! FASCINATION RUDOLF SCHOCK: artist profile of a remarkable singer in blog & video layouts

2025: NEW on YOUTUBE:

- Hertha Töpper & Rudolf Schock,

Two highlights from "MIGNON" by Ambroise Thomas

(Part 1), conductor: Peter Maag (1956)

- Rudolf Schock, Rita Streich, Josef Metternich: Great in two famous excerpts from "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach, conductor: Wilhelm Schüchter (1954):

- Rudolf Schock in five classical Salon Songs, recorded in the fifties of last century:

- Rudolf Schock: from the operetta "Cagliostro in Wien" by Johann Strauss Jr. the song "Die Rose erblüht, wenn die Sonne sie küßt":

- Schock, Güden, Wunderlich in Millöcker's 'Bettelstudent/The Beggar Student':

EXTRA!

ARTIKEL über RUDOLF SCHOCK aus ÖSTERREICH, der SINN MACHT:

https://www.forumconbrio.com/forum/index.php?thread/32-rudolf-schock-verehrt-und-umstritten/

- Rudolf Schock in Highlights from 'Die große Sünderin/The great Sinner' (Künneke):

- Franz Schubert by

Rudolf Schock, Adolf Stauch, Ivan Eröd, u.a.:

LINK: https://tenorschock.blogspot.com/2024/09/rudolf-schock-schubert-songs.html

- Rudolf Schock in 'La Vie parisienne/Pariser Leben'

'Rondo des steinreichen Brasilianers'

+ FINALE 1. Akt (english & deutsche Version)

Director: Franz Allers:

- Rudolf Schock in MANON

by Jules Massenet (with soprano Lisa Otto):

- Rudolf Schock, Margarete Klose, Ferenc Fricsay in Bizet's 'CARMEN': A.o.: Flowersong & Finale:

- Rudolf Schock: drei berühmte Lieder:

1) Volkslied: 'Ach, wie ist's möglich dann (Oh, how is it posssible)'

2) Volkslied (Text M. Claudius): Der Mond ist aufgegangen (The moon is risen)'

3) Franz Schubert: 'Im Abendrot (O how beautiful is your world)' :

- Rudolf Schock: 1960 LIVE, a year after Bayreuth.

Two airs by P.I. Tchaikovsky (Eugen Onegin) and J. Offenbach (Legend of Kleinzack). Conductor is Fritz Mareczek (1910-1984):

- Rudolf Schock: dreifach/triple Franz Lehár!

Great songs from 'Der Graf von Luxemburg, Frasquita & Giuditta (1957, 1965, live 1959):

- Rudolf Schock, Lisa Otto, Margit Schramm

in highlights from Lehárs 'Zigeunerliebe' (1951/1967)

Conductors: Fried Walter & Robert Stolz:

- Rudolf Schock / Carl Maria von Weber:

from 'Der Freischütz' (1967): Three fine excerpts

from the beginning of the first act.

Conductor: Lovro von Matacic:

- Rudolf Schock / Friedrich von Flotow:

Excerpts from 'Martha' & 'Alessandro Stradella'

(1955), conds: Wilhelm Schüchter, Wolfgang Sawallisch & Rudolf Moralt:

- Rudolf Schock / Giacomo Puccini:

Famous excerpts from 'Manon Lescaut' & 'Turandot' (1956/1950):

- Rudolf Schock & Harold Byrnes:

A historically important video about their self recorded discs in Berlin 1945/1946!

(L I N K: https://tenorschock.blogspot.com/2021/09/self-recording-discs-rudolf-schock.html ).

Als ZUGABE/As ENCORE/Als TOEGIFT:

A thrilling performance of RUDOLF SCHOCK in the Admiralspalast in Berlin on 12.10.1946:

- The FLEDERMAUSPROJECT is now complete! Conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter (1954) & Robert Stolz (1964) with Rudolf Schock, Wilma Lipp, Sari Barabás, Ferry Gruber, Anneliese Rothenberger and Horst Günter as the Bat (= Fledermaus):

- RUDOLF SCHOCK & ERNA BERGER in three compelling scenes from the first act of 'LA BOHÈME' by GIACOMO PUCCINI (1951/54)

- RUDOLF SCHOCK/IVAN ERÖD:

3 BALLADS to texts by HEINRICH HEINE & JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE. Composers: ROBERT SCHUMANN & FRANZ SCHUBERT

- With RUDOLF SCHOCK into "DIE SCHÖNE(RE) WELT/THE (MORE) BEAUTIFUL WORLD" of FRANZ LEHÁR:

- Eduard Künneke, Rudolf Schock, Renate Holm in

'Eduard Künneke in Concert':

a) fragments from 'Der Vetter aus Dingsda' (1953 & 1965) and

'Die lockende Flamme' (live 1960)

b) Eduard Künneke conducts 1938 THE BERLIN PHILHARM.

ORCHESTRA in the 'Intermezzo' from'Tänzerische Suite'

- Rudolf Schock & Dorothea Siebert in Franz Lehár's

tragic-romantic OPERA 'The Land of Smiles'

conducted by WERNER SCHMIDT-BOELCKE, Wilhelm Schüchter & Robert Stolz:

- Erna Berger, Lisa Otto, Rudolf Schock, Gerhard Unger, Gottlob Frick, Conductors Wilhelm Schüchter,

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Josef Krips:

Highlights from MOZART's 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail':

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On YouTube since May 3, 2018 "Rudolf Schock: I sing that too!": 

- Film documentary about RUDOLF SCHOCK spoken in Dutch/German with ENGLISH subtitles. In addition to often larger excerpts from operas/operettas and songs, it offers above all an overview of the career of the great singer.

- Niederländisch/Deutsch gesprochene Film-Dokumentation über RUDOLF SCHOCK mit ENGLISCHEN Untertiteln. Sie bietet neben oft grösseren Ausschnitten aus Opern/Operetten und Liedern vor allem einen Überblick über den Werdegang des grossen Sängers.

- Nederlands/Duits gesproken documentaire over RUDOLF SCHOCK met ENGELSE ondertitels. De film presenteert naast vaak grotere fragmenten uit opera's/operettes en liederen vooral een overzicht van de carrière van de grote zanger.

WITH MUSIC BY Adam, Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Kienzl, Lehár, Mozart, Puccini, Schubert, Suppé, R. Strauss, Tauber, Verdi & Wagner !

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