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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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Price $300.00 |
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PRISTINE CONDITION, THOUGH THE SIGNATURE IS A TAD LIGHT |
RICHARD MAYR - BASS |
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Autographed and inscribed Mertens Mai & Cie cabinet photograph of the legendary Tyrolean bass as König Marke in “Tristan und Isolde”, 1905. Mayr (1877-1935) was the most important Austrian bass after Emil Scaria and sung with the Vienna Hofoper/Staatsoper from 1902 until his early death in 1935. A native of Salzburg, he came to Vienna at an early age to study at the Conservatory there. Two performances, a Beethoven Missa Solemnis and a Dvorak Requiem with Mahler at the helm in Vienna led to his first contract at the Hofoper. He also appeared in London 1911-13 and again from 1924-31 and at the MET, 1927-1930. Cosima Wagner hired him for the 1924 Bayreuth Festspiele after hearing his Hagen in Vienna. Mayr was a great favorite with composers, creating the bass part of Mahler’s 8th Symphony in the 1910 World Premier in Munich, Quasimodo in the 1914 World Premier of Franz Schmidt’s “Notre Dame” in Vienna, Barak in the 1919 World Premier of Richard Strauss’s “Die Frau ohne Schatten” in Vienna. Strauss also wrote the role of Baron Ochs with Mayr in mind, however, the Dresden World Premier went on without him, as Vienna refused to release him from his contract for the first performances. He sung in the Vienna Premier and from then on owned the role, which he toured throughout the World. Mayr sang a steady diet of Wagner roles, Marke being one of his greatest assumptions. (See Franz Markoff listing)
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