| 词条 | Otakar Kraus |
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Otakar Kraus (10 December 1909 — 28 July 1980) was a Czech (later British), operatic baritone and teacher. He was born in Prague and studied there with Konrad Wallerstein and in Milan with Fernando Carpi. He himself was the teacher of a number of important British basses, including Robert Lloyd, Willard White, John Tomlinson, Gwynne Howell and Colin Iveson. He was also a teacher of New Zealand baritone Barry Mora.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} He made his operatic debut as Amonasro in Aida in Brno in 1935. From 1936 to 1939 he sang as principal baritone[1] at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. In 1940, he moved to England, appearing at the Savoy Theatre in Mussorgsky's The Fair at Sorochyntsi, and from 1943 to 1946 he appeared with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, singing Scarpia, Germont, the three roles in Hoffmann and other parts.[2] After seasons with the English Opera Group and the Netherlands Opera, he joined the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1951, and sang there until 1973.[3] Kraus specialised in villainous characters. His roles at Covent Garden and worldwide included Don Pizarro in Fidelio, Iago in Otello and Scarpia in Tosca, as well as Alberich in the Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival from 1960 to 1962. He created the roles of Nick Shadow in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, Tarquinius in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, King Fisher in Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage, Diomede in Walton's Troilus and Cressida, and the Sheriff in Gian Carlo Menotti's Martin's Lie.[4] He died in London. His name is mentioned in the Czech film "Cosy Dens" (1999)[5] by Jirí Kodet (as Kraus). References1. ^Opera. June 1954, p340 2. ^Opera. June 1954, p340 3. ^{{cite book | last = Sadie| first = Stanley (ed)| authorlink =Stanley Sadie | year = 1992| title = The New Grove Dictionary of Opera vol. 2, p. 1040| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford| isbn = 978-0-19-522186-2}} 4. ^{{cite book | last = Warrack| first = John, and Ewan West| year = 1992| title = The Oxford Dictionary of Opera| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford| isbn = 0-19-869164-5}} 5. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167331/ Film "Pelísky"] (1999) aka Cosy Dens at imdb.com External links
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