criticism in ''Orpheus''. Edition 9/10. September/October 1981. </ref> In July 1986 he sang the narrator in Mozart's opera at the Vienna Volksoper during the summer performances there of ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>''Wiener Sommer''; Aufführungskritik von Michael Blees in ''Orpheus''. Issue October 1986, .</ref> In the 1988/89 season, under the musical direction of [[Ernst Märzendorfer]], he took over Lothario in the new staging of the opera ''[[Mignon]]'' by Ambroise Thomas.<ref>[[Herbert Prikopa]]: ''Die Wiener Volksoper'', . Ibera Verlag, Vienna 1999. </ref>
Gutstein also appeared at the [[Salzburg festival]]. In 1955 he could be heard there as Ernest in Haydn's comic opera ''[[Il mondo della luna]]''. In 1978 and 1979 he sang in Salzburg the role of Faninal in the opera ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''.
Gutstein also took part in several other opera premieres: In 1962 at the [[Schwetzinger Festspiele]] in W. Fortner's ''[[In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa]]'',<ref>[http://bit.ly/2VYOoPH ''Fortners Don Perlimplin'']. Kritik in ''Die ZEIT''dated 15 May 1962</ref> in 1966 at the [[Theater an der Wien]] in ''Die schwarze Spinne'' by [[Josef Matthias Hauer]]<ref> Cast of the premiere on the website ''JOSEF MATTHIAS HAUER (1883-1959)''</ref> and in 1975 in Zürich in ''Ein wahrer Held'' by [[Giselher Klebe]].
In the 1960s, Gutstein appeared several times at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]] in productions by [[Walter Felsenstein]]. In the 1960/61 season he sang Germont-père in ''[[La traviata]]''<ref>Weitere Rollen: Irmgard Arnold (Violetta), (Alfred Germont)</ref> and Jago in ''[[Otello (Verdi)|Othello]]'', at the side of [[Anny Schlemm]] as Desdemona. In the 1966/67 season he appeared in the title role of Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]''. In 1964 he sang at the Frankfurt Opera the title roll in Verdi's ''[[Macbeth (opera)|Macbeth]]'' with [[Inge Borkh]] under the direction of .<ref>[http://bit.ly/2DrhT5s Inge Borkh: ''Ich komm vom Theater nicht los…: Erinnerungen und Einsichten'']. (Excerpts available on Google Books)</ref> In 1965 in Frankfurt Gutstein was a "virtuoso Kowaljoff" in Shostakovich's ''[[Die Nase (opera)|Die Nase]]''.
Gutstein made guest appearances at [[Covent Garden]] in London (1986 as Graf Waldner), at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City (1979-1980 as Faninal) and at the opera houses of [[Dallas]], among others (1982 as Faninal) and [[Houston]] (1990 also as Faninal). At the [[Glyndebourne Festival]] he played in 1985 and again in 1989 as partner of [[Elisabeth Glauser]] again as Waldner in ''[[Arabella]]'' and in 1987 and 1990 the theatre director La Roche in ''Capriccio''.
In the 1987/88 season he appeared at the [[Stadttheater Bern]] as Don Magnifico in a new production of ''[[La Cenerentola]]''. In the 1988/89 season he took over the theatre director La Roche in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]''. In June 1989 he also made a guest appearance at the [[Grand Théâtre de Genève]] as La Roche. In the 1991/92 season he appeared in the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris in 's ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]''-staging as supporting actor (October 1991, roles: Medizinrat, Professor und Banker). In the 1991/92 season he also sang the role of Schigolch in a new production of the opera ''Lulu'' at the [[Tyrolean State Theatre]]. In 1994 Gutstein took over the roles of Tierbändiger and Schigolch at the performances of the opera ''Lulu''.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2VYN3s1 ''Neue Oper Wien: Lulu''] in the [[Museumsquartier]]. Cast slip of the premiere on 28 September 1994</ref> 1997 he sang at the Schlossfestspiele in [[Schönbrunn Palace]] the role of prison warden Frank in the operetta ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' by Johann Strauss II.
Until shortly before his death, Gutstein was still active as a singing teacher and music teacher. He was professor at the [[Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna]]. For his artistic merits he was awarded the title [[Kammersänger]].
The musical work of Gutstein, which has been handed down through radio recordings, live recordings and vinyl records, has largely been re-released on CD in recent years.
