Georg Jarno

Georg Jarno (3 June 1868 in Buda – 25 May 1920 in Breslau) was a Hungarian
composer, mainly of operettas.

Biography

After he finished his studies in Budapest, he worked as Theaterkapellmeister in in Bremen, Gera,
Halle, Metz, Liegnitz, Chemnitz and Magdeburg, and also as
opera director in Bad Kissingen, before settling in Vienna as a freelance composer.Before 1903, Jarno's name was György Cohner.

Career

Jarno's greates successes were "Die Försterchristel" (1907) and "Das Musikantenmädel" (1910).His operettas "Das Farmermädchen" and "Jungfer Sonnenschein" were well received,whereas "Die Marine-Gustl", "Mein Annerl", "Der Goldfisch" and "Die Csikosbaroness" could muster onlypassing interest. Much of the success of his works was due to the distinguished presentation of their titleroles by his brother's (Joseph Jarno) wife, the highly popular actress and soubrette Hansi Niese.

He loved to introduce historically well known persons into his operettas; Kaiser Joseph II in"Die Försterchristel", Prince Eugene of Savoy in "Jungfer Sonnenschein", Joseph Haydn in "Das Musikantenmädel".

Before operettas, he wrote three operas: "Die schwarze Kaschka" (1895), "Der Richter von Zalamea" (1899)based on Calderon's "El alcalde de Zalamea", and "Der zerbrochne Krug"(1903) based on Heinrich von Kleist's play; none prevailed.

His main success, "Die Försterchristel", had a run of 64 performances at Broadway's
Herald Square Theatre in 1910/11 under the title "The Girl and the Kaiser". [cite web
url = http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=7222
title = The Girl and the Kaiser - Production Credits
accessdate = 2007-11-06
publisher = Internet Broadway Database]

tage works

References

*cite web
url = http://www.operone.de/komponist/jarno.html
title = Georg Jarno - Bühnenwerk
accessdate = 2007-11-06
last = Goebel
first = Wilfried
publisher = operone.de
language = German
*Reclams Operettenführer, Anton Würz (ed.), Stuttgart 1962

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