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Rudolf Lustig

1906 (disputed)Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Bibliothèque nationale de France (n.d.) Lustig, Rudolf (1906-1988). Authority record. (Accessed: 9 October 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785.historicaltenors.net (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig. (Accessed: August 2026).The Bayreuth Festival database and the BnF authority record give 12 March 1906, which is entered; Kutsch-Riemens and historicaltenors.net give 1902, and nothing found settles it.–1988 (disputed)Bibliothèque nationale de France (n.d.) Lustig, Rudolf (1906-1988). Authority record. (Accessed: 9 October 2026).historicaltenors.net (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig. (Accessed: August 2026). · Austrian · tenorKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785.Bibliothèque nationale de France (n.d.) Lustig, Rudolf (1906-1988). Authority record. (Accessed: 9 October 2026).

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-HungaryKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785.historicaltenors.net (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig. (Accessed: August 2026).

Rudolf Lustig was an Austrian tenorKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785.Bibliothèque nationale de France (n.d.) Lustig, Rudolf (1906-1988). Authority record. (Accessed: 9 October 2026). who studied with Hermine Geyer and at the Vienna Music AcademyBayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785., and made his debut in 1933 at the Weimar National Theatre in the title role of Offenbach's Les contes d'HoffmannBayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785.historicaltenors.net (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig. (Accessed: August 2026).. He stayed at Weimar until 1949, his voice growing into the heroic Wagner repertoireBayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785., took part in the 1937 premiere of Casimir von Pászthory's Die Prinzessin und der SchweinehirtBayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026)., and sang one of the four Minnesingers in the 1940 revision of Strauss's GuntramDeutsches Nationaltheater Weimar (1940) Guntram: Theaterzettel, 29 October 1940. (Accessed: August 2026).. After guest appearances in Berlin he was engaged at the Vienna State Opera from 1950 to 1954Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785., singing Tristan to Birgit Nilsson's IsoldeBayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785., then at the Aachen municipal theatre from 1954 to 1967 alongside his wife, the soprano Anna PaloBayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785.. He sang Loge at the Bayreuth Festival in 1954 and 1955Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785., and Erik in Der fliegende Holländer there in 1955Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Rudolf Lustig: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Lustig, Rudolf', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1785..

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