About Johan Messchaert
Lived 1857 – 1922 (aged 65). Johan Messchaert was a Dutch music educator and opera singer.
Johan Messchaert (22 August 18579 September 1922) was a Dutch baritone singer and vocal pedagogue.
Messchaert was born as Johannes Martinus Messchaert in Hoorn, Netherlands. He was known for his rendering of the role of Christ in J. S. Bach's St Matthew Passion, and he sang the bass role at the 18 May 1902 Düsseldorf performance of Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius under the direction of Julius Buths and alongside Muriel Foster.
He later founded his own conservatoire in Amsterdam.
He died in Küsnacht, Switzerland, in 1922, aged 65.
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Dutch singer and vocal coach (1857-1922)
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Johan Messchaert was born on 22 August 1857 in Hoorn.
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Johan Messchaert died on 9 September 1922 in Küssnacht.
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Johan Messchaert was a music educator and opera singer.
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Johan Messchaert was Dutch.
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