Arthur Cavara Tenor 1928-1934

Arthur Cavara Tenor

Electric recordings 1928-1934

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WAGNER  Lohengrin - Meistersinger

FLOTOW  Martha

VERDI  Rigoletto - Trovatore - La Traviata - Ballo - Aida

PONCHIELLI  La Gioconda

LEONCAVALLO  I Pagliacci

PUCCINI Tosca

MASCASGNI  Cavalleria Rusticana

MEYERBEER  L'Africaine

HALÉVY  La Juive

THOMAS  Mignon

GOUNOD  Faust

OFFENBACH  Les Contes d'Hoffmann

BIZET Pêcheurs de Perles

MASSENET Manon

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sadko

LEHÁR Land des Lächelns

EYSLER Der lachende Ehemann

STOLZ Zauber der Bohème

BERTÉ Dreimäderlhaus

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Artūrs Priednieks Cavara

Libau 1901 – Gulfport, Florida 1979

His real name was Artūrs Vilhelms Priednieks. Son of a worker, since 1924 he sang at the theatrical choir of Libau, where he also took over smaller solo parts.

From 1927-31 he studied singing in Berlin, from 1935-37 in Vienna. He changed his name to “Cavara” in honor of his favorite role, Cavaradossi. He began his career in the 1928-29 season appearing at the opera houses of Barmen and Elberfeld.

Then sang in the 1929-32 seasons at the Berlin State Opera, from 1932-33 at the The Deutsche Oper Berlin. In the 1935-36 seasons he performed at the Vienna State Opera.

From 1936-39 he appeared at the opera house of Graz, at the same time made guest appearances at the Vienna Volksoper. In 1935 he appeared at the opera house of Vienna in the premiere of the operetta ‘’Dschainah’’ of Paul Abraham.

In 1939 in Graz he sang in the premiere of the opera ‘’Gudrun’’ of Ludwig Roselius.

In  the 1929-31 seasons he had big success at the Berlin Kroll Opera performing as Hoffmann in ''Hoffmanns Erzählungen'', Hans in Smetana's ''Verkaufter Braut'', Duke in ''Rigoletto'', Almaviva in ''Barbiere di Siviglia'', Gonzalve in ''L'Heure espagnole'' of Ravel, also in the premiere of the opera ''Neues vom Tage'' of Paul Hindemith (8. 6. 1929) and in the première of Janác|veks' ''Aus einem Totenhaus''. Since 1931 he also appeared at the Latvian National Opera in Riga with great success. He appeared there  as Alvaro in Verdi's ''Forza del destino'' (1931), Faust in Gounod's ''Faust'' (1932), Nadir in ''Pêcheurs de perles'' (1933) and in 1938 as Radames in ''Aida'' opposite known Latvian soprano Alida Vane in the title role. In the 1933-34 seasons he was engaged by the municipal theatre of Zurich, where on 14. 10. 1933 he took part in the premiere of the opera ''Der Kreidekreis'' of A. Zemlinsky. He also made guest appearance at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva. By the end of the World War II he went to Germany and performed as a concert singer. Then he emigrated to the USA, where gave a recitals and later was a respected pedagogue.©