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Title: The grand opera singers of to-day : an account of the leading operatic stars who have sung during recent years, together with a sketch of the chief operatic enterprises
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Lahee, Henry Charles, 1856-1953
Subjects: Singers Opera
Publisher: Boston : L. C. Page
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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the governor of Riga, where he was born.Upon the death of the governor he became aprotege of Baron Vietinjhoff-Scheel. Jorn didnot discover that he had a voice until he waseighteen, and the principal conductor at Riga,Lohse, found promising traits and introducedhim to Schulz-Harinsen, the baritone at theStadt Theatre. For a year he studied with thebaritone and with a Mrs. Jacobs, but Berlinappealed to him as a place offering a future fora singer, so he went there and studied with oneRess, — son of Ress of Vienna. Jorn made hisdebut in 1895 at Freiburg. Two years later hewas engaged at Zurich, where he remained until1899, when he went to Hamburg. In 1902 hereceived an appointment at the Berliner HofOper. He sang three seasons at Covent Gar-den and in all the important cities of Europebefore coming to America. Pasquale Amato first appeared in Americaat the Metropolitan Opera-House in November,1908, and has had a consistently successfulcareer in this country ever since. He is a native
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Copyright by Mishkin Studio, New York CARL JORN AS LOHENGRIN The Metropolitan Opera-House 287 of Naples, born in 1879, and educated with theidea of becoming a naval officer. After his voicewas discovered he devoted his entire time to thestudy of music under the most prominent mas-ters, and he made his debut at the Teatro Bel-lini in his native city. After that the usual round of engagementsbegan, and he toured Italy, Germany, England,Egypt and South America, and finally was lead-ing baritone at La Scala for two seasons, dur-ing which he created, in that theatre, the roleof Golaud, in Pelleas et Melisande. Signor Amato is one of those singers whohave established a firm grip upon the Americanpublic. Besides being gifted with a wonderfulvoice, he is possessed of unusual histrionic abil-ity, and has revealed himself a singing actoreither in tragedy, comedy, melodrama or ro-mance. He has sung the usual baritone roles,but the chief interest has been centred in hiscreation in America of the

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