Alfred Jerger
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Known for
- Immortal Melodies — Johann Strauss1935
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1889-06-09
- Active to
- 1976-11-18
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- 15
- Total plays
- 477
Alfred Jerger (Brno, 9 June 1889 - Vienna, 18 Nov 1976) was an Austrian bass-baritone. After studying musicology and conducting at the Vienna Music Academy under Albert Fuchs , Hermann Grädener and Gutheil, he joined the staff of the Zürich Opera in 1913 ; he conducted operetta performances, worked as an actor, and in 1917 sang Lothario in Mignon. That year he so impressed Richard Strauss with his performance as Baron Ochs that he was invited to join the Munich Hofoper (1919), and after
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Brno
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- German
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Kammersänger Alfred Jerger 1922 Setzer.png
- Voice type
- bass-baritone
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- Commons category
- Alfred Jerger
- date of birth
- 1889-06-09
- date of death
- 1976-11-18
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
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