Joseph Schwarz (baritone)
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Joseph M. Schwarz was a Russian-born German baritone. He pursued a performance career against the wishes of his parents, running away from home as a teenager to join a band of traveling minstrels. He
Schwarz as Sebastiano in Tiefland, c. 1916
Schwarz in 1912
Schwarz with his wife Clara Sielcken in 1923
Olga von Türk-Rohn
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Olga von Türk-Rohn, also known by her title through marriage as Baroness von Türk-Rohn and by her maiden name Baroness Olga von Rohn, was an Austrian soprano and voice teacher. She began her career as
Joseph Schwarz (baritone)
…in Berlin with baritone Alexander Heinemann (1873–1919) before entering the Vienna Conservatory. While studying in Vienna he performed with soprano Olga von Türk-Rohn in the very first professional concert featuring music composed by Robert Winterberg at Ehrbar Saal (English: Ehrbar Hall) inside the Palais Ehrbar…
Türk-Rohn in 1890
Photograph of Olga von Türk-Rohn c. 1905–1913