Sandor Konya; "Una furtiva lagrima"; L’ELISIR D’AMORE; Gaetano Donizetti

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ============== Sandor Konya--tenor Antonino Votto--conductor Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 1960 ================= “Sándor Kónya (23 September 1923 – 20 May 2002) was a Hungarian tenor, particularly associated with German and Italian roles, especially Lohengrin and Calaf. Biography Kónya was born in Sarkad, Hungary, and began his vocal studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, with Ferenc Székelyhidy. He completed his studies first in Detmold with Professor Frederick Husler.[1] In 1946 two German businessmen (Anton Giesert and Alfons Lehmkuhle from Ostbevern) supported him financially after he gave a performance in Bielefeld shortly after the war. It was one of these men who introduced him to the general music director of the Stadthalle in Münster, a Herr Dressel. It was Dressel who sent him to Prof Frederick Husler. (article in Münsterlan