Johan Messchaert

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Johan Messchaert (22 August 1857{{spaced ndash}}9 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 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.Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954, Vol. V, p. 722[http://www.musicweb-international.com/hooey/foster_away.htm Music Web International]

He later founded his own conservatoire in Amsterdam.{{cite web|url=http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn3/messchaert|title=Messchaert, Johannes Martinus (1857-1922)|publisher=Inghist.nl|date=2008-03-13|access-date=2008-05-24|language=Dutch|first=A.W.J. de|last=Jonge}}{{Cite journal | last1=Toorn-Van Dam | first1=Martine van den | title=De waarheid over het vegetarisme | publisher=Stichting De Ark |publication-date=1974| year=1970 | location= Emmen (Netherlands)| edition=3rd |language=nl}}

He died in Küsnacht, Switzerland in 1922, aged 65.