Herbert Janssen [SEP] voice type
Herbert Janssen
Herbert Janssen (22 September 1892 in Cologne – 3 June 1965 in New York) was a leading German operatic baritone who had a career in Europe and the United States.
Biography.
Janssen came from a wealthy, music-loving family and had his first singing lessons in his early youth. He grew up in the family's castle on the Rhine. His family wanted him to study law for the benefit of the family business. They disowned him upon discovering that he had used his law school
to reach the top Cs in Act II, and agreed to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf providing her voice for this purpose. Another two "Tristan"s of note are two live performances: from London on 18 May and 2 June 1936, with Lauritz Melchior as Tristan, Emanuel List as Marke, Sabine Kalter as Brangäne, and Herbert Janssen as Kurwenal, conducted by Fritz Reiner leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and from the Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) on 20 August 1948, with Set Svanholm as Tristan, Viorica Ursuleac as Brangäne, Hans