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5 unusual facts about Damrosch


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Clara Mannes (born Damrosch, 1869–1948), a musician, sister of Walter

Frank Damrosch (1859–1937), Silesian-American conductor, music-educator

Leo Damrosch, American scholar and author, professor of literature at Harvard

Johanna Gadski

She made her successful American debut in New York in 1895 (with the Damrosch Company) and became popular, too, in England.

In 1896 she created the role of Hester Prynne in the fully staged premiere of Walter Damrosch's opera The Scarlet Letter in Boston.


Antonio Pini-Corsi

He remained with the Met until 1914, appearing in numerous world premieres, including those of the Monk in Walter Damrosch's Cyrano, Happy in La fanciulla del West, the Innkeeper in Engelbert Humperdinck's Königskinder, and Mauprat in Victor Herbert's Madeline.

Damrosch Opera Company

Damrosch raised money for the company by selling his house in New York City, and he spent the summer of 1894 travelling Europe to recruit singers.


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