Putnam Griswold

Putnam Griswold

Putnam Griswold (18751914) was an American singer (bass), born in Minneapolis, Minn. Originally he followed a business career. At the age of 22 he discovered his voice and began to study with a local teacher in California. In 1900 he went to London, where he was for two years a pupil of A. Randegger at the Royal College of Music. During the winter of 190203 he studied under Bouhy at Paris, the next winter under Stockhausen at Frankfort; and finally he completed his studies with Emerich at Berlin in 1905. His operatic dbut took place at Covent Garden, London, in 1901. During the summer of 1904 he sang at the Royal opera in Berlin. After having sung the rle of "Gurnemanz" in Savage's production of "Parsifal" in America (190405), he became in 1906 a regular member of the Berlin Opera. There he remained, appearing also as "guest" in various German cities, until he came to the Metropolitan Opera House in 1911, where through his wonderful interpretation of Wagner's heroes he immediately won public and critics. His sudden death on February 26, 1914 — due to an attack of appendicitis — came as a shock to his numerous admirers.

He was the first American bass to sing the great Wagner rles at the Metropolitan, and is to be compared with the most distinguished of his foreign predecessors. He had been a prime favorite in Berlin, where the critics had praised him as the greatest foreign interpreter of Wotan. He was twice decorated by Emperor William.

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