Georg Jarno


Georg Jarno was a Hungarian composer, mainly of operettas.

Biography

After he finished his studies in Budapest, he worked as Theaterkapellmeister in Bremen, Gera, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, 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. He is buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in Wrocław, Poland.

Career

Jarno's greatest successes were Die Försterchristl and Das Musikantenmädel. His operettas Das Farmermädchen and Jungfer Sonnenschein were well received, whereas Die Marine-Gustl, Mein Annerl, Der Goldfisch and Die Csikosbaroness could muster only passing interest. Much of the success of his works was due to the distinguished presentation of their title roles by his brother's 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 Försterchristl, Prince Eugene of Savoy in Jungfer Sonnenschein, Joseph Haydn in Das Musikantenmädel.
Before operettas, he wrote three operas: Die schwarze Kaschka, Der Richter von Zalamea based on Calderon's El alcalde de Zalamea, and Der zerbrochne Krug based on Heinrich von Kleist's play; none prevailed.
His main success, Die Försterchristl, had a run of 64 performances at Broadway's Herald Square Theatre in 1910/11 under the title The Girl and the Kaiser.

Stage works