Leo Slezak sings 'Dem König Heil! Es naht sein hoh...

premier interpreters of Verdi’s Otello. Discovered and trained by the well-known baritone and teacher Adolf Robinson, he made a promising début at Brno on 17 March 1896 , as Lohengrin. His early career was somewhat chequered and his Covent Garden début on 18 May 1900, again as Lohengrin, was ruined by the pandemonium aroused by the war news of the Relief of Mafeking in South Africa. By contrast, his career in Vienna, whither he was called by Gustav Mahler in 1901, was brilliant and ...