Alfred Jerger AUTOGRAPHED

ALFRED JERGER
1889-1976
Austrian Bass-baritone
He studied at the Academy of Music in Vienna.In Zurich in 1917 his debut as a baritone. In 1919 he came through the mediation of Richard Strauss at the Munich State Opera . In 1921 he became a member of the Vienna State Opera , where he worked until 1953. Jerger worked here not only as a singer but also as an opera director .On 1 July 1933 he sang in the Semperoper as Mandryka in the world premiere of Richard Strauss' Arabella