Josip Batistić

Croatian tenor (born 1898 Trpanj, Croatia [then Austria-Hungary] – d. 1971 Zagreb, Croatia [then Yugoslavia]. Born in Trpanj on the Dalmatian coast, Batistic emigrated to the United States around 1921. He soon recorded Dalmatian folk songs for Columbia, Okeh, and Victor. He also performed on Broadway in operettas like "Johannes Kreisler" (1922) and "The Vagabond King" (1925). Around 1950, Batistić returned to Yugoslavia where he played smaller roles in seven movies released between 1951 and 1957. In addition, he recorded a few songs for Jugoton and Radio Zagreb. He died in Zagreb in 1971.