Robert Büssel

Robert Büssel was a German baritone who studied in Cologne and sang in Berlin, Essen and Leipzig before joining the Dresden Court, later State, Opera in 1905, where he remained until 1940. An ensemble mainstay, he is said to have sung more than 600 roles, mostly buffo parts, and was best known as Papageno and Masetto. He took a small role in the first Der Rosenkavalier in 1911, created the Notary in Intermezzo in 1924 and Welko in Arabella in 1933, and sang in the premiere of Busoni's Doktor Faust in 1925. He toured London with the company in 1936.