Leopold Demuth

[2] He was celebrated in particular for his successful performances in works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

[4] In 1898 Demuth became a resident performer with the Vienna State Opera; a position he held until his death twelve years later.

[2] He also created the role of Polixenes in the world premiere of Karl Goldmark's Ein Wintermärchen in 1908 with Bruno Walter leading the musical forces.

[4] In 1899 he performed the roles of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Gunther in Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival.

[4] Some of the other roles in Demuth's repertoire included Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Herr Fluth in Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Jochanaan in Richard Strauss's Salome, Johannes Freudhofer in Wilhelm Kienzl's Der Evangelimann, King Solomon in Goldmark's Die Königin von Saba, Kühleborn in Albert Lortzing's Undine, Kunrad in Strauss's Feuersnot, Renato in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin, Tio Lucas in Hugo Wolf's Der Corregidor, Tonio in Pagliacci, Valentin in Faust, Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser, Wotan in The Ring Cycle, and the title roles in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, and Karel Weis's 1901 opera Der polnische Jude.