Ernest van Dyck by Adèle (3)

Ernest van Dyck (1861-1923); Belgian tenor.
In 1883 he made his debut in Paris as a concert singer in Vidal's cantata "Le Gladiateur". His stage debut was in 1884 in Antwerp. In Germany (Karlsruhe) he studied with Felix Mottl how to sing "Wagner" and in 1888 he was very successful as Parsifal at the Bayreuther Festspielen. He continued singing Parsifal at Bayreuth every year until 1901 and again in 1911 and 1912. From 1888/98 he was engaged at the "Wiener Hofoper" where in 1892 he created the role of Werther at the première of Massenet's eponymous opera. He also sang at the Viennese premières of Massenet's "Manon" (1890), Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" (1893) and Kienzl's "Der Evangelimann" (1896). In France he created several Wagner roles in their Paris premières; Siegmund in "Die Walküre" (1892), Siegfried in "Götterdämmerung" (1908) and the re-performance of "Tannhäuser" (1895) after the debacle in 1861. He made guest appearances at London (Covent Garden), St. Petersburg, Moscow, Bukarest, Prague, Marseille and Budapest. From 1898/1902 he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera New York. From 1906 on he was also working as a singing teacher at Brussels and Antwerp. His daughter Isolde van Dyck was a well known concert singer.