Amélie Nikisch

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Amélie Nikisch with a dedication for Edvard Grieg and his wife

Amélie Heussner Nikisch (nee Amélie Heussner ) (born December 28, 1862 in Brussels , † January 18, 1938 in Berlin ) was a Belgian actress , soprano and composer.

Life

Amélie Heussner initially worked as a soubrette at theaters in Kassel and Leipzig . After her marriage she worked as a singing teacher. The daughter of parents of German origin married the Hungarian conductor Arthur Nikisch on July 1, 1885 , whom she had met at an opera rehearsal. Her children are the legal scholar Arthur Philipp Nikisch , Käthe Nikisch, wife of the Leipzig Gewandhaus concert master Edgar Wollgandt , Nora Nikisch, wife of the Leipzig actor Ewald Schindler and the pianist, composer and bandleader Mitja Nikisch . She is buried with her husband and her youngest son in the Südfriedhof (Leipzig) .

Works

Compositions

  • Prince Adolar and the daisies . Christmas fairy tales with music in six pictures by Amélie Nikisch and Ilse Friedlaender. Hug. Leipzig 1907
  • My aunt, your aunt . Operetta in 3 acts based on an idea by Heinrich Zschokke. With Ilse Friedlaender. First performance in Dresden 1911
  • Daniel in the lions' den. Burlesque opera in 3 acts by Ernst von Wolzieh , edited by Ilse Friedländer. Harmonie, Berlin 1914.
  • Always the other . Operetta. Leipzig 1915

Edits

  • Aebelö . Romantic opera in 3 acts and a prelude. Music by Joseph Gustav Mraczek. Based on the novel of the same name by Sophus Michaelis, freely edited by Amélie Nikisch and Ilse Friedlaender. Drei-Masken-Verlag, Munich, Berlin 1915. First performance in Breslau 1915.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank / Altmann: Concise Tonkünstler Lexicon . 15th ed. 1936, p. 429
  2. ↑ Arthur Dette: Nikisch . Leipzig: Joachim 1922. p. 122
  3. ↑ http://www.operone.de/verbindungen/mraczek.html


personal data
SURNAME Nikisch, Amélie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heussner Nikisch, Amélie; Heussner, Amélie; Heußner, Amélie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian actress, soprano, composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1938
Place of death Berlin