Georgine von Januschofsky explained

Georgine von Januschofsky
Other Names:Georgine Januschowsky, Georgine Neuendorff (married name)
Birth Date:4 October 1849
Birth Place:Olomouc, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic)
Death Date:6 September 1914
Death Place:New York
Occupation:Actress, singer
Spouse(S):Adolf Neuendorff (m. 1891)

Georgine von Januschofsky (4 October 1849 – 6 September 1914) was a Moravian actress and singer.

Early life

Georgine Januschowsky was born in Olomouc, Moravia, in the Austrian Empire, the daughter of and Julia Matthay. Her father was an editor and writer. Her brothers were writer, and director . She trained as a singer in Vienna.[1]

Career

Januschofsky began her career as a child performer, appearing in operettas in Stuttgart, Vienna, and Leipzig as a young singer. She was a soprano soloist at the Vienna State Opera from 1893 to 1895.[2] [3]

Januschofsky was prominent in German-language theater and opera in New York City.[4] [5] She first appeared in the United States in 1880 at the Germania Theatre run by Adolf Neuendorff.[6] In 1897 she sang with the Metropolitan Opera as the title character in Mataswintha, an opera by Xaver Scharwenka.[7] In 1903 she was in the cast of Die Journalisten in Connecticut.[8] She performed with the Irving Place German Theatre from 1904 to 1910,[9] including Coulissenzauber (1907),[10] Die Rabensteinerin (1908),[11] Das Vierte Gebot (1908),[12] The Lightning Girl (1909), Kabale und Liebe (1909),[13] A Ragged Crowd (1909),[14] Right About! (1909),[15] and Die Gruenhoerner (1910).[16]

In 1913, opera stars and musicians including Johanna Gadski, Victor Herbert, Carl Jörn, Nahan Franko, Putnam Griswold, Mathilde Cottrelly, Anna von Stranz-Fuehring, and Leo Schultz, performed at a benefit concert for Georgine von Neuendorff, when she was seriously ill.[17] [18]

Personal life

Januschofsky married German conductor, composer and impresario Adolf Neuendorff in 1891, in Massachusetts. He died suddenly in 1897.[19] She died at New York's Bellevue Hospital in 1914, aged 64 years.[20] Her grave is in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1895-10-08. Mme. Januschowsky; Prima Donna is Soon to Return to America. 3. The White Cloud Globe-Tribune. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: 7th Subscription Concert. 2021-04-11. Vienna Philharmonic.
  3. Book: Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James). Baltzell's dictionary of musicians; containing concise biographical sketches of musicians of the past and present, with the pronunciation of foreign names. 1911. Boston : Oliver Ditson Company, New York, C. H. Ditson & Co.; [etc.,etc.]. University of California Libraries. 132. Internet Archive.
  4. Zeydel. Edwin Hermann. 1915. The German Theatre in New York City, with Special Consideration of the Years 1878-1914. Deutsch-amerikanische Geschichtsblätter. 15. 300.
  5. Book: Koegel, John. Music in German Immigrant Theater: New York City, 1840-1940. 2009. University Rochester Press. 978-1-58046-215-0. 155–159. en.
  6. News: 1885-07-26. Neuendorff and the Bijou. 2. The Boston Globe. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: April 2, 1897. A New Opera Sung. 6. The New York Times. ProQuest.
  8. News: 1903-03-04. Die Journalisten. 3. The Morning Journal-Courier. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: November 21, 1909. Irving Place Theatre. 57. The New York Times. April 11, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
  10. News: 1907-10-04. 'Coulissenzauber' Pleases. 11. The New York Times. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1908-10-02. New Deutsches Theater Opens in New York. 10. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1908-03-15. 'Das Vierte Gebot'. 16. The Anaconda Standard. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  13. News: October 9, 1909. Irving Place: The Lightning Girl; Kabale und Liebe. 6. New York Dramatic Mirror. April 11, 2021.
  14. News: October 23, 1909. Irving Place: A Ragged Crowd. 5. New York Dramatic Mirror. April 11, 2021.
  15. News: December 4, 1909. Irving Place: Right About!. 5. New York Dramatic Mirror. April 11, 2021.
  16. News: 1910-04-08. GERMANS ACT A NEW FARCE.; Frau von Neuendorf Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Her Appearance Here.. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-04-11. 0362-4331.
  17. News: April 21, 1913. Von Neuendorff Benefit. 11. The New York Times. ProQuest.
  18. News: 1913-04-03. Performance for Mrs. von Neuendorff. 9. The New York Times. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1897-12-19. Music and Musicians. 47. The Los Angeles Times. 2021-04-11. Newspapers.com.
  20. News: September 8, 1914. Georgine von Januschowsky. 11. The New York Times. ProQuest.

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