Anny Konetzni
Anny Konetzni , actually Anny Koneczny , also Anni Konetzni , (born February 12, 1902 in Hungarian-Weißkirchen , Austria-Hungary ; † September 6, 1968 in Vienna ) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Anny Konetzni was trained by Erik Schmedes at the New Vienna Conservatory and then studied with Jacques Stückgold in Berlin . In 1923 she began as a choir player at the Vienna Volksoper , but was dismissed as "voiceless".
Her actual debut as contralto took place in 1926 at the Vienna Volksoper in the role of Adriano in Rienzi by Richard Wagner . After engagements at the city theaters of Augsburg and Elberfeld ( Stadttheater am Brausenwerth ), she came to the Chemnitz City Theater as a soprano in 1929 and sang at the Unter den Linden State Opera from 1931 to 1934 .
She introduced herself to the Viennese public in 1933 as Brünnhilde in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre and then from 1933 until she was dismissed by the opera director Karl Böhm in 1955 in the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera . This discharge resulted in a stroke from which she was never to recover.
Together with her sister Hilde Konetzni , she was one of the top singers at the State Opera. In addition, she was also employed at the Salzburg Festival from 1935 ( Isolde , Marschallin ) and sang in guest performances on all the important stages in Europe, but also in the USA and South America. Between 1934 and 1954 the artist also worked as a lecturer at the Vienna Music Academy . Her repertoire focused on the dramatic soprano parts in the works of Wagner and Strauss .
Like many others, Konetzni made himself available to National Socialist propaganda after the “Anschluss” of Austria in 1938 for the Viennese artists' appeal for a “ referendum ”: “For Greater Germany, for the Führer, for German art, 'Yes!'
Anny Konetzni, who with the doctor Dr. Albert Wiedmann was married, rests in the Evangelical Cemetery Vienna-Simmering (crypt 63) next to her husband.
Awards
- 1935: Appointment as Austrian chamber singer
- 1955: Honorary membership of the Vienna State Opera
Sound recordings (selection)
- Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde , live recording, with Max Lorenz , Anny Konetzni, Karin Branzell , Herbert Janssen , Emanuel List , Hermann Wiedemann , conductor: Erich Kleiber , recorded in Buenos Aires 1938.
- Richard Wagner: Parsifal , live recording, with Günther Treptow , Anny Konetzni, Ludwig Weber , Paul Schöffler , Adolf Vogel , Hans Braun , Sieglinde Wagner . Wiener Symphoniker , Vienna State Opera Choir , conductor: Rudolf Moralt , recorded in Vienna in 1948.
- Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung , live recording from the Vienna State Opera (excerpts from the 3rd act), with Max Lorenz (Siegfried), Anny Konetzni (Brünnhilde), Luise Helletsgruber (Woglinde), Dora With (Floßhilde) and Aenne Michalsky (Wellgunde ). Vienna Philharmonic , Vienna State Opera Choir , Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch .
- Richard Strauss : Elektra , after the tragedy in one act by Hugo von Hofmannsthal . With Martha Mödl , Anny Konetzni, Daniza Ilić , Franz Klarwein , Hans Braun , Wilhelm Felden , Dorothea Frass , Aenne Michalsky, Josef Schmidinger , Ljubomir Pantscheff , Charlotte Markus , Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster , Polly Batic , Katja Sabo , Dagmar Schmedes , Friedl Riegler ; Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos , choir and orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , recorded in 1950.
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 4. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 565.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 3rd, exp. Ed., Saur Verlag , Munich 1999; Volume 3: Hirata – Möwes , pp. 1867ff.
- Uwe Harten : Konetzni, Anny. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
- Austrian music lexicon . Volume 3. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 , p. 1105.
- Michael Wolf, Klaus Edel: Selected celebrity graves at the Evangelical Cemetery Simmering. An introduction to the history of the cemetery and a guide to selected celebrity graves . Edited by the Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 2000.
Web links
- Media from and about Anny Konetzni in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anny Konetzni in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Anny Konetzni at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Anny Konetzni on www.isoldes-liebestod.info
- Entry on Anny Konetzni in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Anny Konetzni's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
Individual evidence
- ^ Viennese artists on April 10th. In: Neues Wiener Journal , April 7, 1938, p. 13 (online at ANNO ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Konetzni, Anny |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koneczny, Anny (real name); Konetzni, Anni |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (soprano) |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1902 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungarian-Weißkirchen , Austria-Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1968 |
Place of death | Vienna |