Leopold Demuth
Leopold Demuth was an operatic baritone.Life
Demuth, son of a civil servant, studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Josef Gänsbacher. In 1889 he made his debut at the Stadttheater in Halle an der Saale. Afterwards he was engaged in Leipzig and Hamburg. From 1898 until his death he was a member of the Vienna State Opera.
Demuth was celebrated in particular for his successful performances in works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. Numerous guest performances led him to the Bayreuth Festival in 1889. Between 1902 and 1909, Demuth made numerous recordings.
Demuth was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.
