Josip Gostič
The 50th Anniversary of his last Zagreb’s Opera performance,
Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore,the 12th Oct.1963.
Josef Gostic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Gostic
Josef Gostic (March 5, 1900 - December 25, 1963) was a
Slovene operatic tenor.
His strong, bright-toned voice was also heard to good
advantage in Verdi roles including Manrico, Radames, Otello.
Born Josip Gostic in Stara
Loka, Slovenia,
he studied at the Ljubljana Conservatory, making his debut there in 1929. He
became first tenor at the Zagreb Opera in 1937, and began making guest
appearances at the opera houses of Vienna, Prague, Berlin, and Dresden.
He created the role of Midas in Richard Strauss's Die Liebe
der Danae at the Salzburg Festival in 1952, then sang the role at La Scala in Milan and the Paris Opéra
in 1953. That same year he made his London debut at the Stoll Theatre, as Ero
in Jakov Gotovac's Ero s onoga svijeta (Ero the Joker), his greatest role, and
in 1958, appeared at the Royal Opera House, as Grigori in Boris Godunov.
photos
https://www.google.hr/search?q=josip+gostic&client=opera&hs=V95&channel=suggest&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=LDJXUrf5OdGS0QXo1YCwCA&ved=0CDgQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=651&dpr=1
Ero s onoga svijeta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaof4LY9jsg