Name Karel Berman Role Opera Singer | Education Prague Conservatory | |
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Died August 11, 1995, Prague, Czech Republic Awards Thalia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Opera Similar People Ivo Zidek, Beno Blachut, Maria Tauberova, Eduard Haken, Vaclav Zitek | ||
Karel berman paloucky s aria hubi ka the kiss
Karel Berman (14 April 1919 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia – 11 August 1995 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Jewish Czech opera singer, composer and opera director.
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- Karel berman paloucky s aria hubi ka the kiss
- Karel berman alberich s curse das rheingold
- Life
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Karel berman alberich s curse das rheingold
Life
After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career as a bass singer of opera in Opava. In March, 1943, Berman was deported to Theresienstadt, where he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director. On 11 July 1944, for example, he and Rafael Schächter produced the "Four songs to words of Chinese poetry" by Pavel Haas for the first time. Later he was also imprisoned in Kaufering and Auschwitz. He survived the camps and later became famous as an opera singer. In 1953, he joined the Prague National Theatre opera. Berman is also remembered as an opera director, having directed more than 70 operas. He also has taught at the Prague Conservatory from 1961–1971, and from 1964 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.