Josef Tichatschek

The first of the great Wagner tenorsWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)., and effectively the original heldentenorWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Warrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.. He gave up medical studies in Vienna for singing lessons with Giuseppe CiccimarraWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tichatschek, Joseph', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2975.Wurzbach, C. von (1882) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Alois', in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, vol. 45. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)., joined the Kärntnertortheater chorus in 1830Wikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Warrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tichatschek, Joseph', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2975.Wurzbach, C. von (1882) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Alois', in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, vol. 45. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026). and worked up to principal roles at GrazWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Warrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tichatschek, Joseph', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2975.Wurzbach, C. von (1882) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Alois', in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, vol. 45. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).; a Dresden debut in 1837 brought a permanent appointmentWarrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Wurzbach, C. von (1882) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Alois', in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, vol. 45. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).. He stayed until 1870Wikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Warrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tichatschek, Joseph', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2975.Kutsch-Riemens gives 1872. Wikipedia and Grove give 1870, which is followed., creating Rienzi in 1842 and Tannhäuser in 1845Wikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Warrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Tichatschek, Joseph', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2975.Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).. Wagner called his voice "a wonder of a beautiful male voice"Wikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026). and chose him for the 1867 Munich LohengrinWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Wurzbach, C. von (1882) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Alois', in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, vol. 45. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).: he sang the rehearsals at fifty-nineWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026).Warrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Wurzbach, C. von (1882) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Alois', in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, vol. 45. (Accessed: 15 October 2026). and moved Cornelius deeplyWarrack, J. (1992) 'Tichatschek, Joseph [Ticháček, Josef] (Aloys)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, pp. 733-734.Welti, H. (1894) 'Tichatschek, Joseph Aloys', in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, vol. 38, pp. 240-242. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)., but the king replaced him for the performances over his appearanceWikipedia (2026) Josef Tichatschek. (Accessed: August 2026)..