You are bidding on one signed photo as well as one Handwritten quote with musical notation of Austrian-Yugoslavian opera singer (lyrical tenor) Anton Dermota (1910-1989).

From the estate of a Berlin autograph collector who personally received autographs from singers and actors from the 1930s to the 1970s or had the artists send them to him by post (some of the envelopes are still there).

1.) Nice photo, on the motif side with a personal dedication. Dated Berlin, 14.XII.60.

Format: 14 x 9.1 cm (image area 11 x 8.2 cm).

2.) A4 sheet, written on half page.

On beautiful handmade paper (Römerturm handmade paper).

With handwritten staves, including handwritten dedication:

"With dignity and majesty...

(Haydn 'Creation')

Kind regards, Anton Dermota

Berlin 14.XII.61."

Enclosed in protective sheet, with handwritten attribution "Anton Dermota Kammersänger."

Condition: Photo slightly bent, otherwise excellent condition. Album sheet folded and slightly wrinkled. bplease note the pictures too!

Internal note: Opera 21-04

OverAnton Dermota (Source: wikipedia):

Anton Dermota (* 4. June 1910 in Kropa, Austria-Hungary; † 22. June 1989 in Vienna) was an Austrian-Yugoslavian opera singer (lyrical tenor) with his main residence in Vienna.

Life: Anton Dermota first studied composition and organ in Ljubljana (Laibach) and then received a singing scholarship in Vienna. In 1934 he made his debut in Cluj (Klausenburg). In 1936 the conductor Bruno Walter heard him and hired him to the Vienna State Opera, where he was first. Armored man made his debut in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute. He soon received his first leading roles (first as Alfredo in La traviata, 1937) and developed into a favorite with the Viennese audience.

During this time he experienced the State Opera's greatest catastrophe when it collapsed on the 13th. It burst into flames in an Allied air raid in March 1945 and helped save music and furnishings from the flames. He remained loyal to the State Opera in its temporary quarters in the Theater an der Wien and was released on January 4th. Appointed Vienna Kammersänger in March 1946. Dermota belonged to the famous Viennese Mozart ensemble of the 1950s alongside singers such as Maria Cebotari, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Wilma Lipp, Irmgard Seefried, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz and Paul Schöffler.

It was therefore almost a given that Dermota would also appear in the reopening premiere of the rebuilt State Opera on May 5th. November 1955 - as Florestan in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio. On 26. In October 1977, Dermota celebrated his fortieth stage anniversary at the State Opera in the title role of Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina.

For his seventieth birthday, the Kammersänger, who has long since become a living legend, sang Tamino again at the State Opera's invitation - with an almost unchanged, fresh voice.

Dermota's second artistic home was the Salzburg Festival, where he appeared almost continuously from 1937 (Balthasar Zorn in the Meistersinger under Arturo Toscanini) until the end of the 1950s, especially in his major Mozart roles.

He also gave acclaimed guest performances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Paris Opera, the Rome Opera House, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and made concert tours through Australia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

Since 1966, Dermota has held a singing professorship at the Vienna University of Music.

He died in his adopted home of Vienna a few days after his 79th birthday. Birthday. His honorary grave is located in the Hietzinger Cemetery (group 58, number 371). In 1992, Dermotagasse in Vienna-Hietzing was named after him.

Repertoire: In the post-war period and until the early 1970s, Dermota was one of the most internationally sought-after Mozart and Bach interpreters of his generation, famous especially as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Ferrando (Così fan tutte), but later also sang more dramatic roles such as Florestan and the more lyrical roles of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner (David in the Meistersinger von Nuremberg) and Giuseppe Verdi, as well as, especially in earlier years, Giacomo Puccini and Jules Massenet.

One of his most recognized interpretations was that of Johannes from Franz Schmidt's powerful oratorio The Book with Seven Seals (with Walter Berry on bass, recording conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos). His portrayal of the title role in Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina, his Evangelimann (Wilhelm Kienzl) and his Lenski in Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin were also significant. In total, his repertoire included more than 80 roles.

He also set standards as an interpreter of songs, especially by Schubert and Schumann, always supported by his wife Hilda (née. Berger von Weyerwald, * 17. June 1912; † 5. March 2013), was accompanied on the piano. His interpretation of Winterreise, also available on CD, is a textbook example of expression, style and vocal culture.

As a singer, Dermota was considered one of the greatest in his field throughout his life, and many of his younger colleagues - Fritz Wunderlich, Nicolai Gedda, Ernst Haefliger, Peter Schreier - were measured against him. Dermota's technical mastery was impressive, and his voice retained both mellowness and expressiveness well into old age - as late as 1981 he sang the shepherd in Carlos Kleiber's recording of Tristan and Isolde.

Awards

1955: Mozart Medal by the Mozart Community in Vienna[1]

1959: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class

1977: Large Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria.