Ivan Rebroff

Ivan Rebroff (31 Juli 1931 – 27 Februari 2008) adalah seorang vokalis kelahiran Jerman, diduga keturunan Rusia, yang menjadi terkenal karena jangkauan vokalnya yang berbeda dan luas yaitu empat setengah oktaf, mulai dari nada sopran hingga bass. Rebroff lahir di Berlin sebagai Hans-Rolf Rippert dari orang tua berkebangsaan Jerman. Orang tuanya adalah Paul Rippert, seorang insinyur yang lahir pada tahun 1897 di Liebenwerda, dan Luise Fenske, lahir di Bydgoszcz (saat itu bagian dari Prussian Bromberg). Dia mengaku keturunan Rusia, dan meski sering diperdebatkan, hal ini tidak pernah terbantahkan sepenuhnya. Dalam wawancara tahun 1989 dengan Izvestia, dia berkata "menurut dokumen saya Ivan Pavlovich Rebroff" (bahasa Rusia: Иван Павлович Ребров). Ia belajar menyanyi di Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Meskipun pengetahuan dan pengucapan bahasa Rusianya tidak sempurna, ia menjadi terkenal karena menyanyikan lagu-lagu rakyat Rusia, tetapi juga membawakan opera, lagu klasik ringan, dan lagu-lagu daerah dari banyak negara lain. Dia dikenal di atas panggung karena semangatnya. Dia melakukan lebih dari 6.000 konser dalam karirnya, termasuk tugas dua tahun tujuh hari seminggu di opera Prancis, menyanyi dan akting, di antara peran hebat lainnya, peran Tevye dalam Fiddler on the Roof. Rebroff masih menampilkan 12 pertunjukan dalam 14 hari ketika dia berusia tujuh puluhan, seperti dalam tur Australia. Ivan Rebroff menggambarkan dirinya sebagai orang internasional, "hubungan antara Timur dan Barat". Ia menjadi warga negara Yunani dan tinggal di pulau Skopelos Yunani di Sporades. Rebroff adalah seorang homoseksual. Selain menjadi penyanyi yang fenomenal, video seperti ini dan foto seperti ini menunjukkan bahwa dia setidaknya adalah seorang pemain biola dan pemain keyboard yang berakal sehat (dia digambarkan sedang memainkan organ gereja tetapi mungkin juga bermain piano). Dia meninggal di Frankfurt setelah lama sakit. Empat hari setelah kematiannya, saudaranya Horst Rippert, yang sembilan tahun lebih tua darinya (dan menurut laporannya sendiri yang tidak berdasar menembak jatuh Antoine de Saint Exupéry selama Perang Dunia II), mengklaim sebagian dari kekayaan besar Rebroff.

Ivan Rebroff (31 July 1931 – 27 February 2008) was a German-born vocalist, allegedly of Russian ancestry, who rose to prominence for his distinct and extensive vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to bass registers. Rebroff was born in Berlin as Hans-Rolf Rippert to German parents. His parents were Paul Rippert, an engineer born in 1897 in Liebenwerda, and Luise Fenske, born in Bydgoszcz (then part of Prussian Bromberg). He claimed Russian descent, and while often disputed, this has never been totally refuted. In a 1989 interview with Izvestia, he said "according to documents I am Ivan Pavlovich Rebroff" (Russian: Иван Павлович Ребров). He studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Although his knowledge and pronunciation of Russian was imperfect, he became 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. He performed over 6,000 concerts in his career, including a two-year seven-day-a-week stint at the French opera, singing and acting, among other greats, the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Rebroff still performed 12 shows in 14 days when he was well into his seventies, such as on an Australian tour. Ivan Rebroff described himself as international, the "connection between East and West". He became a citizen of Greece and lived on the Greek island of Skopelos in the Sporades. Rebroff was homosexual. As well as being a phenomenal singer, videos such as this and photos such as this suggest that he was at least a reasonable violinist and keyboardist (he is pictured playing a church organ but may have also played the piano). He died in Frankfurt after a long illness. Four days after his death, his brother Horst Rippert, who is nine years his senior (and by his own unsubstantiated accounts shot down Antoine de Saint Exupéry during World War II), claimed part of Rebroff's vast fortune.