Cohner György

György Cohner - Personal data
Date of birth: 3rd June 1868
Place of birth:
Date of death: 25th May 1920
Place of death: Wrocław
Occupation: composer; conductor
Related towns: Legnica

Jarno Georg, born György Cohner (3 June 1868, Budapest – 25 May 1920, Wrocław) – operetta composer and conductor.

After graduating from secondary school, he began studies in music at the Budapest Conservatory. He later worked as a conductor in theatres, among others in Bremen, Geera, Halle, Metz, Legnica, Chemnitz, and Magdeburg. In 1895, he staged his opera Die schwarze Kaschka in Wrocław, which was well received by the local audience. Over the following years, he worked in musical theatres in Germany and in Vienna. In 1899, he became the director of the Viennese Theater in der Josefstadt, where in 1907 he staged his first operetta Die Försterchristl; it was a huge success.

He moved to Wrocław in the final years of his life. He died there and was buried at the new Jewish cemetery at present day’s Lotnicza Street.

Bibliography:

  • Werner Bollert W., “Jarno Georg,” [in] Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 10, Berlin 1974, p. 356.
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