Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian lyric tenor and film actor. He sang the tenor role in number of operas, including Don Giovanni by Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Richard Tauber was born in Linz, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and an actress who played soubrette roles at the local theatre, and Richard Anton Tauber, an actor; his parents were not married and his father was reportedly unaware of the birth... meer