Adamo Didur (December 24, 1874 - January 7, 1946) was a Polish bass. December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A bass (or basso in Italian) is a male singer who sings in the deepest vocal range of the human voice. ...

Born in Sanok, Didur studied in Lwow with Valery Wysocki, later working with Franz Emmerich in Milan; his concert debut came in that city in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. In 1894 he made his operatic debut in Rio de Janeiro, after which he appeared in theaters in London, Russia, and Poland. His American debut came at the Manhattan Opera House in 1907. Sanok, Latin: Sanocum, German: Saanig, Yiddish: Sonik, Ukrainian: Сянiк (Sianik), in full The Royal Free City of Sanok, Polish: Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok), part of The Land of Sanok (Polish: Ziemia Sanocka, and Ruthenian Voivodeship), is a town in south-eastern Poland with 41,261 inhabitants (2005). ... Lviv ( Львів in Ukrainian; Львов, Lvov in Russian; Lwów in Polish; Leopolis in Latin; Lemberg in German—see also cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine with 830,000 inhabitants (an additional 200,000 commute daily from... Milan (Italian: ; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is one of the biggest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ... Look up debut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1820 portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler Beethoven redirects here. ... Composer Ludwig van Beethoven 4th movement (European Union anthem) samples: Ode to Joy ( file info) — String version from 1997. ... The New Opera in Oslo, Norway The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: On GoogleMaps: SEE - On GoogleEarth: SEE. Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area  - City 1,260 km²  (486. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Manhattan Center Studios is home to two world class Recording Studios located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. ...

Didur made his Metropolitan Opera debut on November 14, 1908, singing Mephistopheles in Charles Gounod's Faust, remaining with the company for a quarter of a century and becoming one of its principal bass singers. With them, in 1913, he sang Boris Godunov in the American premiere of Mussorgsky's opera. He also created roles in three operas by Giacomo Puccini at the Met, Ashby in La fanciulla del West and, in Il trittico, Il Talpa in Il tabarro and Simone in Gianni Schicchi; he also appeared in the world premiere of Die Königskinder. His last appearance with the company was in The Tales of Hoffmann on February 11, 1932, following which he returned to Europe. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... Charles Gounod Charles François Gounod (June 17, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a French composer, best known for his opera Faust. ... Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carrés play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Goethes Faust, Part I. It debuted at the Théatre-Lyrique in Paris on March 19, 1859. ... Tsar Boris I Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. ... Premiere, from French language première meaning first, generally means a first performance. Premieres for theatrical, musical, and other productions are often extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media attention. ... Modest Mussorgsky in 1870 Boris Godunov (Russian: , Borís Godunóv) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky. ... Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. ... La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco. ... Il trittico (The Triptych) is the title to a collection of three one-act operas, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini. ... Il tabarro (The Cloak) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on Didier Golds La Houppelande. ... Gianni Schicchi is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on a story that is referred to in Dantes The Divine Comedy. ... The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) is a film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...

Two months before the outbreak of World War II, Didur was appointed director of the opera company in Lwow, but the war made work impossible. Immediately after the war he was engaged briefly as a teacher of singing at the conservatory in Katowice, dying in that city in 1946. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A conservatory is a school dedicated to teaching the art of music including playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship and music theory. ... Panorama of Katowice at night Katowice (pronunciation: [] (Czech: Katovice, German: Kattowitz) is an important city of the historical region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers. ...

Didur was twice married; with his first wife, Mexican singer Angela Aranda Arellano, he had five children, two of whom later became singers themselves. One year after her death in 1928, he married French dancer Marguerite Vignon.

References

• David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.
• Biography at Cantabile-Subito