Carl Jörn
Carl Jörn , also Karl Jörn ( January 5, 1873 in Riga - December 19, 1947 in Denver , Colorado ) was a German-American opera singer ( tenor ) and singing teacher .
Life
Jörn, the son of a master shoemaker, discovered his voice at the age of 18 and at the same time discovered his future career. A great art and music patron gave him the means to prepare himself thoroughly for the stage work. He owes his training to Schütte-Harmsen , voice master Jacobs and Mrs. Luise Ress (Berlin). He found his first engagement in Freiburg in 1896, where he made his debut as "Lyonel" and stayed for two years. In 1898 he joined the Association of the City Theater in Zurich, and from there, on the recommendation of Ludwig Barnay, came to the City Theater in Hamburg (1899). On March 13, 1900 Jörn stepped in for the court opera singer Adolf Philipp at the last hour . In 1902 he was given a permanent contract, after which he went to the Berlin Court Opera from 1902 to 1908 . He was the favorite singer of Kaiser Wilhelm II , who gave him presents several times.
From 1905 to 1908 he was a regular guest at the London Covent Garden Opera, he also appeared as a guest in Brussels and Amsterdam.
In 1908 he went to the US at the Metropolitan Opera New York, where he worked until 1914.
In 1914 he created “Parsifal” for the premiere there at the Deutsches Opernhaus Berlin. Although they wanted to keep him in Berlin and even Kaiser Wilhelm II campaigned for him to stay, he went back to the USA.
In 1916 he became a US citizen and ended his singing career. He lost his fortune to speculation with dubious inventions in the 1920s.
He then lived as a singing teacher in Denver. When Johanna Gadski toured the US with the German Opera Company from 1929 to 1931, she invited him to take part. In 1932 he opened a singing studio in New York, but later moved back to Denver.
Carl Jörn was married to the singer Else Jörn-Becker .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 484, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
Web links
- Carl Jörn at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jörn, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jörn, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American opera singer (tenor) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1947 |
| Place of death | Denver , Colorado |