Christian Jott Jenny
Christian Jott Jenny (born August 8, 1978 in Zurich ) is a Swiss singer , entertainer , producer and politician: Since January 1, 2019, he has been the mayor of St. Moritz .
Life and activity
Jenny sang as a boy with the Zurich Boys' Choir and played in Jörg Schneider's Pumuckl radio plays . At the Salzburg Festival he sang in a soloist group of the Zurich Boys' Choir in Puccini's Tosca under Herbert von Karajan and alongside Luciano Pavarotti . He studied classical singing and acting in Berlin . He also devoted himself to related genres such as musicals and operettas . He appears as a tenor in Switzerland and Germany in operas, operettas, music theaters or at song recitals. Jenny created the figure of the social stenor Leo Wundergut , his artistic alter ego.
In 1997 Jenny founded the production company Amt für Ideen , which produces musical theater and similar programs. In 2007 he set up the Festival da Jazz in St. Moritz, which he led as artistic director until his surprising election as mayor of St. Moritz.
Retrospective (selection)
- 1991–1997: Jazz series Witike / Jazz @ The Dolder Grand (producer)
- 1997–2000: Deus ex Machina - musical theater for the millennium (curator and producer)
- 2000–2002: Lüthi and Blanc
- 2000: Street Scene (singer)
- 2003: The Seven Deadly Sins (singer)
- 2003: The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny (singer)
- 2004–2006: Così fan tutte (singer)
- 2007–2012: Schubertiade Zurich (curator)
- 2007: Zimmererschtund - an Alpine Chamber Opera (singer)
- 2008: Wiener Blut (singer)
- 2009: Z'Abig has Züri en Zauber - nostalgia in distress (singer and producer)
- 2011–2013: Don Giovanni (singer)
- 2011: The small black Niederdorf Hecht (singer and producer)
- 2015: Rotstift Reloaded (actor and producer)
- 2018: Quand on n'a pas ce qu'on aime - the crisis as a chanson
literature
- Christian Jenny: The jazz musician and his power network. In: Balance . October 30, 2018 ( bilanz.ch ).
Web links
- Christian Jott Jenny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Who is the man from Zurich who will soon rule St. Moritz? Swiss television , October 8, 2018
- Christian Jott Jenny becomes mayor of St. Moritz , report, SRF DOK , November 12, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reto Brennwald: A Zurich jack-of-all-trades will soon rule in St. Moritz. Swiss television, November 13, 2018, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Nils Pf Händler: The Zurich entertainer Christian Jott Jenny takes up his first political office in order to abolish it . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 9, 2018 ( nzz.ch ).
- ↑ Daniele Muscionico: Anyone who sings with Pavarotti can also dance with fire . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 3, 2017 ( nzz.ch ).
- ^ Archives of the Tölzer Knabenchor section Tosca with Karajan at the Salzburg Easter Festival. Accessed August 31, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenny, Christian Jott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss singer, entertainer and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |