# Emil Scaria

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**Emil Scaria** (18 September 1838 – 23 July 1886) was an Austrian [bass-baritone](/source/Bass-baritone). Born in [Graz](/source/Graz), he studied at the conservatory in Vienna before making his debut in [Pest](/source/Pest,_Hungary) in 1860; he sang the role of St. Bris in *[Les Huguenots](/source/Les_Huguenots)*. He was a failure, and abandoned the stage entirely in favor of further study; he selected [Manuel García](/source/Manuel_Garc%C3%ADa_(baritone)) as his new teacher. Though he returned to the stage in [Dessau](/source/Dessau), he did not see success until he sang at the [Crystal Palace](/source/The_Crystal_Palace) in London in 1862. In 1863, he appeared with the [Leipzig Opera](/source/Leipzig_Opera); in 1864, he was working in [Dresden](/source/Dresden). He was engaged by the [Vienna State Opera](/source/Vienna_State_Opera) in 1872. In 1882, he created the role of Gurnemanz in *[Parsifal](/source/Parsifal)* for [Richard Wagner](/source/Richard_Wagner) at the [Bayreuth Festspielhaus](/source/Bayreuth_Festspielhaus). Scaria died in [Blasewitz](/source/Blasewitz), in Germany, in 1886.

## Roles

### World premieres

- 1868 [Franz von Holstein](/source/Franz_von_Holstein): *Der Haideschacht* – [Königliches Hoftheater Dresden](/source/K%C3%B6nigliches_Hoftheater_Dresden)
- 1882 [Richard Wagner](/source/Richard_Wagner): *[Parsifal](/source/Parsifal)* – [Bayreuth Festival](/source/Bayreuth_Festival) (Gurnemanz)[1]

### Repertoire

Auber: Pietro in La muette de Portici Grafen Juliano und Gil-Perez in Le domino noir Ferdinando VI of Spain in La part du diable Beethoven: Rocco in Fidelio Bizet: Escamillo in Carmen Brüll: Bombardon in Das goldene Kreuz Fanfaron in Bianca Donizetti: Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore Alfonso in Lucrezia Borgia Sulpice in La fille du régiment Marchese von Boisfleury in Linda von Chamounix Dom Juan in Dom Sébastien Gluck: Hercules in Alceste Calchas in Iphigenie in Aulis Gounod: Mephisto in Faust Halévy: Kardinal Brogni in Die Jüdin Lortzing: Van Bett in Zar und Zimmermann Title role in Der Waffenschmied Meyerbeer: Bertram in Robert le diable Marcell and Graf von Saint-Bris in Les Huguenots Count Obertal in Le prophète Gritzenko in L'étoile du nord High Priest of Brahma in L'Africaine Mozart: Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail Title role in Der Schauspieldirektor Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro Leporello and Komtur in Don Giovanni Sarastro and Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte Nicolai: Falstaff in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Rossini: Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia Walter Furst in Guillaume Tell Schumann: Siegfried in Genoveva Thomas: Claudius and First gravedigger in Hamlet Verdi: Ramfis in Aida Wagner: Der Kardinal in Rienzi Title role in Der fliegende Holländer Landgraf in Tannhäuser König Heinrich in Lohengrin König Marke in Tristan und Isolde Hans Sachs and Veit Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wotan in Das Rheingold Wotan in Die Walküre Wanderer in Siegfried Gurnemanz in Parsifal Weber: Kaspar in Der Freischütz Lysiart in Euryanthe

## References

## Further reading

- David Ewen, *Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition*. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.

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