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| | Dickie Murray | | tenore |   
| After study in London with Dino Borgioli, in Vienna with Stefan Pollmann and in Milan with Guido Farinelli, Dickie made his debut at the Cambridge Theatre in London (as Almaviva in The Barber of Seville) and remained there until 1949. From 1949 to 1952, he sang at Covent Garden, where he took part in the world premiere of The Olympians by Bliss (29 September 1949). In 1951 he was engaged by the Vienna State Opera where he remained until 1981. He specialised in tenor-buffo parts and appeared in Vienna in not less than 48 lyric and buffo roles : 149 times as Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 198 times as Don Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro, as Andres in Wozzeck, as Pong in Puccini's Turandot, as Goro in Madama Butterfly, as Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, as Budoja in Palestrina by Pfitzner, as Bardolfo in Verdi's Falstaff, as Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavalier, as Wenzel in Smetana's The Bartered Bride, as Peter Ivanov in Zar und Zimmermann, shepherd in Tristan und Isolde, and as Nick in La Fanciulla del West. On June 17, 1956 he sang in the world premiere of The Tempest by Frank Martin. From 1950 to 1954 he sang Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Sellem in The Rake's Progress at Glyndebourne, where he also took part in the world premiere of Busoni's Arlecchino. At the Salzburg Festival he sang Pedrillo in 1954 and 1956, Basilio in 1957-58 and 1960, Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos in 1954-55 and 1980-82, and in Die Frau ohne Schatten in 1974-75. He also took part in the world premiere of Martin's The Mystery of the Nativity and in many concerts. He was a guest at La Scala (David in Die Meistersinger in 1952, the steersman in Der Fliegende Holländer in 1959), at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, at the Munich State Opera, at the Paris Opera (Jacquino in "Fidelio" in 1960, at the Teatro Colonin 1958, and at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1962. He was also successful as an interpreter of oratorios and Lieder. He sang in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival. In 1962 he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera (debut as Don Ottavio) (1962 -65, 1966-67 and 1970-72) as David in Die Meistersinger, Jacquino in Fidelio and in other parts. He married the soprano Maureen Springer-Dickie (1928-1976). His son John Dickie (b.1953) became a well known tenor who sang essentially the same repertoire as his father. In 1975 Murray Dickie became a stage director. He directed Strauss' A night in Venice, at the London Coliseum Theatre for the English National Opera in 1976. For several years he was General Manager of the Opera in Cape Town where he spent his retirement years. His brother William Dickie (1914-1984) was a well known bass-baritone. Recordings: Philips, Vox, HMV, Decca (Arlecchino, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Salome, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Le nozze di Figaro "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria), DGG (Fidelio, Die Frau ohne Schatten), Datum (Tannhäuser), MMS (Missa Solemnis by Beethoven), Westminster. |
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