Jan Nepomuk Maýr [SEP] voice type
Jan Nepomuk Maýr
Jan Nepomuk Maýr (sometimes spelled Mayr, Mayer, or Maier) (17 February 1818 – 25 October 1888) was a Czech operatic tenor, opera director, conductor, composer, and music educator. He is best remembered today for serving as the first director/principal conductor of the Provisional Theatre in Prague.
Biography.
Born in Mělník, Maýr began his career working as an opera singer at the opera house in Klagenfurt in 1839. From 1842-1844 he worked at various theatres in
the theatre, on 20 November 1862, was Cherubini's "Les deux journées". For the first year or so of its life, the Provisional Theatre alternated opera with straight plays on a daily basis, but from the start of 1864 opera performances were given daily.
History.
The first principal conductor (or musical director) of the Provisional Theatre, appointed in the autumn of 1862, was Jan Nepomuk Maýr – to the disappointment of Smetana, who had hoped for the position himself. Maýr held the position