Fred Fehl (21 January 1906 to 5 October 1995) was an American photographer of Viennese birth and upbringing. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
Fehl escaped from Vienna in 1939 with the assistance of the company he worked for, went to briefly to London, and then to New York City. The City of New York The first person in America to make a career of performance photography, for over forty years he covered Broadway as well as dance, opera, and music. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto He was the permanent photographer of the American Ballet Theater, the New York City Opera, and the New York City Ballet. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb| New York State Theater]] The New York City Opera (NYCO is based in Philip Johnson 's New York State New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|300px| New York State Theater]] New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a Ballet company founded in 1948 by His pictures have appeared in the New York Times, major national magazines, and in hundreds of books on theater, dance, and music.
Fehl took photographs of over 1,000 Broadway plays. Included are photographs of Shirley Booth, Jose Ferrer, Judith Anderson, Maurice Evans, Lili Palmer, Melvyn Douglas, Louis Calhern, Celeste Holm, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Claude Rains, Beatrice Lillie, Rex Harrison, Ethel Merman, Charles Boyer, John Garfield, Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Arlene Francis, Eddie Cantor, Gwen Verdon, and Marlon Brando. Shirley Booth ( August 30 1898 – October 16 1992) was an American Actress. José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8, 1909 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican theater and Dame Judith Anderson, AC DBE (10 February 1897 &ndash 3 January 1992 was an Australian Tony award - and Emmy -winning Actress Maurice Herbert Evans ( June 3, 1901 - March 12, 1989) was an English Actor who became a US citizen in 1941 Lilli Palmer, born Lillie Marie Peiser, ( May 24, 1914 – January 27, 1986) was a Golden Globe nominated German actress Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg ( April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor Louis Calhern ( February 19, 1895 &ndash May 12, 1956) was an American stage and screen actor Celeste Holm (born April 29, 1917) is an American stage, Film, and Television actress, perhaps best remembered Helen Hayes ( October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award -winning American Actress, whose Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and William Claude Rains (10 November &ndash30 May) was an English award-winning Actor and Film star whose career spanned 47 years Sir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 - 2 June 1990 was an English Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Theatre and Ethel Merman ( January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American Actress and Singer for Musical Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood John Garfield ( March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an Academy Award -nominated American actor The Italian bass Ezio Pinza ( 18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957 was one of the outstanding Opera singers of the first half Mary Virginia Martin ( December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award -winning star of stage film Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian; October 20 1907 - May 31 2001) was an American actress Radio Eddie Cantor ( January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was an American Comedian, Singer, Actor, Gwyneth Evelyn “Gwen” Verdon (January 13 1925 – October 18 2000 was an American Dancer and Actress. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century
In addition to the American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet, Fred Fehl photographed the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, The Joffrey Company, Martha Graham, and the Alvin Ailey Company. See also Ballets Russes, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was an influential Ballet company founded by René Blum and Colonel Vassily See also Martha Graham ( May 11, 1894 &ndash April 1, 1991) was an American Dancer and Choreographer
His numerous dance photographs include Martha Graham, Vera Zorina, André Eglevsky, Rudolph Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Heather Watts, Darci Kistler, Barbara Fisher, Kyra Nichols, Alicia Markova, Erik Bruhn, Carla Fracci, Natalia Makarova, Judith Jamison, Violette Verdy, Allegra Kent, Patricia McBride, Jose Limon, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Agnes de Mille, Anton Dolin, Alexandra Danilova, Maria Tallchief, Lupe Serrano, Tanaquil LeClerq, Jillana, Diana Adams, Rosella Hightower, Gelsey Kirkland, Cynthia Gregory, Karin Von Aroldingen, Kay Mazzo, Fernando Bujones, Jacques d'Amboise, Edward Villella, Alicia Alonso, and many others. Vera Zorina (born Eva Brigitta Hartwig on January 2, 1917 in Berlin Germany) was a ballet Dancer and choreographer in Europe André Eglevsky ( 21 December 1917 – 4 December 1977) was a Russian born American Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( Tatar: Rudolf Xämät ulı Nuriev, Russian: Рудольф Хаметович Нуриев Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Михаил Николаевич Барышников (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet -born Russian Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) one of the most noted Ballerinas of the 20th century and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet See also Peter Martins (born October 27, 1946) is a Danish Ballet Dancer and Choreographer. Heather Watts (born in Long Beach, California, in 1953 is a retired American Prima ballerina and former principal dancer for the New Darci Kistler (born June 4, 1964) was one of the more noted American Ballerinas of the 20th century and was the last lead dancer for the legendary Barbara Fisher (born in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Politician in Ontario Canada. