Artūrs Cavara

Latvian opera singer

Artūrs Priednieks Cavara (or 'Kavara) (born Artūrs Vilhelms Priednieks; June 29, 1901 – April 9, 1979) was a Latvian operatic tenor during the late 1920s through the early 1940s. Cavara had performing contracts with the State Opera Houses of Vienna, Berlin, the National Opera Riga, the City Opera Houses in Zurich, Liepaj, Barmen-Elberfel, and the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón in Argentina.[1] He began his vocal training at the Conservatory in Liepāja, and changed his last name to "Cavara" as a stage name in honor of his favorite role, Cavaradossi.[2] (He was occasionally billed under the alternate spellings Kavara, or Kavarra.) Cavara's success and stardom peaked in the 1930s, but due to World War II and Joseph Stalin’s invasion of Latvia in the early 1940s, his singing and recording career was cut short prematurely; subsequently, many of his recordings have been lost or lie in obscurity. In 1947, he and his family emigrated to the United States via Ellis Island, settling in St. Peter, Minnesota, where he taught vocal instruction and opera production at Gustavus Adolphus College. He died on April 9, 1979, in Florida. His ashes are interred at the Latvian Memorial Park in the Catskills, Elka Park, NY.

## Selected filmography[edit]

* The White Devil (1930)
* The Immortal Vagabond (1930)

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Latvian Artist Union, USA Zone Germany, Certificate. Annus, Aug. Prof., Latvian Artists Union, Esslingen, July 15, 1947.
2. ^ Frey-Rabine, Lia. "Marston Records - der Rosenkavalier; 1936 Teatro Colón Performance, Buenos Aires". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2014-07-30. "Der Rosenkavalier, 20 September 1936 • Teatro Colón Performance, Buenos Aires Featuring Alexander Kipnis", 1996. Retrieved on April 23, 2012.

## External links[edit]

* Artūrs Priednieks Kavara (Arthur Cavara) sings "Celeste Aida (Holde Aida)" on YouTube
* Arthur Cavara and Erna Berger sing... "E' SCHERZO OD È FOLLI" UN BALLO IN MASCHERA on YouTube
* Artūrs Priednieks Cavara sings "E lucevan el stelle" (Puccini) on YouTube

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* ISNI
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* WorldCat

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