biography
pronunciation:
[towber]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1948)
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| biography:
| Tenor, born in Linz, N Austria. He established himself as one of Germany's leading tenors, particularly in Mozartian opera. After 1925 he increasingly appeared in light opera, notably Lehár's Land of Smiles, which he brought to London in 1931. This won him great popularity, repeated by his part in his own Old Chelsea (1943), and appearances in several films. He appeared at Covent Garden in 1938, and became a British citizen in 1940. |
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