Word: bohnen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them to sing. There is Karin Branzell, worthy successor to Schumann-Heink as Erda (Rheingold and Siegfried), Fricka (Walküre), Waltraute (Götterdämmerung), Brangaene ( Tristan), Baritone Friedrich Schorr vocally unequalled as Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Sachs (Meistersinger), Gunther (Götterdämmerung); Basso Michael Bohnen, big, commanding as King Marke (Tristan), as Hagen (Götterdämmerung); Baritone Clarence Whitehill, impressive always for the kindness, the dignity of his Amfortas (Parsifal), his Hans Sachs. Many of the routine artists make much of lesser opportunities-George Meader with his David (Meister singer), Gustav Schuetzendorf with...
Married. Mary Lewis, 27, one-time Follies soprano; to Michel Franz Bohnen, 39, muscular? basso-baritone; both of the Metropolitan Opera; in Manhattan, by Mayor J. J. Walker...
...Michael Bohnen, big German bass, made his first appearance of the season in a thrilling performance of Der Freischuetz, Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. It had been chosen for the début of Elizabeth Kandt, German lyric soprano, who throughout the performance conducted herself without distinction...
...hear. The basso that can sing and play the role of that prodigious Don Juan Tenorio, who was such a favorite among the virgins of Spain, is seldom to be found. The Metropolitan now, however, has a man with a reputation for singing Don Giovanni. He is Michael Bohnen, who made his American debut in the middle of the season. Bohnen is that exceptional phenomenon among singers, a man of high intelligence and culture. He is distinctly a man of parts. His voice is fine, big, fresh and young. He sings with skill and excellent understanding and is really...
...ingenious attempt to explain the smile on the face of Da Vinci's famous portrait. The prologue and epilogue present a young wife with her old husband, sight-seeing in Florence. Both parts are taken by newcomers to the Metropolitan - Barbara Kemp, of the Berlin Opera, and Michael Bohnen, of the Munich Opera. The roles are dual. In the two acts of the piece they appear as Mona Lisa and her husband, in a story told by a young monk (Mr. Taucher), who impersonates also Mona Lisa's youthful lover, whom she had been forced to discard...