KARL JÖRN 1913-1914 GRAMOPHONE RECORDINGS CDR

 

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. Aida (Verdi) Ich hab' gekämpft (w. Kemp, Arndt-Ober, Wiedemann, Knüpfer, Krasa & chorus) 044264 1231½s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-24

2. Aida (Verdi) Kein Wort von ihr (w. Arndt-Ober) 044266 1229s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-23

3. Aida (Verdi) Schon sind die Priester (w. Arndt-Ober) 044265 1228s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-23

4. Aida (Verdi) Zu des Niles heil'gen Ufern (w. Kemp, Arndt-Ober, Knüpfer, Krasa & chorus) 044263 1232½s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-24

5. Bohème (Puccini) Che gelida manina 052435, 1220s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-21

6. Bohème (Puccini) O du süssestes Mädchen (w. van Endert) 044271 1368s Gramophone, Berlin 1914-05-25

7. Der Sieger (Hugo Kaun) 4-42590, 13814r Gramophone, Berlin 1914-05-18

8. Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) 042442 1217s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-20

9. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Tränen vom Freunde getrocknet 042424, 1219s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-21

10. Götterdämmerung (Wagner) Lass' ich, Liebste, dich hier (w. Kurt) 044270 1365s Gramophone, Berlin 1914-05-19

11. Götterdämmerung (Wagner) Zu neuen Taten (w. Kurt) 044269 1364s Gramophone, Berlin 1914-05-19

12. Jung-Dietrich (Henschel) 042443 1216s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-20

13. Martha (Flotow) Ach, so fromm 042423 1218s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-21

14. Parsifal (Wagner) Du sieh'st das ist nicht so (w. Müller) 044251, 1222s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-22

15. Parsifal (Wagner) Mein erstes Amt verricht' ich so (w. Müller) 044250 1221s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-22

16. Parsifal (Wagner) Nur eine Waffe taugt 042431 1236½s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-27

17. Rheingold (Wagner) Immer ist Undank 042476, 1366s Gramophone, Berlin 1914-05-19

18. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Als ich erwacht' (w. Wiedemann) 044267, 1226s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-22

19. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann (w. van Endert, Wiedemann & chorus) 044268, 1225s Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-22

KARL JÖRN 1913-1914 GRAMOPHONE RECORDINGS CDR

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