Leopold Demuth

Leopold Demuth (real name Leopold Pokorny (2 November 1861 in Brno – 4 March 1910 in Czernowitz) was an operatic baritone.

Leopold Demuth as the Vagabond in Xavier Leroux's opera.[1] (Photo: Grillich, 1909)

Life

Demuth, son of a civil servant, studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Josef Gänsbacher. In 1889 he made his debut at the Stadttheater in Halle an der Saale. Afterwards he was engaged in Leipzig and Hamburg. From 1898 until his death he was a member of the Vienna State Opera.

Demuth was celebrated in particular for his successful performances in works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. Numerous guest performances led him to the Bayreuth Festival in 1889. Between 1902 and 1909, Demuth made numerous recordings.

Demuth was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Bibliography

• Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p.  182).
• Demuth_Leopold Demuth (Pokorny), Leopold
• "Demuth, Leopold". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 178.

References

1. Le Chemineau on BnF.

External links

• Tonträger von Leopold Demuth in the German National Library catalogue
• Leopold Demuth on AllMusic with sound extracts
• Leopold Demuth grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery
• Leopold Demuth recordings from the archives of the Österreichischen Mediathek: (Wie aus der Ferne längst vergangener Zeiten from Der fliegende Holländer)