Julius Huehn - Autographed Photograph (Operatic, Wagnerian Baritone) - Rare

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Beautiful 8 X 10 signed photo of bass-baritone Julius Huehn. Dedicated: "To Peggy with sincere best wishes."
Julius Huehn
(January 12, 1904 – June 8, 1971), was an operatic
bass-baritone
. He sang over 200 performances with the
Metropolitan Opera
between 1935 and 1946.
[1]
[2]
Huehn sang many
Wagner
roles, including
Wotan
in
Das Rheingold
and
Die Walkure
,
Donner
in
Das Rheingold
, the Wanderer in
Siegfried
, Gunther in
Gotterdammerung
,
Wolfram von Eschenbach
in
Tannhauser
, Amfortas in
Parsifal
, Kothner in
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
, Kurwenal in
Tristan und Isolde
and Telramund in
Lohengrin
.
[1]
[2]
Other operatic roles included Escamilio in
Carmen
, Faninal in
Der Rosenkavalier
,
Orestes
in
Elektra
,
Jochanaan
in
Salome
, Don Pizzaro and Don Fernando in
Fidelio
, Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly
and the High Priest in
Samson et Delilah
.
[1]
[2]
Huehn's debut at the Metropolitan Opera was on December 21, 1935 as Telramund.
[1]
He also sang the role of Robinson in the Met's premiere of
Cimarosa
's opera
Il Matrimonio Segreto
on February
25, 1937.
[1]
He also performed at the
San Francisco Opera
, the
Philadelphia Opera
, the
Chicago Grand Opera Company
, the
Rochester Oratorio Society
, the
Chautauqua Opera
and the
Worcester
Music Festival
.
[2]
Huehn was born in 1904 in
Revere, Massachusetts
. He served as a ground control officer in the US Marine Corps during
World War II
after enlisting in 1944, holding the rank of
captain
.
[2]
After his
service in the military, he returned to the Metropolitan
Opera for the 1946-47 season, but reports of the time indicate that his
otherwise powerful baritone tone had all but faded. He spent the last 19
years of his life, from 1952 to 1971, teaching voice at the
Eastman School of Music
in
Rochester, New York
.
[2]
His pupils included singers
Philip Booth
,
John Glenn Paton
, and
Sylvia Stone
. He died in
Rochester on June 8, 1971.