Actor and Musician. Conried was born in Bielsko-Biala, then a part of the Austrian Empire. He received his early education from local tutors and later graduated from Shoefterfield College. His father was a weaver and wanted Henrich to also be a weaver, however his real passion was the stage and performing. He first appeared as an actor in the Imperial Court Theater in Vienna on February 23, 1873. The critics were impressed with his performance and he was on his way to becoming a leading actor. In 1878 he came to American taking a job as a stage manager and actor at the Germania Theater in Manhattan. By 1879 he starred in a variety of German plays, traveling to other states appearing mostly in cities with large German population. In 1892 he became the stage manager of the Irving Place Theater, which at the time was devoted primarily to German performances. He brought over from Germany to New York such Germans actors as Possart, Agnes Sorma and Sonnenthal and later produced plays by Hauptman, Suderman and Ibsen. Many of these plays were later translated into English becoming hits with all local audiences. Among his achievement up to this time were the production of over one thousand plays. He had crossed the Atlantic eighty times, lectured at Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania University. He also presented Goethe's "Iphigenie" at Harvard. In 1903 he was chosen to be the manager of the Metropolitian Opera House in New York City where he remained until 1908.
Actor and Musician. Conried was born in Bielsko-Biala, then a part of the Austrian Empire. He received his early education from local tutors and later graduated from Shoefterfield College. His father was a weaver and wanted Henrich to also be a weaver, however his real passion was the stage and performing. He first appeared as an actor in the Imperial Court Theater in Vienna on February 23, 1873. The critics were impressed with his performance and he was on his way to becoming a leading actor. In 1878 he came to American taking a job as a stage manager and actor at the Germania Theater in Manhattan. By 1879 he starred in a variety of German plays, traveling to other states appearing mostly in cities with large German population. In 1892 he became the stage manager of the Irving Place Theater, which at the time was devoted primarily to German performances. He brought over from Germany to New York such Germans actors as Possart, Agnes Sorma and Sonnenthal and later produced plays by Hauptman, Suderman and Ibsen. Many of these plays were later translated into English becoming hits with all local audiences. Among his achievement up to this time were the production of over one thousand plays. He had crossed the Atlantic eighty times, lectured at Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania University. He also presented Goethe's "Iphigenie" at Harvard. In 1903 he was chosen to be the manager of the Metropolitian Opera House in New York City where he remained until 1908.
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