Anton Dermota live in "Il mio tesoro intanto" from Don Giovanni

Live performance from Salzburg festival in 1954.
Leporello - Otto Edelmann
Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer
Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi
Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota
Donna Elvira - Lisa della Casa
Zerlina - Erna Berger
Masetto - Walter Berry
Commendatore - Deszö Ernsten

Conductor - Wilhelm Furtwängler


Anton Dermota:
Born: June 4, 1910 - Kropa, Slovenia
Died: June 22, 1989 - Vienna, Austria
Anton Dermota was born in Kropa (Slovenia) grewing up in poverty. Initially studying composition and organ at the Ljubljana conservatory, he received a scholarship in 1934 which took him to Vienna where he devoted himself exclusively to vocal studies with the famous coach Marie Radó.

Anton Dermota made his early debut at the opera of Cluj (Klausenburg) in 1934. It was Bruno Walter who immediately invited him to the Vienna State Opera where he made his debut in 1936 as first Man in Armour Mozart's The Magic Flute. His first major role was Alfredo in La Traviata in 1937. He remained a loyal member of the Wiener Staatsoper for more than 40 years (!) and became one of the most popular and celebrated singers by the Viennese public. He also succeeded at the Salzburg Festival where he appeared regularly for 20 years. His repertoire was wider than is often remembered and his recordings give proof of this versatility. He was perhaps most renowned for his Mozart roles, such as Don Ottavio, Ferrando, Tamino and Belmonte. He also sang Jacquino, Cassio, Nurredin, David, Alfredo in Fledermaus and La Traviata, Rodolfo, Lenski, Des Grieux, Flamand in Capriccio, Oedipus in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, David, Hans in The Bartered Bride, Narraboth, Leukippos, Hoffmann and Elemer in Arabella. Later he occasionaly ventured into the youthful "Heldentenor" repertoire, singing the title role in Smetana's Dalibor, Max in Freischütz and Laca in Jenufa. In 1955 he appeared as Florestan in the inaugural performance of the rebuilt Staatsoper with a splendid cast. His repertoire included all together 80 roles! His interpretation of the title role in Pfitzner's monumental opera Palestrina was well remembered by the Viennese public for many years. He was engaged at the operas of London, Paris, Rome, Naples, Teatro Colón and toured Australia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Dermota was an accomplished lieder singer and gave hundreds of song recitals accompanied by his wife, the pianist Hilde Berger-Weyerwald. In 1966 he became a sought-after singing coach at the Wiener Musikhochschule. In honor of Kammersänger Anton Dermota's 70th birthday, the management of the Vienna State Opera invited him to appear as Tamino (which he sang with a voice unimpared). He died after his 79th birthday in 1989.

Il mio tesoro intanto
Andate a consolar,
E del bel ciglio il pianto
Cercate di asciugar.
Ditele che i suoi torti
A cendicar io vado;
Che sol di stragi e morti
Nunzio vogl'io tornar.

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[operalover67]

or bohm...still i think it's furtwangler...

[Herur22]

@operalover67

You're right. It was Furtwangler.

[SonoPortoricano]

wow, where did you find this? Did is wonderful. Thanks.

[Herur22]

The whole opera is on Internet. I downloaded it with Emule.

[mjmacmtenor]

Actually, "Dalla sua pace" was not in the original score of Don G as premiered in Prague. It was added for the Viennese premiere as a substitute for "Il mio tesoro" (the colorature was too difficult for the tenor hired). I don't know when it became common practice to include both arias (but current tenors are thankful as it is a somewhat thankless part). The recording from the 60s (Karajan) with Gedda includes both I believe.

[mistatomsom]

@Herur22 this is indeed one of the most ungrateful roles in the history of opera. A great rendition though by an amazing Slovenian tenor!

[operalover67]

i think the conductor is furtwangler...great dermota...but why showing the whole cast but the conductor??????????...

[SuperLuckydream]

I applaud Anton Dermota with fond admiration.Thanks a lot for posting!

[Sutherland2]

A wonderful, sensitive, great musician, a very great Mozart tenor and almost unknown today by so-called opera "cognoscenti..." The number of great singers plowed under by the modern marketing of lesser talents is a scandal in opera!

[Gorboduc]

The conductor here is Wilhelm Furtwangler.

[fairlytaleofnewyork]

Sublime. What a delicate and wonderful performance!

Many thanks for uploading.

[Vincenzo2010an]

bravo! i have this dvd.

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Herur22 and on dvd.