Marie Jahn
Austrian soprano
Marie Jahn (18 February 1865 – 26 October 1934) was an Austrian soprano.
Life and career
Marie Jahn was born in Vienna, Austria on 18 February 1865. She was trained as a soprano at the Vienna Conservatory (now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna). She made her professional debut as Alice in Giacomo Meyerbeer's Robert le diable at the Semperoper in Dresden in 1887. She was a resident artist at that theatre for three years.
In 1890 Jahne left Dresden to briefly join the Stadttheater Magdeburg before coming to America where she performed for one season in New York at the Metropolitan Opera ("Met") in 1890–1891. She made her debut at the Met on 26 November 1890 in the duo-role of Nefta/Suor Clotilde in the United States premiere of Alberto Franchetti's Asrael. This was followed by the roles of Venus in Tannhäuser (1890) and Elsa in Lohengrin (1890). In reviewing her performance in Asrael, The New York Times stated: "Fräulein Marie Jahn, the Nefta, has a very agreeable soprano voice. It is light, but not thin, fresh and unworn, sufficient in compass and delightfully smooth."
On January 9, 1891, Jahne performed the part of Katharine in the United States premiere of Diana von Solange at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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