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Florian Cerny, Baritone;
This Singer was born in Bavaria, Germany in1946. He is the son of the Ornithology Communication Scientist and Conductor-Composer, University Professor (Prague) Dr. Waldemar Cerny; his mother Gabriela-Gisela, Luise Countes Szekely was a Soprano and Concert Pianist. In 1967 he followed his parents to Australia where they held Theater contracts and there he enroled later for studies in law. In addition to this, 1971 he decided to become an actor and started a course an Arts School in Sydney. Very soon, although, he felt drawn to the tradition of his family (who, since 1759 were Lawyers, stage artist or both) and enroled, after winning some singing contests (entirely without voice training yet), at the Univ. of Sydney Cons. Opera School on a Gov. Scholarship, which included voice training (with Marjorie Walker as first Pedagogue in Sydney, and later with Prof. Valerie Collins-Varga) and acting. The private acting tuition he kept on parallel. At the same time he took up lessons in Piano again. Soon he began to give concert presentation with various Songs, Chansons and Lieder. Also, at this early stage already, he was fortunant to perform at the new Sydney Opera House with roles, i.e. as Papageno or parts from Ravel's l'enfant et les sorteleges' under the patronage of Dame Joan Sutherland. 1973 he married a Lawyer and Justice of peace with procuration from a notable Sydney Industrial Family. A several weeks lasting Cruise through the 'South Sea' brought him valuable experience on stage of an entirely different kind with: evergreen floor shows!, marking the end of this phase of his artistic schooling as an Opera Singer in this Paradise.
1976-1977 Cerny completed his training through studies in Vienna with Prof. Hilde Zadek and with Prof. Hans Hotter (whom he adored already as a Schoolpupil, having been everlasting impressed by the productions of Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner at Bayreuth in the 1950 years and later from masterclasses in Hongkong and Sydney) in Munich and accepted his first Solo contract in Tel Aviv at the Israel National Opera, where he sang roles such as Tonio, Alfio, Germont, Escamillo, Nabucco, Sharpless, Silvio a.s.o. . A nation wide tour as Soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra led by Gary Bertini, encluding Radio Broadcast with Israeli folk- and art songs (in the Hebrew language), ended the contract at the beautiful country.
1980 (-1983) was his first Solo contract in Germany at the Schleswig- Holstein State Opera in Kiel as Character- and Heldenbariton. Here he consolidated and ended his Studies with roles e.g.: Nabucco, Dutchman, Faninal, Sharpless, Enrico from 'Lucia di Lammermoor', Posa, Duke Igor, Don Giovanni etc. . He accepted numerous invitations as a guest Singer with various Roles, mentioning only the Dutchman, sung in: Holland, at the National Reis Opera! His Nabucco in Hamburg created a large echo with the local press; or to mention Kothner in 'Meistersinger' with Karl Ridderbusch or Don Giovanni, staged by Theater Director Hans-Peter Lehman at the State Opera in Hannover. The Sheldonian Theatre at the Univ. of Oxford called upon him to perform the Role of the Stadtkommandant (City Commander) in 'Der Friedenstag' (day of peace) from Richard Strauss, the first re-releese with BBC Radio Broadcast after the first Performance sung by Hans Hotter in London. For the Dutchman he was called to the Wiesbaden State Opera by Director Peter Beilharz, likewise to the State Opera of Bremen through General Music Director Pinchas Steinberg; the Director of this Operahouse, Tobias Richter, contracted him for his production of 'Palestrina' for the role of Count Luna, which was hailed europe wide, particularly in Montpellier and Limoges. This same year he was invited to sing Figaro (in the english language) from 'Marriage of Figaro' at the ENO in London; following up with Tonio and Alfio on a nation wide tour, conducted by David Lloyd Jones. At the Grand Theatre Geneva, Cerny sung the part of Biterolf in Tannhäuser with Elisabeth Connell, Rene Kollo, Wolfgang Schöne, conducted by Horst Stein.
