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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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Albert Reiss
(1870-1940), German tenor buffo from Berlin,
made his New York debut as the Steersman and Shepherd in Tristan, on December 23, 1901, following the Met's two-month
transcontinental tour; during his initial six-month season, he sang a total of
eighty-one times. By 1902-03. Reiss had already established his rights
over some of the character roles that were to remain his for nineteen seasons:
Mime in Rheingold and Siegfried.
David in Meistersinger, and Heinrich der
Schreiber in Tannhäuser. He also sang Remendado
in Carmen, Basilio in Nozze di
Figaro, De Tavannes in Huguenots, Beppe in
Pagliacci, and Monostatos in The
Magic Flute. In a performance at the Freundschaft Club, he sang in
Auber's Fra Diavolo. Reiss sang fifty-three
performances of opera that season, and was paid $4,856.75, based on a
salary of 20,000 marks for five months. CARMEN (Remendado): Side 4/Band 1
PAGLIACCI (Beppe): Side 6/Band 4
SIEGFRIED (Mime): Side 11/Bands 2(?), 4(?)
