Richard Tauber
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Richard Tauber was an Austrian lyric tenor and film actor. He performed the tenor role in numerous operas, including Don Giovanni by Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Richard Tauber on a cigarette card
Richard Tauber and Carlotta Vanconti, c. 1928
Gravestone, Brompton Cemetery, London
Grave of Richard Tauber at West Brompton Cemetery
Franz Lehár
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Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow.
Richard Tauber
…wearing a monocle. When paired with a top hat, the monocle enhanced his distinctive and sophisticated look. Tauber first performed in an operetta by Franz Lehár at the Volksbühne in Berlin in 1920. This was Zigeunerliebe, a role he also performed in Linz and Salzburg in 1921. In 1922, he was offered the role…
Lehár, likely sometime between 1915 and 1920
Lehár in 1906
Lehár at the piano in his apartment in Vienna, 1918
Lehár Villa in Bad Ischl (near Salzburg), the composer's summer residence from 1912, now a museum