Antoinette Campi
Antoinette Campi , also Antonina Campi , born Antonina Miklasiewicz ( December 10, 1773 in Lublin - October 1, 1822 in Munich ) was a Polish opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Antoinette Campi made her debut in Lublin in 1785. In 1788 she became court singer under King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski in Warsaw . In 1789 she studied singing at the Royal College. Her extraordinary voice, which reached g 3 over three octaves , quickly made her famous both in Poland and abroad. In addition to numerous appearances in Warsaw, she was also invited to concerts in Prague , where she settled in 1791.
In 1801 she went to Vienna, where she worked as prima donna at the court opera. In 1801 the new building of the Theater an der Wien , completed under Emanuel Schikaneder in Empire style, was opened. On this occasion she sang the role of 'Clara' in the opera Alexander von Franz Teyber . The Italian composer Ferdinando Paër wrote the opera Sargino, ossia l'allievo d'amore (Vienna, 1803) especially for her .
In 1817 and 1820 she toured all of Europe as a singing star. She received special recognition for her performance of various roles in the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . She sang the Countess' in the Marriage of Figaro , which Donna Anna 'in Don Juan and the Queen of the Night' in the Magic Flute .
Campi died on October 1, 1822 of meningitis .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Campi, Antonia . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 247 ( digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Miklasiewicz, Antonia . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1868, p. 269 ( digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 149, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Campi (own Miklasiewicz), Antonia. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Antoinette Campi in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Antoinette Campi in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Antoinette Campi at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campi, Antoinette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Campi, Antonina; Miklasiewicz, Antonina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1822 |
| Place of death | Munich |