Guststein died in Vienna at age 73.
== References ==
== External links ==
*
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. Third, extended edition. Munich 1999 Volume 3: Davislim–Hiolski, , .
*
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:Musicians from Vienna]]
[[Category:Austrian operatic baritones]]
[[Category:20th-century opera singers]]
== Life and career ==
Born in Vienna, Gutstein studied singing at the [[Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien]], among others with [[Josef Witt]] and the reknown [[Kammersänger]] and baritone [[Hans Duhan]]. His debut as an opera singer took place in 1948 at the [[Tyrolean State Theatre]] as Don Fernando in Beethoven's ''[[Fidelio]]''. Engagements followed at the [[Hagen Theatre]] (1952-1953), the [[Theater & Orchester Heidelberg]] (1953-1954) and the [[Staatstheater Kassel]] (1954–1958). In the 1958/59 season he sang at the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]] in [[Düsseldorf]] and [[Duisburg]]. From 1959 to 1962 he was a member of the [[Oper Frankfurt]].
From 1963 Gutstein belonged to the ensemble of the [[Vienna State Opera]]. He could be heard there in almost 20 different roles in a total of 125 performances. In Vienna he sang different roles such as Conte Almaviva in ''[[The marriage of Figaro]]'', Bartolo in ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'', Friedrich von Telramund in ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' and Faninal in R. Strauss' ''[[der Rosenkavalier]]'', who was considered to be his special highlight role. He also took on character parts from the German repertoire and modern music, including the music teacher in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'', Doctor Schön in ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]'' and Alfred Ill in '''' by [[Gottfried von Einem]]. In the 1995/96 season he appeared there again, still almost in full possession of his vocal means, in two performances as theatre director La Roche in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]''.<ref>Rollenverzeichnis von Ernst Gutstein in ''Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-2005'', . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2006. </ref>
Under the direction of Albert Moser (1963-1973), Gutstein was also engaged by the [[Wiener Volksoper]]. There he sang in numerous new productions. In December 1965 he took over Janus in the opera ''[[Halka]]'' by S. Moniuszko. In January 1967 he sang there at the side of [[Rudolf Schock]] Sebastiano in the premiere of the opera ''[[Tiefland (opera)|Tiefland]]'' by E. d'Albert. In February 1972 he sang the title role in the new musical version of the opera ''König Nicolo'' by Rudolf Weishappel.<ref>
[http://bit.ly/2DsG1Vd ''König Nicolo''] Eintrag bei Music Information Center Austria</ref><ref>[[Herbert Prikopa]]: ''Die Wiener Volksoper'', . Ibera Verlag, Vienna 1999. </ref>
In spring 1972 followed the premiere of ''[[I quatro rusteghi]]'' by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; in November 1972 Gutstein took over Peter in Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy tale opera ''[[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]'' in a new production. Other premieres by Gutstein at the Volksoper included ''[[The Bartered Bride]]'' (1973, as Kruschina), '''' (1978, as Father Fadenkreutz) and ''[[La Vie parisienne (operetta)|La Vie parisienne]]'' (1980/81, as the Brazilian). In 1975 he sang the archdeacon Claude Frollo at the Vienna Volksoper in the rarely played, late-Romantic F. Schmidt's opera ''[[Notre Dame (opera)|Notre Dame]]''. In the 1979/80 season he took on one of the leading roles in the opera ''[[Die Kluge]]'' (premiered in June 1980, director: ) within the framework of a [[Carl Orff]] evening; as a "rumbling, powerful-voiced" king he was "not without charm".<ref>Peter Dusek: ''ORFF-ABEND''. performance criticism. In ''''. Edition 7/8. July/August 1980. Pages 547/548.</ref> In the 1980/81 season he sang an "oppressive" Schischkow in the opera ''[[From the House of the Dead]]'' in a production of the Vienna Volksoper, which was also shown in the summer of 1981 as part of the [[Vienna Festival]].<ref>Perter Dusek: ''AUS EINEM TOTENHAUS''. Performance criticism in ''Orpheus''. Edition 9/10. September/October 1981. </ref> In July 1986 he sang the narrator in Mozart's opera at the Vienna Volksoper during the summer performances there of ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>''Wiener Sommer''; Aufführungskritik von Michael Blees in ''Orpheus''. Issue October 1986, .</ref> In the 1988/89 season, under the musical direction of [[Ernst Märzendorfer]], he took over Lothario in the new staging of the opera ''[[Mignon]]'' by Ambroise Thomas.<ref>[[Herbert Prikopa]]: ''Die Wiener Volksoper'', . Ibera Verlag, Vienna 1999. </ref>
Gutstein also appeared at the [[Salzburg festival]]. In 1955 he could be heard there as Ernest in Haydn's comic opera ''[[Il mondo della luna]]''. In 1978 and 1979 he sang in Salzburg the role of Faninal in the opera ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''.
