Julius Huehn
Vocals, Musical Artist
1904 – 1971
Who was Julius Huehn?
Julius Huehn, was an operatic bass-baritone. He sang over 200 performances with the Metropolitan Opera between 1935 and 1946.
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. 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 .
Huehn's debut at the Metropolitan Opera was on December 21, 1935 as Telramund. He also sang the role of Robinson in the Met's premiere of Cimarosa's opera Il Matrimonio Segreto on February 25, 1937. 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.
Huehn was born in 1904 in Revere, Massachusetts.
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