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George London

I-Debut 1942 (Hollywood). Idlalwa ku-operetta. Kusukela ngo-1943 eSan Francisco. Ngo-1949 uBöhm wamemela ku-Vienna Opera (Amonasro). Ngo-1950 wenza ingxenye ye-Figaro (Mozart) eMkhosini waseGlyndebourne. Kusukela ngo-1951 eMetropolitan Opera. Waduma njengomdlali ovelele wezingxenye zeWagnerian kuBayreuth Festival, lapho acula khona kusukela ngo-1951 (izingxenye ze-Amfortas eParsifal, ingxenye yesihloko ku-The Flying Dutchman, njll.). Wenza ingxenye ye-Mandryka ku-American premiere ye-"Arabella" ka-R. Strauss (1951, Metropolitan Opera). Kusukela ngo-1952 wacula eSalzburg Festival. Ngo-1960 wenza e Bolshoi Theatre (ingxenye Boris Godunov).

Phakathi kwamaqembu kukhona no-Eugene Onegin, Count Almaviva, Scarpia, Escamillo nabanye. Kusukela ngo-1971 ubelokhu esebenza njengomqondisi we-opera. Emikhiqizweni, siphawula "Ring of the Nibelung" (1973-75, Seattle). Okurekhodiwe kufaka phakathi u-Don Giovanni (umqhubi u-R. Moralt, u-Philips), i-Wotan e-The Valkyrie (umqhubi we-Leinsdorf, i-Decca).

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