Antonie Christiany
Antonie Christiany , née Antonie Wunsch (* 1812 in Hanover ; † around 1865 ) was a German theater actress , opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Barely 16 years old, she, prepared by Franz Ignaz von Holbein and Heinrich Marschner , was initially engaged in Hanover for choir and small vocal parts.
From 1829 to 1831 she was a soubrette and an actress at the court theater in Braunschweig, and from there she came to Dessau.
The company of this theater made several guest tours. On one of these she met the ducal lieutenant Christiany in Altenburg, whom she married in Altona in 1834.
In 1835 she worked at the Hoftheater of Kassel, from 1836 to 1838 at the City Theater of Hamburg, from 1838 to 1839 at the Lemberg Opera House and at the Theater an der Wien, from 1840 to 1841 at the City Theater of Würzburg and from 1841 to 1842 as a guest at the City Theater of Chemnitz.
She also made guest appearances in Amsterdam (1839), Copenhagen and Helsinki.
Her major stage roles for the opera were “Zerline” in Don Giovanni , “Ännchen” in Freischütz , “Jenny” in La dame blanche by François-Adrien Boieldieu , and “Madeleine” in Adam's Postillon de Lonjumeau .
She is said to have died suddenly in the 1860s.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 156, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Antonie Christiany in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Antonie Christiany at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christiany, Antonie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wish, Antonie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actress, opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1865 |