Ivan rebroff - les yeux noirs
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Program: The unique bass Ivan Rebroff
“Those golden records don’t bring me back spring again, but it’s satisfying that so many millions enjoy what you have wanted to share with them. To swim on a wave of friends and fans, it’s a nice feeling.”
Once in a generation, a voice comes along that is truly unique.
The German-born bass Ivan Rebroff, the self-styled face of Russian music with his fur hat, voluminous beard and Cossack costume complete with sable fur coat, would have turned 90 on 31st July this year.
Such was the range of his expressive voice that he was entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Whilst most singers can only manage two octaves, Rebroff could scale a remarkable four and a half octaves from basso profundo to falsetto territory. One moment he was Paul Robeson, the next high and pure as an angel!
But Rebroff was more than a great voice. He had a larger-than-life personality and physique to match, 6 feet 7inches in his socks! He was a showman and thrived on ‘live’ contact with audiences, and audiences adored him. His 50 LP’s and 37 Gold Records repres
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Ivan Rebroff
SINGER
1931 - 2008
Ivan Rebroff
Ivan Rebroff (born Hans Rolf Rippert; 31 July 1931 – 27 February 2008) was a German vocalist, allegedly of Russian ancestry, who rose to prominence for his distinct and extensive vocal range of four octaves, ranging "from a low F to a high F, one and a quarter octaves above C". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Rebroff has received more than 341,322 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Rebroff is the 172nd most popular singer (down from 166th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from Germany (down from 881st in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Singer.
Ivan Rebroff is most famous for being a Russian painter and sculptor who was born in Moscow. He was a member of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia and the Moscow Union of Artists.
Memorability Metrics
340k
Page Views (PV)
67.47
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
30
Languages Editions (L)
5.63
Effective Languages (L*)
2.62
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Ivan Rebroff (31 July 1931 – 27 February 2008) was a German vocalist who rose to prominence for his distinct and extensive vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to bass registers.Instantly recognizable in trademark Russian chic - Cossack hat and brightly coloured peasant garb or fur greatcoat - Ivan Rebroff, was a European singing sensation. During the 1960s and 70s, he projected a television-friendly image and a sentimental picture of Mother Russia at odds with cold war rhetoric. More importantly, his voice gained him admirers worldwide. His repertoire comprised folk songs and carols, opera and operetta, hymns and songs from musicals, delivered variously in Russian, German, French, English and Afrikaans.Rebroff, the epitome of a Russian singer for many, was, in fact, born Hans-Rolf Rippert in Berlin's Spandau district. He always played his cards close to his chest about his origins. His engineer father apparently came from Hessen, while his mother, he said, was Russian. He grew up in Belzig in Brandenburg and Halle in Saxony-Anhalt. At fi
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