Jenny Broch
Jenny Broch , married Jenny Stern (around 1865 in Vienna - after 1911) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ) and stage actress .
Life
Broch took lessons from the famous singing master Mathilde Marchesi in Vienna and was immediately engaged at the Vienna Court Opera after completing her studies in 1885.
After a year of service, she decided to move on to Italian opera and, by joining the company of the impresario James Henry Mapleson , undertook a tour that took her to Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, etc., and where her vocal qualities were special everywhere Received praise. In 1888 she also worked in the great Stagione in London, with lively recognition from the press and the public. This was followed by other guest tours, of which her appearance in Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev and Charkov etc. (1889 to 1890) should be mentioned.
For the 1890/91 season, the artist signed up to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where she was counted among the most hopeful and talented representatives of her field, coloratura singing, and where she enjoyed the most sympathetic reception.
After returning to Europe, she joined the Association of the Wuerttemberg Court Stage, after a guest performance at the same, which was accompanied by great successes. After three years there, the singer was hired for the Unter den Linden theater in Berlin in 1894 and worked at the Residenztheater in Dresden in 1895. The artist then paused for several years and continued her stage career in 1900 by taking part in the Stadttheater in Elberfeld . Her singing skills were highly aided by her acting talent.
Broch's most excellent roles included: "Rosine", "Lucia", "Dinorah", "Susanne", "Zerlina" ( Don Juan and Fra Diavolo ), "Martha", "Regiment's daughter", "Rautendelein", "Nightwalker", " Yum-Yum "in Mikado etc.
The critics praised her extensive, full voice, especially in the high notes soothing, the perfectly safe tone approach, the excellent trained coloratura, the clear trills and the brilliant performance. With these musical virtues Broch combined skill of play and grace of movement.
She was married to the theater actor and director Kurt Stern (1871–1911).
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Jenny Broch . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 128 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Web links
- Jenny Broch at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Jenny Broch's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Broch, Jenny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stern, Jenny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (soprano) and stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1911 |