Otto Goritz

Goritz with an owl in 1916

Otto Goritz (1873 - April 13, 1929) was a baritone with the Metropolitan Opera from 1903 to 1917. He then sang for the Hamburg State Opera.[1]

Biography

Goritz was born in 1873 in Germany. He sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1903 to 1917. He performed in 25 roles at the Metropolitan, 24 of them in German and 1 in Italian.[2] After the USA entered World War I, he departed under a cloud, having been rumoured to have sung a parody celebrating the sinking of the RMS Lusitania at a party hosted by Johanna Gadski on New Year's Eve, 1916.[3] He returned to Germany, and sang with the Hamburg State Opera for a number of years. Goritz died on April 13, 1929 in Manhattan, New York City.[1]

Recordings

In the 1910s, Goritz sang works by Mozart, Wagner, and others on a number of 78 rpm recordings for Columbia Records, Edison Records, Victor and Victrola Records (two imprints of the Victor Talking Machine Company), and other companies.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Otto Goritz Dead. Once in Opera Here. Made Metropolitan Debut in 'Parsifal'.Recently With Hamburg Opera". New York Times. Associated Press. April 14, 1929. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  2. ↑ Robert Tuggle, The Golden Age of Opera (1983), p. 115.
  3. ↑ Peter Conolly-Smith, Translating America: An Ethnic Press and Popular Culture, 1890-1920 (2015), Kindle edition (pages unnumbered).
  4. ↑ worldcat.org
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