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(JOHANN) ANDREAS, (1866), opera impresario, and singer; b. Ca el, Germany. He first appeared as an operatic vocalist in Bremen in 1887 after studying music at Berlin, Milan and Vienna. Thereafter he took important tenor parts in opera in London, Breslau, Vienna and Bayreuth. He made operatic and concert tours through the United States on several occasions and from 1908 to 1910 served as joint director with Gatti-Casazza of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Afterwards he founded the Chicago Grand Opera Company and directed it till 1913. His repertoire comprised a wide range of parts of the German, Italian and French. schools and many oratorios.