David Stockman

30 November 1879 Göteborg – 2 December 1951 Stockholm

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David Stockman sings Die Walküre: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond, in Swedish
1939, open air concert

David Stockman sings Si j'étais roi: Hennes namn och börd
In RA format

David Stockman sings Mignon: Hon kunde icke tro
First a cabinet maker, he studied voice in 1900 in Wrocław/Breslau, Berlin and Stockholm, and sang with an itinerant operetta company (Lindens operettsällskap) in 1900/01, and with a male quartet until 1906, touring all over Europe.

In 1906, he made his opera debut at the Royal Opera Stockholm as Wilhelm Meister, and remained at that theater until retiring in 1942. Considered a Wagner specialist (he was Sweden's first Tristan in 1909), he sang a vast repertory nonetheless: Andrea Chénier, German, Marouf, Gennaro (I gioielli della Madonna), Nicias (Thaïs), Riccardo, Alvaro, Faust, José, Hoffmann, Radames, Eisenstein, Lohengrin, Stolzing, Fernand, Roméo... all in all, about 100 roles. He sang in the world premieres of three operas by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Arlnjot (1910), Domedagsprofeterna (1919) and Adils och Elisiv (1927).

Reference: Kutsch & Riemens

Discography

G&T, Stockholm 1907-02
10272u  Martha (Flotow): Ack som sänd (Ach so fromm)                              2-82498
10273u  Mignon (Thomas): Hon kunde icke tro (Elle ne croyait pas)                 2-82481
10288u  Favorita (Donizetti): Blott i en dröm (Spirto gentil)                     2-82503
10292u  Si j'étais roi (Adam): Ack om en enda blick (Un regard de ses yeux)       2-82492

G&T, Stockholm 1907-10
7022e   Mignon (Thomas): Lef väl, Mignon (Adieu Mignon)                           2-82561
2140f   Favorita (Donizetti): I bönen jag låg (Una vergine)                       082027, M64
2141f   Si j'étais roi (Adam): Hennes namn och börd (J'ignore son nom)            082019, M64

Gramophone, Stockholm 1908-10
11496b  Hvita rosor (Körling)                                                     2-82676, X1961
11533b  Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Romans (Plus blanche)                              2-82747, 2-282534
11534b  Huguenots (Meyerbeer): I detta slott (Sous ce beau ciel)                  2-82706, 2-282533
11535b  Postillon de Longjumeau (Adam): Postiljonvisa (Mes amis, écoutez)         2-82666
11538b  Jungfrun under lind (Peterson-Berger)                                     2-82741, 2-282544

Gramophone, Stockholm 1909-03
261ae   Fågelns visa (Söderberg) 2-82718, 2-282543

Gramophone, Stockholm 1909-09
853ae   Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Jag er älskar                                 2-82775, V160
861ae   Andrea Chénier (Giordano): Liksom en vacker vårdag (Come un bel dì)       2-82825, 2-282545
868ae   Elijah (Mendelssohn): Om af allt ert hjärta                               2-82770, 2-282535
869ae   Du spörjer mig (Dahl)                                                     2-82791, 2-282536, X1961
870ae   Flyg fjäril, flyg (A Körling)                                             2-82808

Gramophone, Stockholm 1910-10-14
790ah   Ballo in maschera (Verdi): O säg när på skummande vågor (Di tu se fedele) 2-82890, 2-282546, V162
791ah   Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Höj dig min sköna sol (Ah! lêve-toi, soleil)  2-82877, V162
792ah   Fra Diavolo (Auber): Se där på klippans branter (Voyez sur cette roche)   2-82857, V160

Gramophone, Stockholm 1910-10-17
816ah   Mattinata (Leoncavallo)                                                   2-82884

Gramophone, Stockholm 1910-10-18
845ah   Lärkan (von Heland)                                                       2-82903

Favorite, Stockholm 1912-05-03?
13110-o Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Har du den afton                            1-85139, Beka S379, Ek NS379, Harm H932
13111-o Si j'étais roi (Adam): Hennes namn och börd                               1-85140, Beka S379, Ek NS379, Harm H931
13112-o En vårdag (A F Lindblad)                                                  1-85141
13113-o Irmelin Rose (Peterson-Berger)                                            unpublished
13113-o-Irmelin Rose (Peterson-Berger)                                            1-85138
13114-o Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Aria                                          1-85148
13115-o Mignon (Thomas): Glatt omkring vill jag ila                               1-85149

Odeon, Stockholm 1912
Sto414  Mattinata (Leoncavallo) 
Sto415  Postillon de Longjumeau (Adam): Postiljonsvisan                           A145403, 1127
Sto416  Si j'étais roi (Adam): Hennes namn och börd                               A145404, 1128
Sto417  Mignon (Thomas): Hon kunde icke tro                                       A145405, 1128
Sto418  Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Eriks romans                                A145406, 1129, 836
Sto419  Si j'étais roi (Adam): Romans                                             A145407, 1129, 836

Pathé, Stockholm 1914-05/06
90268   Mefistofele (Boito): Kvällen är redan inne                                90268, S3202
90269   Fra Diavolo (Auber): Dorina ung och fager (Barcarole)                     90269, S3201, H21420
90270   Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Vid stilla härd                      90270, S3201
90271   Martha (Flotow): Ack som sänd                                             90271, S3202, H21420

Gramophone, Stockholm 1915-11-09
19823b  Fanciulla del West (Puccini): Låt henne tro (Ch'ella mi creda)            3-82053
19824b  Farväl (Addio) (Tosti)                                                    3-82054

Pathé, Stockholm 1916-09
90537   Mignon (Thomas): Hon kunde icke tro                                       90537, S3244, N1053, H21444
90538   Mattinata (Leoncavallo)                                                   90538, S3244, N1053, H21444 
90577   Förbjuden musik (Musica proibita) (Gastaldon)                             90577, S3245, H1052, H21435
90578   Flyg fjäril (Körling)                                                     90578, S3245, H1052, H21435

Gramophone, Stockholm 1924-05-28
BT729-1 Det var en gång (Nordqvist)                                               X2112 (18-282155)
T730-1  Du är melodin (Wiklund)                                                   X2112 (18-282156)
Source for the discography the defunct site www.78opera.
I wish to thank my friend Daniele Godor for the recording (Walküre).
Many thanks to Anton Bieber for the Mignon recording and label scan.

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