Mozart Don Giovanni Alfred Poell (Baritone) "Ho capito, Signor si" Sung in Italian

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Alfred Poell
Baritone
(1900-1968)
Mozart-Don Giovanni
"Ho capito, Signor si"
Sung in Italian

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Alfred Poell (Baritone)
Austrian baritone
(1900-1968)
The Austrian baritone, Alfed Poell (Pöll), studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck, passed the state examination, attained a doctorate there, and became then a specialist for neck and laryngeal diseases. However, he finally took up singing studies at the Wiener Musikakademie with Philipp Forstén and with Joseph von Manowarda.Alfed Poell made his debut in 1929 at the Opera House of Düsseldorf, where he appeared for ten years. He participated there, among other things, in the premiere of the opera Simplicius Simplicissimus by Ludwig Maurick with in March 1938). In 1940 he followed a call to the Vienna State Opera of Vienna, whose member he remained up to the end of his career. His appearances at Milans Las Scala, at the Covent Garden Opera of London, at the Grand Opéra of Paris (1953) and at other big European stages brought him shining successes, in particular for his Mozart singing.
Alfed Poell also had big success at the Festivals of Salzburg and Glyndebourne. In Salzburg he
sang in 1942-1943 and 1947 Lamoral in Arabella, in August 1948 in the premiere of the opera Le
vin Herbé by F. Martin, in 1950 Masetto in Don Giovann" and Junius in The Rape of Lucretia by B.
Britten, in 1951 Arbace in Mozarts Idomeneo, 1952 the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro and Jupiter
in the premiere of Die Liebe der Danaë by R. Strauss (August 1952), in August 1953 in the premiere of Der Prozeß by G. von Einem, in 1954 Ottokar in Freischütz and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, in 1955 Luna in Pfitzners Palestrina", in 1960 Faninal in Rosenkavalier.
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