Johan Messchaert

Deceased Person

1857 – 1922

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Who was Johan Messchaert?

Johan Messchaert was a Dutch baritone singer and vocal pedagogue.

Messchaert was born as Johannes Martinus Messchaert in Hoorn, Netherlands. He was known for his rendering of the role of Christ in Bach's St Matthew Passion, and he sang the bass role at the 18 May 1902 Düsseldorf performance of Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius under the direction of Julius Buths and alongside Muriel Foster.

He later founded his own conservatoire in Amsterdam.

He died in Küssnacht, Switzerland in 1922, aged 65.

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Born
Aug 22, 1857
Hoorn
Lived in
  • Hoorn
Died
Sep 9, 1922

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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