Bachchan Pande Ka Tashan - Vishal & Shekhar

SILENT (Tichatschek, Tichacek) Josef Alois (11 VII 1807, Teplice, near Broumov - 18 I 1886, Blazewitz, near Dresden) - Czech. singer (tenor). The son of a poor weaver, an amateur musician, T. initially studied music with his father. In his youth, he sang in the church. the choir. In 1827 he entered the Military Medical Academy in Vienna. Since 1830, the choir of the Vienna "Kernntnertortheater"; during this period he took private singing lessons from Ital. teacher J. Chichchimara. In 1834-38 he was a soloist of the Opera House in the city of Stierski Hradec (Czech Republic). In 1837 he performed with great success on the opera stage in Graz (Austria). Since 1839, the lead soloist of Pridv. opera in Dresden, where he often was a partner V. Schroeder-Devrient. In Dresden, he became close friends with R. Wagner, was the first performer of the title parts in his operas Rienzi (1842; T. contributed greatly to the success of the opera) and Tannhäuser (1845). In 1861 he retiredbut periodically performed until 1872. T. possessed a strong voice of a beautiful timbre, a high culture of performance, an attractive stage designer. appearance. Contemporaries (including G. Berlioz, R. Wagner, A. N. Serov) noted his rare musicality. T.'s extensive opera repertoire included both heroic and lyric. party. From 1850 he toured in many of it. cities, as well as in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, etc.