KARL JÖRN (RIGA, LATVIA, 5 JANUARY, 1873 - DENVER, COLORADO, 19 DECEMBER,
1947)
He made his debut in 1896 at Freiburg as Lionel in Martha. On
December 13, 1904, he appeared at the Berlin Hofoper in the premiere of
Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s Der Roland von Berlin. He was a member of the
Metropolitan Opera for six seasons (1908-1914). In 1914, at the Berlin
Deutschen Opernhaus, he sang the title role in the premiere of Richard Wagner's
Parsifal. He was a favorite of Emperor Wilhelm II, who gifted him several
souvenirs on multiple occasions.
In 1916, he accepted American citizenship. During the 1920s,
he lost his entire fortune and lived in obscurity as a singing teacher in
Denver, Colorado. When Johanna Gadski undertook a North American tour with the German
Opera Company during the 1929-1931 seasons, she invited him to join, and he
once again found success performing roles such as Tristan, Siegmund, and
Siegfried.
In 1932, he opened a vocal studio in New York but later
returned to Denver. He was married to the soprano Else Jörn-Becker.
Chronology of some appearances
1898-1899 Zurich Stadttheater
1899-1902 Hamburg Stadttheater
1902-1908 Berlin Hofoper.
1905-1908 London Covent Garden
1908-1914 New York Metropolitan Opera
TRACKLIST
1.Cavalleria
Rusticana (Mascagni) O Lola X-22115 Zonophone, Berlin 1904-03
2. Dame
Blanche (Boïeldieu) Komm, o holde Dame X-22113 Zonophone, Berlin 1904-03
3. Huguenots
(Meyerbeer) Wer bist du, himmlisch schönes Wesen (w. Jörn (as Gerini)) X-24067
Zonophone, Berlin 1905-01
4. Manon
(Massenet) Flieh', o flieh' (as Fernando Gerini) X-22095 Zonophone, Berlin
1903
5. Trovatore
(Verdi) Hab' Erbarmen, o Herr (Miserere) (w. Dietrich & chorus, as Gerini)
X-24148 Zonophone, Berlin 1906-01
6. Trovatore
(Verdi) Miserere with Karl Jörn (as Gerini) X-24128 Zonophone, Berlin 1906-01
7. Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen (as Fernando Gerini) X-22094 Zonophone, Berlin 1903
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