Aglaja Orgeni
Aglaja Orgeni (actually Anna Maria von Görger St. Jörgen ; born December 17, 1841 in Rimaszombat , Austria-Hungary , † March 15, 1926 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian opera singer ( coloratura soprano ) and singing teacher .
Life
Aglaja Orgeni came from a Hungarian noble family. She studied in Baden-Baden with Pauline Viardot and made her debut in 1865 as Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula at the Berlin Court Opera. In 1866 she went to the Covent Garden Opera in London , where she achieved great success as Lucia di Lammermoor and as Violetta in La traviata . From 1873 to 1878 she was engaged at the Munich Court Opera . She appeared on all the major stages in Europe and was one of the most sought-after color acronyms of her time.
From 1886 to 1914 she was a singing teacher (alongside Felix Draeseke and Gustav Scharfe, among others ) at the Dresden Conservatory , where she was the first woman at the Royal Conservatory to receive the title of professor in 1908. In 1914 she went to Vienna, where she taught singing until her death.
Schoolgirls (selection)
- Hildegard Boerner
- Maria Brüning
- Gertrude Förstel
- Berta Morena
- Hanka Petzold
- Margarethe Siems
- Edyth Walker
- Erika Wedekind
- Sophie Wolf
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Orgéni, Aglaja . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 91 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 738, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon : Orgéni (Orgény), Aglaja (own Anna Maria Aglaja from Görger St. Jörgen) .
- Erna Brand : Aglaja Orgeni. The life of a great singer. Beck, Munich 1931.
- Stanley Sadie: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . London: Macmillan. 1980 volume 13, p. 819 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orgeni, Aglaya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Görger St. Jörgen, Anna Maria Aglaja von (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian opera singer, coloratura soprano and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rimavská Sobota |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1926 |
| Place of death | Vienna |