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|300px| New York State Theater]] New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a Ballet company founded in 1948 by Dame Alicia Markova, DBE, DMus (1 December 1910 &ndash 2 December 2004 was the first English dancer to be titled a Prima Ballerina Assoluta Erik Belton Evers Bruhn ( October 3, 1928 &ndash April 1, 1986) was a Danish Ballet Dancer, Choreographer Carla Fracci (born 20 August 1936 in Milan, Italy) is a famous Ballet dancer and actress Nataliya Romanovna Makarova (born November 21, 1940) is a Soviet-Russian-born American actress and former Prima ballerina. Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10, 1943, Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American dancer and choreographer best known as the artistic director of the Violette Verdy (born Nelly Guillerm in 1933 is a French Ballerina who has worked as a director of dance companies and in other related capacities Allegra Kent ( August 11, 1937) an American ballet dancer Born in Santa Monica, Kent studied with Bronislava Nijinska and Carmelita Maracci Patricia McBride is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet. José Arcadio Limón (1908 - 1972 was a pioneering modern dancer and choreographer "Dame Margot" redirects here For the medieval trouvère see Dames Margot and Maroie. Agnes George de Mille ( September 18, 1905 &ndash October 7, 1993) was an American Dancer and Choreographer Sir Anton Dolin was the stage name of Sydney Francis Patrick Healey-Kay ( 27 July[[ 904]]&ndash 25 November 1983) an English Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova ( November 20, 1903 - July 13, 1997) was a Russian-born Prima ballerina assoluta who became an American Maria Tallchief (born January 24 1925 was an American Ballerina. Tanaquil LeClerq (b 2 October 1929 Paris - d 2000 New York City was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, but her dancing career was ended when she was Rosella Hightower ( 30 January 1920) was an American Ballerina born in Ardmore Oklahoma. Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29 1952, Bethlehem Pennsylvania) is an American ballet dancer Cynthia Kathleen Gregory (born July 8, 1946) is an American Ballerina. Fernando Bujones ( March 9, 1955 – November 10, 2005) was a Cuban-American Ballet dancer See also Jacques d'Amboise (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn on July 28, 1934 in Dedham Massachusetts See also JEssenia Villela (born October 1, 1936, Bayside New York) is an American Ballet dancer and Choreographer Alicia Alonso, Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoya (born 21 December 1920) is a Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta and Choreographer
Fehl’s opera photographs include the New York City Opera, the San Carlo Opera, Alexander, Igor Kipnis, Margaret Severn, Roberta Peters, Norman Treigle, Judith Raskin, Dame Joan Sutherland, and Beverly Sills. Igor Kipnis ( 27 September 1930 - 23 January 2002) was a well-known American Harpsichordist and pianist. Roberta Peters ( May 4, 1930) is an American Coloratura Soprano who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera Norman Treigle (né Adanelle Wilfred Treigle 6 March, 1927 - 16 February 1975) was born in New Orleans Louisiana, the fifth and Judith Raskin ( June 21, 1928 – December 21, 1984) was an American lyric Soprano, renowned for her fine voice as well WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926 WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Beverly Sills ( May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an He photographed the New York Philharmonic Concerts at Lewisohn Stadium. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 Lewisohn Stadium was an amphitheater and athletic facility built on the campus of the City College of New York, and opened in 1915 His photographs of conductors and musicians includes Eugene Ormandy, Dmitri Mitropolous, John Browning, Andre Watts, Alesander Brailowsky, Eugene List, Lorin Maazel, Andre Kostelanez, Igor Markevitch, Lukas Foss, Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini, Julius Rudel, and Leopold Stokowski. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Eugene Ormandy ( November 18, 1899 &ndash March John Moses Browning ( January 21 or January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) born in Ogden Utah, was an American André Watts (born June 20, 1946) is a classical pianist and Professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a Igor Markevitch (Ігор Маркевич ( August 9, 1912 &ndash March 7, 1983) was a Ukrainian Composer Lukas Foss (born Lukas Fuchs, August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany) is an American Composer, conductor WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January Julius Rudel ( 6 March, 1921, Vienna - is a major American Orchestra conductor who emigrated to the US from Austria WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Leopold Stokowski (born Leopold Anthony Stokowski though on occasion