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Ivan Rebroff / Иван Ребров - Live in concert Sydney-Australia (Концерт,Сидней,Австралия,1982) 1. The legend of twelve robbers 2. Katjushka 3. Troika 4. Volga song 5. Czardas 6. Of man river 7. Nobody knows the trouble i've seen 8. Largo from handel's “Xerxes“ 9. Ave Maria 10. Sabeltanz 11. Dark Eyes 12. Two guitars 13. Gupsy dance 14. Kosaken-Patroville 15. Amatevka 16. Kalinka malinka 17. Lara's theme from Ivan Rebroff (31 July 1931 -- 27 February 2008) was a German singer, allegedly of Russian ancestry, with an extraordinary vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to bass registers. Rebroff was born in Berlin as Hans-Rolf Rippert. He was 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, among other greats, 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. 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 Ivan's vast fortune.