In January 1985 he was engaged by the Director and General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, for 2 contracts until 1991. In 1988 he then asked to alter the 2. contract to be on guest basis. During this time he sang roles like: Dapertutto and Dr. Miracle from 'The Tales of Hoffmann' with Wolfgang Brendel, directed by Otto Schenk; Donner from the 'Ring' with James Morris, Kurt Moll, directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff; Sharpless, Colline, Shaunard, Paolo from 'Boccanegra' with Piero Cappucili; Count Luna in 'Il Trovatore' with Mirella Freni directed by Götz Friedrich; de Bretigny from 'Manon' with Editha Gruberova, Director was Giuseppe Patanee; in 'Rosenkavalier' he sang Faninal with Kurt Moll, Brigitte Fassbänder, Barbara Bonney, Francesco Araiza, Gwenith Jones, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch; the Orator in 'The Magic Flute' with Moll, Lucia Popp; in 'Salome' with Hildegard Behrens, Director: August Everding; some parts in the Richard Strauss Cycle, particularly Count Dominique with: Luc ia P o p p.
During this time, guest performances e.g.: Faninal in 'Rosenkavalier' directed by Martinotti at the Grand Opera du Paris; State Opera Hamburg with 'Rheingold' conducted by Gerd Albrecht; Kothner at the Lower Saxony State Opera Hannover with Hermann Prey and Siegfried Jerusalem; the Dutchman at the State Opera Wiesbaden; Faninal in 'Rosenkavalier' at the Deutsche Staats Oper in Berlin conducted by Daniel Baremboim; the Prevotee from 'Cardillac' at the Scala di Milano led by Wolfgang Sawallisch with Donald McIntyre; 'Cardillac' at the Maggio Musicale Firenze with Waltraud Meyer, Donald McIntyre, conductor wa; Maestro Riccardo Chailly called upon him to do Donner in 'Rheingold' at the Teatro Communale di Bologna; he was asked to sing Faninal with Edith Mathis in Bern, conductor Horst Stein; King Thoas from 'Iphigenie en Tauride' directed by Achim Freyer and conducted by Michael Boder in Basel with Karl-Anton Rieckenbacher; Amfortas in Essen conducted by Stephan Soltesz; Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf 'Manon' as de Bretigny, etc. .
Continuing 1992, again some excerpts: Orestes from 'Electra' with Ivonne Minton and Marilyn Zschau at the Adelaide Festival South Australia; likewise at the Victorian State Opera Melbourne. Same year Cerny sang his first Telramund with the GewandhausOrchestra Oper Leipzig, conductor was Jiri Kout; 1994 Conductor Phillipe Augin insisted, him to perform Mahler's 8th Symphony at the Philharmonie Braunschweig; 1995 Brigitte Fassbänder, now in the position of a Theatre Director, contracted him to sing Wotan and Jochanaan at the State Theater in Braunschweig. To Sydney he returned some 20 years later in 1996 after his virgin moves on stage there, for one of the highlights in his career, when he was invited to sing Pizarro, with the: "doubtless most spectacular applaus this theater has ever yet experienced"! With the Berlin Symphony Orchestra he was choosen to sing a most rare and very challenging role: Kain, from 'Die ersten Menschen' (the first men) from Rudi Stephan at the celebated Schinkelkonzerthaus at the Berlin Gendarmenmarkt conducted by Karl-Anton Rieckenbacher, which was followed by Radiobroadcast and CD Recording, with Siegmund Niemsgern, who: "not merely replaced Hans Sotin, the original cast, but proved to be absolutely peer to him". Cerny followed the invitation to the Richard Strauss - Festival -Days in Upper Bavaria at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, under the Patronage of Brigitte Fassbänder, to sing the Baritone part in Strauss' 'Der Bürger als Edelmann' (citizen as a nobleman), with Sir Peter Ustinov as Speaker, Radiobroadcast and CD Recording followed, the baton was held by Karl-Anton Rieckenbacher. Director Gerd Uecker of the Saxonian State Opera at the Dresden Semper Opera House called upon him to perform the Dutchman, directed by: Wolfgang Wagner. A most honorful invitation reached Florian Cerny 2001: to partake at the: '50 Jahre Bundesverfassungsgericht, Karlsruher Republik' (50th Anniversary of the German Federal Constitution Court, Karlsruhe Republic''), with the role of Telramund in John Dew's spectacular 'Lohengrin' at the State Opera Karlsruhe. Jeoffrey Tate suggested him for the Part of the Dorfältester (village elder) for the production 'Königskinder' from E. Humperdinck with Olaf Bär at the Teatro San Carlo Napoli, Italy 2002. An offer from Sardegnia finally he did not accept anylonger. Various contracts in the following time ended the career.
