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Ivan Rebroff, born as Hans-Rolf Rippert, (31 July 1931 in Berlin, Germany  – 27 February 2008 in Frankfurt), was a German singer, allegedly of Russian ancestry, with an extraordinary vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to impressive bass registers. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...   (German: , English: American English: ) is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a mid-2007 population of 663,567. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Russians (Русские - Russkie) are an ethnic group of East Slavic people, which live primarily in Russia and neighboring countries. ... For other uses, see Octave (disambiguation). ... This article is about the voice-type. ... Bass (IPA: [], rhyming with face), when used as an adjective, describes tones of low frequency or range. ...

Rebroff was famous for singing Russian folk songs, but also performed opera, light classics and folk songs from many other countries. He was known on stage for his gusto. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ...

Rebroff described himself as international, the "connection between East and West". He lived on the Sporade Island of Skopelos, Greece. He performed over 6,000 concerts in his career, including a two-year seven-day-a-week stint at the French opera, singing, among other greats, Fiddler on the Roof. Being well into his seventies in a recent Australian tour, Rebroff still performed 12 shows in 14 days. Skopelos (Greek: Σκόπελος) is a Greek island in the western Aegean sea. ... For the film, see Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ...

The confirmed bachelor, who in the end was a citizen of Greece, died in Frankfurt after a long illness. Four days after his death, and two days after his passing was reported, his brother Horst Rippert, who is nine years his senior (and by his own accounts shot down Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), has emerged to claim part of Ivan's vast fortune, to which he is entitled under German law, reported the German Bild-Zeitung.^[1].   (German: , English: American English: ) is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a mid-2007 population of 663,567. ... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[1] (pronounced ) (June 29, 1900 – presumably July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. ... The Bild-Zeitung (often abbreviated Bild, lit. ...

LP Discography

Unknown Year

• Favourites from Mother Russia
• Ivan Rebroff (Includes Lara's Theme and other Popular Melodies)

1968

• Folk Songs from Old Russia (Volksweisen aus dem alten Russland)
• Folk Songs from Old Russia Volume II (Volksweisen aus dem alten Russland 2)
• Original russische Liebeslieder
• Na Sdarowje (Ivan sings about Vodka and Wine)
• Slawische Seele (Compilation album shared with Tatjana Ivanow & Dunja Rajter)

1969

• Beim Klang der Balalaika, Au son des Balalaikas (French version of Beim Klang der Balalaika)
• Abendglocken (Compilation)
• Russische Weihnacht mit Ivan Rebroff
• A Russian Christmas (English version of Russische Weihnacht?)
• Un Violon sur le toit (Soundtrack of French production of Fiddler on the Roof)
• Russische Party ("Live" album)
• Festliche Weihnacht (with Regensburger Domspatzen - Boys' Choir)
• A Festive Christmas (Festliche Weihnacht re-issue)

1970

• Somewhere My Love (English language versions)
• Kosaken müssen reiten (German language versions)
• Ivan Rebroff (Compilation?)

1971

• The Best of Ivan Rebroff (Compilation)
• Ivan Rebroff Sing vir Ons (South African Album-Gold Disk Award)
• Vir Jou Suide-Afrika (South African album)
• Ivan Rebroff (Opera)
• Kalinka (Soundtrack from L'Homme qui vient de la Nuit)
• Mein Russland, Du bist schön (German language versions)
• Starportrait (Compilation)
• Zwischen Donau und Don (with Dunja Rajter)

1972

• Erinnerungen an Russland (Russian language versions)
• The Best of Ivan Rebroff Volume II (Compilation)

1973

• Lieder der Welt (Folk songs from around the world)
• Mein Altes Russland (lushly arranged Russian folk songs)
• 25 Greatest Russian Melodies (Compilation with Tatiana Ivanov (2 duets))
• 20 Greatest Hits (Compilation)

1974

• Russische Party 2 ("Live" album)

1975

• Ivan Rebroff at Carnegie Hall (Live at Carnegie Hall)
• Reich Mir Die Hand
• Russische Lieder Von Liebe und Tod

1977

• Midnight in Moscow (Russian language versions)
• Komm mit nach Hellas (German language versions of Greek songs)

1978

• Mitternacht in Moskau (German version of Midnight in Moscow)

1979

• Ave Maria
• Die Ivan Rebroff Versameling (Compilation of South African tracks)

1980

• Zauber einer großen Stimme — 20 unvergängliche Welterfolge
• Zauber einer großen Stimme — Seine größten Welterfolge
• Die schönsten Lieder dieser Welt (Ivan Rebroff singt 20 unvergängliche Melodien)
• Katharina und Potemkin (TV Musical/Operetta)

CD Discography

2002

• Meine Reise um die Welt
• The Great Ivan Rebroff

2003

• Seine Größten Welterfolge
• Best of Ivan Rebroff
• Golden Stars

Compilation albums

• Festliche Weihnachten
• The Art of Ivan Rebroff
• The Best of Russian Folk Songs Vol. 1
• The Best of Russian Folk Songs Vol. 2
• Erinnerungen an das letzte Jahrhundert (Memories of the Last Century)
• Der Zarewitsch
• Die Fledermaus
• Weihnachten mit Ivan Rebroff
• Die schönste Stimme Rußlands
• Kosakenträume

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Notes

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External links

• Official web site
• Ivan Rebroff Fan Page