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EUGEN GURA
(November 8, 1842 – August 26, 1906) German operatic baritone

Studied in Vienna and Franz Hauser in Munich vocals. 1865 it came to his stage debut at the Court Opera in Munich 'armourer' of Lortzingstraße. This was followed by engagements at the opera houses of Breslau (1867-70), Leipzig (1871-76, Inaugural roles: Wolfram in "Tannhäuser 'and William Tell by Rossini) and Hamburg (1873-83) at. Then he worked 1883-96 at the Court Opera in Munich. He was, above all in the area of ​​Wagner singing, as one of the most important artists of his generation. In the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876 he sang the thunder in 'Rheingold' and Gunther in the 'Twilight of the Gods' (in this performance on 08.17.1876 it was at the same time to the premiere of 'Twilight of the Gods', while 'Rheingold' in 1869 was premiered in Munich). In later Bayreuth Festival he sang there until 1896, King Mark in 'Tristan' and Hans Sachs in the 'Meistersinger'. In 1882, he was heard as a guest on Drury Lane Theatre London; here he sang again the brand and Hans Sachs in the English premieres of two operas Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde' and 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'. In the same season, he joined the Drury Lane Theatre as Lysiart in 'Euryanthe' of Weber. On 10.19.1887 he sang in Munich premiere of the opera 'Faust' by Heinrich Zollner the title role. In addition to his work on stage, he was a highly respected concert and especially Lieder singer. His presentation of the ballads of Loewe Karl was considered a classic. He sat down in a special way for the creation of the song was still largely unknown Hugo Wolf.