Anna Jordánová

Anna Jordánová , also Anna Slavik , née Anna Slavíková , ( May 11, 1877 in Bořetice near Neustupow - April 2, 1948 in Jindřichův Hradec ) was a Czech opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

The daughter of a foreman graduated from the Brno Training Institute. She received her singing training from the choir director of the local St. Jacob's Church , B. Krejčí.

Slavíková found her first engagement in Olomouc in 1895. From there she moved to the Deutsches Theater in Brno and on September 1, 1898, after a successful guest performance as "Margarete" and "Pamina", she was committed to the Darmstadt Court Theater . In 1901 she left the Association of the Court Theater. She then belonged to the ensemble of the Prague National Theater until 1914 . Because of her arbitrariness and whims, she got into conflicts with the theater management several times. At the end of 1913, the singer took leave of absence for vocal studies with Teresa Arklowa in Milan and extended her vacation at will, so that the premiere of Adolf Piskáček's opera Ughlu had to be postponed. Her contract, which expired on June 28, 1914, was not extended. In the 1920s, Jordánová gave concerts in Prague and other cities in Czechoslovakia .

She represented the subject of the first young female singer and knew how to win the favor of the audience. "Elsa", "Elisabeth" ( Tannhäuser ), "Sieglinde", "Beggar from the Pont des Art", "Agathe" were among her most popular performances.

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 970, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

• Record at the Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně
• Anna Slavíková-Jordánová in the Brna encyclopedia