Ivan Rebroff

Ivan Rebroff, born as Hans-Rolf Rippert, (31 July 1931 - 27 February 2008), was a German singer, allegedly of Russian ancestry, with an extraordinary vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to impressive bass registers.

Rebroff was born in Berlin and was famous for singing Russian folk songs, but also performed opera, light classics and folk songs from many other countries. He was known on stage for his gusto.

Rebroff described himself as international, the "connection between East and West". He lived on the Sporade Island of Skopelos, Greece. He performed over 6,000 concerts in his career, including a two-year seven-day-a-week stint at the French opera, singing, among other greats, "Fiddler on the Roof". Being well into his seventies in a recent Australian tour, Rebroff still performed 12 shows in 14 days.

Ivan Rebroff, who never married and was in the end a citizen of Greece, died in Frankfurt after a long illness.Four days after his death, and two days after his passing was reported, his brother Horst Rippert, who is nine years his senior (and by his own accounts shot down Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), has emerged to claim part of Ivan's vast fortune, to which he is entitled under German law, reported the German "Bild-Zeitung". [ [http://www.bild.de Aktuelle Nachrichten - Bild.de ] ] .

LP Discography

Unknown Year

*"Favourites from Mother Russia"
*"Ivan Rebroff" (Includes Lara's Theme and other Popular Melodies)

1968

*"Folk Songs from Old Russia (Volksweisen aus dem alten Russland)"
*"Folk Songs from Old Russia Volume II (Volksweisen aus dem alten Russland 2)"
*"Original russische Liebeslieder"
*"Na Sdarowje (Ivan sings about Vodka and Wine)"
*"Slawische Seele (Compilation album shared with Tatjana Ivanow & Dunja Rajter)"

1969

*"Beim Klang der Balalaika, Au son des Balalaikas (French version of Beim Klang der Balalaika)"
*"Abendglocken (Compilation)"
*"Russische Weihnacht mit Ivan Rebroff"
*"A Russian Christmas (English version of Russische Weihnacht?)"
*"Un Violon sur le toit (Soundtrack of French production of Fiddler on the Roof)"
*"Russische Party ("Live" album)"
*"Festliche Weihnacht (with Regensburger Domspatzen - Boys' Choir)"
*"A Festive Christmas (Festliche Weihnacht re-issue)"

1970

*"Somewhere My Love (English language versions)"
*"Kosaken müssen reiten (German language versions)"
*"Ivan Rebroff (Compilation?)"

1971

*"The Best of Ivan Rebroff (Compilation)"
*"Ivan Rebroff Sing vir Ons (South African Album-Gold Disk Award)"
*"Vir Jou Suid-Afrika (South African album)"
*"Ivan Rebroff (Opera)"
*"Kalinka (Soundtrack from L'Homme qui vient de la Nuit)"
*"Mein Russland, Du bist schön (German language versions)"
*"Starportrait (Compilation)"
*"Zwischen Donau und Don (with Dunja Rajter)"

1972

*"Erinnerungen an Russland (Russian language versions)"
*"The Best of Ivan Rebroff Volume II (Compilation)"

1973

*"Lieder der Welt (Folk songs from around the world)"
*"Mein Altes Russland (lushly arranged Russian folk songs)"
*"25 Greatest Russian Melodies (Compilation with Tatiana Ivanov (2 duets))"
*"20 Greatest Hits (Compilation)"

1974

*"Russische Party 2 ("Live" album)"

1975

*"Ivan Rebroff at Carnegie Hall (Live at Carnegie Hall)"
*"Reich Mir Die Hand"
*"Russische Lieder Von Liebe und Tod"

1977

*"Midnight in Moscow (Russian language versions)"
*"Komm mit nach Hellas (German language versions of Greek songs)"

1978

*"Mitternacht in Moskau (German version of Midnight in Moscow)"

1979

*"Ave Maria"
*"Die Ivan Rebroff Versameling (Compilation of South African tracks)"

1980

*"Zauber einer großen Stimme — 20 unvergängliche Welterfolge"
*"Zauber einer großen Stimme — Seine größten Welterfolge"
*"Die schönsten Lieder dieser Welt (Ivan Rebroff singt 20 unvergängliche Melodien)"
*"Katharina und Potemkin (TV Musical/Operetta)"

CD Discography

2002

*"Meine Reise um die Welt"
*"The Great Ivan Rebroff"

2003

*"Seine Größten Welterfolge"
*"Best of Ivan Rebroff"
*"Golden Stars"

Compilation albums

*"Festliche Weihnachten"
*"The Art of Ivan Rebroff"
*"The Best of Russian Folk Songs Vol. 1"
*"The Best of Russian Folk Songs Vol. 2"
*"Erinnerungen an das letzte Jahrhundert (Memories of the Last Century)"
*"Der Zarewitsch"
*"Die Fledermaus"
*"Weihnachten mit Ivan Rebroff"
*"Die schönste Stimme Rußlands"
*"Kosakenträume"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ivan-rebroff.de/index2.htm#unten Official web site]
* [http://home.san.rr.com/vanpelt92117/ Ivan Rebroff Fan Page]