Anita Gura

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Anita Gura , married Anita Gura-Dörnke , (* 1911 ; † 1978 ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

origin

Anita Gura comes from a family of opera singers . Her grandfather was Eugen Gura (1842–1906) who was a royal Bavarian chamber singer, Wagner singer and “ Hans Sachs ”. From his marriage to Theresia Maria Gura (1838-1908) the father of Anita Gura, the Mecklenburg chamber singer, baritone and opera director Hermann Gura (1870-1945) emerged. In 1909 he married Anita Gura's mother, the soprano Annie Gura-Hummel (1884–1964).

Career

Anita Gura received her vocal and dramatic training from her father. After Gura initially worked in her father's traveling opera from 1928, she was hired to work at the Berlin-Charlottenburg city opera in 1931, where she a. a. as “Micaela” in Carmen and as Undine in Lorzing's opera.

Her youthful, lyrical voice had dramatic accents, but what was decisive for her artistic work was the happy combination of beautiful material with a well-studied mastery of all means of expression.

Gura had been a member of the Hanover Opera House since 1935, where she sang for 21 years. She also had her successes in guest appearances, especially at the Hamburg State Opera , where she in 1936 as “Lola” in Cavalleria rusticana and as “Nedda” in Bajazzo , in 1937 as “Elisabath” in Tannhäuser, 1939 as “Composer” in Ariadne on Naxos and in 1940 appeared as the “first Norn ” in the Nibelungenring .

Her favorite roles included "Marie" in Smetana's Bartered Bride , "Desdemona" in Verdi's Othello , the title character in Lortzing's Undine , the "Countess" in Figaro's wedding and "Madama Butterfly".

The versatility of her voice was evident in a stage repertoire that comprised a total of 117 roles: in Hansel and Gretel she sang "Hansel", "Gretel", "Mother", the "Sandman" and the "Taumännchen" and finally even the witch".

family

In 1938 she married the merchant Richard Dörnke (1890–1954) in Hanover . The marriage resulted in two children: the son Hans-Reiner and the daughter Helga. After her marriage she also appeared under the name Anita Gura-Dörnke.

Until 1973 she worked as a concert soloist and as a teacher in Hanover, then she retired to Bad Salzschlirf , where she lived with her daughter and her family until her death in 1978.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kreuzzeitung, July 4, 1934
  2. ^ Berlin night edition June 17, 1933
  3. ↑ Kreuzzeitung, July 4, 1934
  4. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 4, page 1897.
personal data
SURNAME Gura, Anita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gura-Dörnke, Anita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1911
DATE OF DEATH 1978