Gutstein also took part in several other opera premieres: In 1962 at the [[Schwetzinger Festspiele]] in W. Fortner's ''[[In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa]]'',<ref>[http://bit.ly/2VYOoPH ''Fortners Don Perlimplin'']. Kritik in ''Die ZEIT''dated 15 May 1962</ref> in 1966 at the [[Theater an der Wien]] in ''Die schwarze Spinne'' by [[Josef Matthias Hauer]]<ref> Cast of the premiere on the website ''JOSEF MATTHIAS HAUER (1883-1959)''</ref> and in 1975 in Zürich in ''Ein wahrer Held'' by [[Giselher Klebe]].
In the 1960s, Gutstein appeared several times at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]] in productions by [[Walter Felsenstein]]. In the 1960/61 season he sang Germont-père in ''[[La traviata]]''<ref>Weitere Rollen: Irmgard Arnold (Violetta), (Alfred Germont)</ref> and Jago in ''[[Otello (Verdi)|Othello]]'', at the side of [[Anny Schlemm]] as Desdemona. In the 1966/67 season he appeared in the title role of Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]''. In 1964 he sang at the Frankfurt Opera the title roll in Verdi's ''[[Macbeth (opera)|Macbeth]]'' with [[Inge Borkh]] under the direction of .<ref>[http://bit.ly/2DrhT5s Inge Borkh: ''Ich komm vom Theater nicht los…: Erinnerungen und Einsichten'']. (Excerpts available on Google Books)</ref> In 1965 in Frankfurt Gutstein was a "virtuoso Kowaljoff" in Shostakovich's ''[[Die Nase (opera)|Die Nase]]''.
Gutstein made guest appearances at [[Covent Garden]] in London (1986 as Graf Waldner), at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City (1979-1980 as Faninal) and at the opera houses of [[Dallas]], among others (1982 as Faninal) and [[Houston]] (1990 also as Faninal). At the [[Glyndebourne Festival]] he played in 1985 and again in 1989 as partner of [[Elisabeth Glauser]] again as Waldner in ''[[Arabella]]'' and in 1987 and 1990 the theatre director La Roche in ''Capriccio''.
In the 1987/88 season he appeared at the [[Stadttheater Bern]] as Don Magnifico in a new production of ''[[La Cenerentola]]''. In the 1988/89 season he took over the theatre director La Roche in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]''. In June 1989 he also made a guest appearance at the [[Grand Théâtre de Genève]] as La Roche. In the 1991/92 season he appeared in the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris in 's ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]''-staging as supporting actor (October 1991, roles: Medizinrat, Professor und Banker). In the 1991/92 season he also sang the role of Schigolch in a new production of the opera ''Lulu'' at the [[Tyrolean State Theatre]]. In 1994 Gutstein took over the roles of Tierbändiger and Schigolch at the performances of the opera ''Lulu''.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2VYN3s1 ''Neue Oper Wien: Lulu''] in the [[Museumsquartier]]. Cast slip of the premiere on 28 September 1994</ref> 1997 he sang at the Schlossfestspiele in [[Schönbrunn Palace]] the role of prison warden Frank in the operetta ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' by Johann Strauss II.
Until shortly before his death, Gutstein was still active as a singing teacher and music teacher. He was professor at the [[Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna]]. For his artistic merits he was awarded the title [[Kammersänger]].
The musical work of Gutstein, which has been handed down through radio recordings, live recordings and vinyl records, has largely been re-released on CD in recent years.
Guststein died in Vienna at age 73.
== References ==
== External links ==
*
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. Third, extended edition. Munich 1999 Volume 3: Davislim–Hiolski, , .
*
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:Musicians from Vienna]]
[[Category:Austrian operatic baritones]]
[[Category:20th-century opera singers]]
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