Anna Gottlieb

Anna Gottlieb as Azemi in Azemia or the wild ones in the theater in the Leopoldstadt . Watercolor by Christian Eisemann, 1795.

Maria Anna Josepha Francisca Gottlieb , called Nannerl Gottlieb (born April 29, 1774 in Vienna ; † February 4, 1856 there ) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ) and the first Pamina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute .

Life

Anna Gottlieb was born as one of four daughters of the actor Johann Christoph Gottlieb (* 1737) and the opera singer Maria-Anna Theyner (* 1745 in Roßwald ; † 1798 in Vienna). She made her first public appearance at the age of five. At the age of twelve she played Barbarina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Figaros Hochzeit .

At the age of fifteen she sang the role of Amande in Paul Wranitzky's opera Oberon, König der Elfen (in the lead role of Mozart's sister-in-law and later Queen of the Night Josepha Hofer , she introduced Anna to society). Her first engagement took place at Emanuel Schikaneder's Theater on the Wieden , where she mostly appeared in Singspiele (e.g. Nadine in The Philosopher's Stone ). In 1791, at the age of seventeen, Mozart selected her for the role of Pamina in his Magic Flute , and this became her greatest success.

Grave of Anna Gottlieb in the St. Marxer Friedhof

In 1792 she moved to the theater in the Leopoldstadt , where she appeared until 1828 . She had her greatest success in Ferdinand Kauer's play Das Donauweibchen . Between 1809 and 1813 she temporarily withdrew from the stage because of the Napoleonic Wars, but after that her voice was no longer the same as it used to be. In 1828 she was released from the theater. Anna Gottlieb died on February 4, 1856 at the age of 82, a week after Mozart's 100th birthday (the celebration of which she was still invited). She remained unmarried all her life. Her grave is in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof (grave no. 4032) in Vienna- Landstrasse .

literature

Gottlieb Anna. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 37.
Uwe Harten : Gottlieb, Anna (Nannerl, Nannina). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Ursula Mauthe: Mozart's “Pamina”, Anna Gottlieb. Augsburg: German Mozart Society 1986 ISBN 3-9800945-3-7
Clemens Höslinger : "Anna Gottlieb", article in the New Grove Encyclopedia of Opera , Online Edition. Copyright 2007 by Oxford University Press.

Web links

Commons : Anna Gottlieb - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Anna Gottlieb in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Anna Gottlieb at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Entry on Anna Gottlieb in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ The year of birth is usually given in the literature as 1745. In the baptismal registers, however, the date of baptism can be found December 14, 1743. Cf. Matrik Slezské Rudoltice, inv. No. 1285, fol. 134v, ( online ) and Zemský archiv v Opavě, Olomouc branch, LDK V / 42, inv. No. 10391.
↑ WStLA, graves book St. Marx, II-C-3

personal data
SURNAME	Gottlieb, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gottlieb, Maria Anna Josepha Francisca (full name); Gottlieb, Nannerl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian opera singer (soprano) and the first Pamina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute
DATE OF BIRTH	April 29, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 1856
Place of death	Vienna

[1] The year of birth is usually given in the literature as 1745. In the baptismal registers, however, the date of baptism can be found December 14, 1743. Cf. Matrik Slezské Rudoltice, inv. No. 1285, fol. 134v, ( online ) and Zemský archiv v Opavě, Olomouc branch, LDK V / 42, inv. No. 10391.

[2] WStLA, graves book St. Marx, II-C-3