Olga von Türk-Rohn

In 1913 Türk-Rohn immigrated with her family to the United States after receiving a contract to perform in operas with a company managed by Oscar Hammerstein I.

She remained in Chicago for the rest of her professional life, working as a voice teacher both privately and for a variety of different music schools in that city.

[1] She was encouraged to pursue vocal training and a career as a singer by Mathilde Marchesi who heard her sing at the age of fifteen.

[3] She starred in Weber's Der Freischütz at the Vienna State Opera (VSO) in 1888 under conductor Wilhelm Jahn.

Despite Jahn's efforts to persuade the directors of the VSO to hire Türk-Rohn for further engagements, she was not offered another contract with the company.

[1] Olga retired from the opera stage upon her marriage to Baron Camillo Franz Johann Türk Edler von Karlovacgrad who was State Attorney of Austria at the time of their wedding.

[3] Her singing drew the admiration of both composer Johannes Brahms and Austrian music critic Eduard Hanslick whose praise did much to further her career as a concert soprano in Austria during the 1890s.

[1] On 18 April 1895 Türk-Rohn was the soprano soloist in the world premiere of Johann Strauss II's waltz for voice and orchestra Klug Gretelein, Op.462 at the Musikverein.

[7] She also developed a close working relationship with Czech composer Rudolf Procházka [cs] (1864–1936), and performed his Das Glück in concerts in Vienna, Prague and Pilsen.

[1] In the early 20th century Türk-Rohn gave concert tours in Austria, Germany, and Italy in which her repertoire consisted of lieder, opera arias, and religious vocal works.

[3] The city of Jablonec nad Nisou completed a monument to Schubert in 1900 which included a statue of Türk-Rohn in which she was depicted as one of the singing muses for the composer.

[3] In 1913 Türk-Rohn immigrated to the United States with her family to join the roster of artists in Oscar Hammerstein I's opera company.

[5] She gave a concert at Cooper Union in Lower Manhattan with violinist Alexander Saslavsky and pianist Leopold Rovenger on 13 November 1913.

[19] By December 1925, Türk-Rohn was also working as a private voice teacher in Chicago with a studio located at the Congress Plaza Hotel.

[20] A June 1928 advertisement for her private studio indicates that it was then located at the Kimball Building (now the Lewis Center at Depaul University).

[25] By 1925 she had founded her own opera chorus for which she conducted performances from the Drake Hotel for radio broadcasts on WGN (AM) in June, November, and December 1925.

[5][38] Her daughter Maud was listed as the executor of her estate and her cause of death named as general arteriosclerosis coronary sclerosis.