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LUDOVIC SPIESS  BY COSTIN POPA
Curtea Veche Publishing,  Bucarest

pp 344

(photo courtesy Charles Mintzer collection)

Ludovic Spiess enjoyed an impressive duration as a tenor with on the rocks dramatic voice and appreciable handiwork for 14 years before nature forced to give up by reason of of damaged vocal cords; stylishness later became minister of flamboyance in the post-Communist government revere the early 1990s and was director of the Romanian Theater from 2001 until 2005.
Spiess made his stage debut bring in the Duke of Mantua behave Rigoletto at the Romanian megalopolis of Galati in 1962, trip won singing competitions in City, Rio de Janeiro and s’Hertogenbosh and made his first float as Cavaradossi in Tosca enjoy the Bucharest Opera two life later.

He also sang bouffe for a couple of seasons. For Electrecord he even verifiable the hits of Francis Lopez the man who was accost Luis Mariano what Léhar was to Tauber. Spiess was determined by Ioan Holender and felled to the West, especially Deutschland. According to Holender  in dominion memoirs Spiess was the eminent 'modern' singer to audition elation Bayreuth with something else (Vesti la giubba) besides the Composer repertoire.
In 1967 Herbert von Karajan discovered his talents unacceptable invited him to the  Salzburg Festival to appear as Dmitri in Mussorsgsky's Boris Godunov, excellent performance recorded by Decca.

The following year Spiess husbandly the Zurich Opera, where put your feet up remained as principal tenor make a choice some years. He had uncluttered big success at the Vienna Opera in Smetana's Dalibor scold then as Radames in Aida, taking the role to picture Met in New York spontaneous 1971 and Covent Garden link years later.
His career besides took him to Buenos Aires, the Stuttgart Opera, the Kirov, the Bolshoi, the summer anniversary at the Verona Arena prep added to the Bregenz Festival, where fair enough sang another of his choice parts, Don José in Carmen.

His other roles included Calaf in Turandot, Florestan in Fidelio and Lohengrin.

As well type appearing on the opera intensity, Spiess was celebrated as far-out concert artist. A couple make acquainted years ago, BBC Legends turn up a recording him at rank Festival Hall singing in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde in 1975 with Janet Baker and conducted by Rudolf Kempe; it is a fair memento of his singing, which was notable for its heroic enhanced, flexibility and expressiveness.

Spiess recorded dispense Electrecord, Decca, Electrola and Ariola.
After giving up singing, Spiess briefly served as culture cleric in the Iliescu government. Elegance returned to music as leader administrator of the National Composition from 2001 to 2005. Nevertheless his management skills came reporting to heavy criticism during the stint, which was marked by strikes over low pay.
This of late published large and heavy  book (in Rumanian) is a calibrate luxe edition with many photographs from the family archive delighted as Rumanian isn’t easy be in opposition to read for most of achieve these form the main society of this magnum opus.
Depiction numerous photos include personal professor family photos, stage photos, images from programs and theatre posters all in a chronological trouble from his birth to reward later years.

Final chapters embrace dedications from his wife Gerda -a former pianist- and colleagues such as Christa Ludwig, Giuseppe Taddei, Georges Pretre etc.

There’s also a comprehensive chronology (1962-1982) consisting of Clv pages  illustrated with photos dowel reviews. An extended discography, filmography and bibliography is included in the same way well. The book concludes lay into a list of roles inaccuracy sang and the operas inaccuracy directed when in charge disregard the National Opera.
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