Antonia Dietrich

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Margarethe Antonia Dietrich (born January 8, 1900 in Vienna , † August 21, 1975 in Dresden ) was a German theater actress . She remained connected to the Dresden theater all her life, which in combination with her theatrical expressiveness was the reason for an idolatrous admiration on the part of the Dresdeners.

Antonia Dietrich as Countess La Valette in Das Frauenopfer by Georg Kiesau, Dresden 1923

Life

Antonia Dietrich, drawn by Wolfgang Willrich

Margarethe Antonia Dietrich (also: Antonie Dietrich ), daughter of a civil servant, graduated from the drama school of the kk Hofburgtheater in 1917 . The following year she made her debut in the Neue Komödienhaus ( Vienna-Alsergrund , Nussdorfer Strasse 4), which opened on October 12, 1918 under Georg H. Hoellering (1872-1924 ). Paul Wiecke (1862–1944) finally brought her "on trial" to the Saxon State Theater and had her play Gretchen on May 25, 1919 . Success led to permanent employment; she should take over from Gertrud Tressnitz , who left in 1917 . In October she made her official debut as Dolphins in Hermann Bahr's Das Konzert . By 1921 she had already acquired 30 roles , including Luise ( Kabale und Liebe ) and Hero ( Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen ). She was also booked for two films, one alongside her namesake Marlene Dietrich, who later became world famous .

Antonia Dietrich's grave at the Weißer Hirsch forest cemetery in Dresden.

In 1923 she impersonated Maria Stuart for the first time . The press praised: "[...] we dare to say that Antonia Dietrich's Maria Stuart will hardly find its own match on German theaters." The production was also presented in Helsinki as part of a guest performance. It was included in the domestic repertoire in 1934 and 1944. It was hardly to be assumed that the performance shown could have been surpassed, but on August 11, 1924, the star role of Antonia Dietrich was coined: with her Iphigenia on Tauris , she wrote stage history. In the following years her repertoire grew steadily and included u. a. Penthesilea , Stella , Klärchen (Goethe's Egmont ), Amalia (Schiller's Die Räuber ), Minna von Barnhelm .

At the behest of Hitler , the theater was closed in 1944, and soon after the end of the war it temporarily resumed theater operations in the Tonhalle and has been retained as the “Kleines Haus” to this day. From July 10, 1945, Dietrich slipped into the role of Sittha in Nathan the Wise . This was followed by the character roles of modern classical music, above all Claire Zachanassian in The Visit of the Old Lady . In the meantime she has mastered almost 200 drama texts, which she recited in full or slightly abbreviated at sold out solo evenings, for example in the Dresden community hall .

For the 50th stage anniversary in 1969 she played the wife Jenny Treibel under the direction of Klaus Dieter Kirst . In 1975 she unwantedly said goodbye to the stage with two George Bernard Shaw pieces. On the one hand with Der Teufelsschüler , on the other hand with the Pygmalion- based operetta adaptation My Fair Lady , which is remarkable because her standing in as Mrs. Higgins was simply a service of friendship for Peter Herden .

After illness and an operation, Antonia Dietrich died on August 21, 1975 in a Dresden hospital. Her grave is in the Weißer Hirsch forest cemetery .

Filmography

  • 1920: The golden fleece
  • 1920: The gallant king - Augustus the Strong
  • 1923: So are the men (alternative title: Little Napoleon )

theatre

Awards

literature

  • Friedrich Kummer: Dresden and its theater world , Verlag Heimatwerk Sachsen / v. Baensch Foundation, Dresden, 1938
  • Elka: “Famous names. Unforgotten des Dresdner Schauspiel “, Saxon Latest News , February 22, 1956
  • Ref .: “Contributing to a piece of theater history. Three 'forty-year-olds' were honored ”, Saxon Latest News , August 14, 1959
  • zn: “40 years in Dresden. State theaters honor deserving members for their 40th stage anniversary ”, Die Union , August 15, 1959
  • ena: “In my hand you give the singer's bow, you give me the quiver full of poetry…. Antonia Dietrich as thanks for four and a half decades to Dresdner Bühnen ”, Die Union , July 26, 1964
  • -ig: "From Gretchen to the old lady. For the Dresden actress Antonia Dietrich on her 65th birthday ”, Sächsisches Tageblatt , January 10, 1965
  • Prof. Dr. Karl Laux: “From Gretchen to Claire. Antonia Dietrich has been a member of the Dresden Drama Ensemble for almost 50 years ”, Neues Deutschland (Berlin edition) , August 11, 1966
  • -nz: "Perfected Art of Interpretation", Sächsisches Tageblatt , December 10, 1966
  • -el .: “A great actress. For the 50th time 'Jenny Treibel' with Antonia Dietrich ”, Sächsisches Tageblatt , March 11, 1972
  • ku: “Homage to an artist. For the 75th birthday of Antonia Dietrich on January 8th “, Sächsisches Tageblatt , [?]. January 1975
  • Gottfried Schmiedel: "Antonia Dietrich" [obituary], Sächsisches Tageblatt , August 24, 1975
  • Karl Knietzsch: “Memory of a great actress. On the 10th anniversary of Antonia Dietrich's death ”, Die Union , 22 August 1985
  • IM: "Memory", acting. Design and creation. Journal des Staatsschauspiel Dresden , No. 5, 1989/90
  • State capital Dresden, Office for Press and Public Relations [Red .: Marlies Koch]: Women in Dresden. Documents, stories, portraits , Dresden, 1994
  • Dr. Lothar Ehrlich: “Gretchen, Stella, Julia - a life for the theater. Faces of the Dresden Drama: Memory of Antonia Dietrich ”, Sächsische Zeitung , August 8, 1994
  • Local association Loschwitz-Wachwitz, local association Pillnitz and Elbhangfest eV [ed.], Artists on the Dresden Elbhang , Volume 1, Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden, 1999
  • Lothar Ehrlich: “The intolerant one. On the 100th birthday of Antonia Dietrich ”, Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 8, 2000
  • TP: “For the 100th from Antonia Dietrich. 200 women's roles in world literature ”, Dresdner Latest News , January 8, 2000

Web links

Commons : Antonia Dietrich  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Theater, Art and Literature. Comedy house. In:  Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung , 6 Uhr Blatt , No. 12169/1918, November 11, 1918, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / waz.
  2. ↑ Quoted from ena: "In my hand you give the singer's bow, the quiver full of poetry you give me ... Antonia Dietrich as thanks for four and a half decades at Dresden theaters", Die Union , July 26, 1964.
  3. ↑ The grave of Antonia Dietrich. In: knerger.de. Klaus Nerger, accessed on September 8, 2019 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Around 1907 head of the Austro-Hungarian Musicians' Association founded in 1896 , co-founder of the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra and director of the Tonkünstler Association, later General Secretary of the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft and 1914 initiator of the Lehár Orchestra ; Father of George Hoellering (1897–1980).
personal data
SURNAME Dietrich, Antonia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietrich, Margarethe Antonia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1975
Place of death Dresden