László Szemere

László Szemere was a Hungarian tenor who studied mechanical engineering before training as a singer in Budapest and Vienna. He held engagements at Troppau, Linz, Zürich and, from 1939 to 1953, Lucerne, then sang at the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper from 1946 until his death. At the Salzburg Festival he created Pollux in the premiere of Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae in 1952, Titorelli in von Einem's Der Prozess in 1953 and the Vulture in Egk's Irische Legende in 1955, and sang in the 1956 Vienna premiere of Frank Martin's Der Sturm. He began his career as a lyric tenor and moved into heroic and character roles, and died in a car accident.