Kálmán Pataky (Tenor)

Born: November 14, 1896 - Alsolenda, Hungary
Died: March 3, 1964 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Hungarian tenor, Kálmán Pataky [Koloman von Pataky], studied in Budapest.

In 1922, Kálmán Pataky made his operatic debut as the Duke of Mantua at the Budapest Opera, where he subsequently appeared regularly. From 1926 he also sang at the Vienna State Opera. He made guest appearances at the Paris Opera (1928), the Glyndebourne Festival (1936), the Salzburg Festival (1936), and at Milan's La Scala. He also appeared frequently at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. After the Anschluss in Austria in 1938, he sang mainly in Hungary. After World War .II, he settled in the USA.

Kálmán Pataky was admired for his W.A. Mozart roles, particularly his Belmonte, Ottavio, and Tamino. He was a fine concert artist. R. Strauss dedicated several of his Lieder to him.

Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997); OPERAlamance Mailing List (by Walter R. Lonis, November 2004)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2002, November 2004); Manfred Krugmann (Photos 02-06, July 2011); Peter Fulop, Mikrokosmos co. (January 2018)

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Erich Kleiber

Tenor

BWV 245

Hans Weisbach

Tenor

BWV 244

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