Maestros and their motor cars (36): Mahler’s favourite tenor
OperaThe Czech-Austrian opera singer Leo Slezak was one of the first motorists at the Vienna Opera in Gustav Mahler’s time.
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He does not need a car. He has a swan boat. Isn’t he the source of “What time is the next swan?”
Coping with an onstage delay, Leo Slezak got a laugh by asking, “What time is the next Daimler ?”
This is probably a mid-1920’s Gräf & Stift VK. The little “ship-type” air ventilators are pretty distinctive. Gräf & Stift was one of the most prestigious Austrian auto manufacturers.