Today he lives at Lake Starnberg south of Munich, New York and Sydney, and is dedicated to the careers of young singers.
Sports activity: concentration exercise 'Karate' (Kuro-Obi: 'black belt'), Barracuda fishing, Mountain climbing (grade 1-2).
Florian Cerny has had the great honor to have been able to work with some of the most renown Personalities in this métier: excerpts: Sawallisch, Baremboim, Lehnhoff, Rudel, Patanee, Schenk, Friedrich, Everding, Chailly, Janson, Stein, Richter, Wagner, Tate, Albrecht a.s.o. .
And some of the most illustrous Collegues: Freni, Chiaurov, Randova, Cappucili, Araiza, Gruberova, Popp, Mathis, Moll, Varady, Cotrubas, Obrazova, Bonney, Fassbänder, Varady, Brendel, Prey, Ridderbusch, Gw. Jones, Jerusalem, Kollo, a.s.o. .
He sang in many of the largest Opera Houses e.g.: Sydney, Melbourne, London, Berlin, Hannover, Munich, Napoli, Firenze, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Paris, Hamburg, Dresden, Milano, Barcelona, Geneva, a.s.o. .
Discography: excerpts:
Richard Strauss: 'Rosenkavalier' : Faninal (Grand Opera Paris, EMI CD, Vid.)
Richard Strauss: 'Rosenkavalier' : Faninal (GewandhausOrchester Oper Leipzig, Vid.)
Richard Strauss: 'Rosenkavalier' : Faninal (Bayerische Staatsoper München, Vid.)
Richard Strauss: 'Friedenstag': Stadtkommandant (Bayerische Staatsoper München EMI CD)
Richard Strauss: 'Der Bürger als Edelmann':(Bayerischer Rundfunk, BR, Koch-Schwann CD)
Richard Strauss: 'Elektra' : Orestes (Victorian State Opera Melbourne, Vid.)
Richard Wagner: 'Holländer' : Holländer (Hessische Staatsoper Wiesbaden, Vid.)
Richard Wagner: 'Holländer' : Holländer (Staatsoper Bremen, Vid)
Richard Wagner: 'Lohengrin' : Telramund (Czesky Statni Opera Praha, Vid.)
Richard Wagner: 'Lohengrin' : Telramund (GewandhausOrchester Oper Leipzig, Vid.)
Richard Wagner: 'Lohengrin' : Telramund (Badische Staatsoper Karlsruhe, Vid.)
Richard Wagner: 'Ring des Nibelungen': Donner (Bayer. Staatsoper München EMI CD, Vid.)
Richard Wagner: 'Ring des Nibelungen' : Wotan (Staatsoper Braunschweig, Vid.)
Jule Massenet: 'Manon' : de Bretigny (Bayerische Staatsoper München, EMI CD, Vid.)
Rudi Stephan: 'Die ersten Menschen': Kain (RadioSymphonyOrchester RSO Berlin, cpo, CD)
E. Humperdinck: 'Königskinder' : Dorfältester (Teatro San Carlo Napoli, CD, Vid.)
U. Zimmermann: 'Levin's Mühle': Müller Johann (GewandhausOrchester Oper Leipzig, Vid.)
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