Antonie bat

Portrait of Antonie Schläger ( attributed to Ernst Klimt )

Antonie Schläger (born May 4, 1859 in Simmering ; † August 29, 1910 in Türnitz- Steinbachrotte), also: Toni Schläger , actually: Antonie Lautenschläger , was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano and mezzo-soprano ).

Life

Schläger grew up as the daughter of a Greißler couple in poor circumstances and was initially a worker in a type foundry. In 1877 she became a chorister at the Carltheater . Since the conductor and operetta composer Johann Brandl (1835–1913) noticed her voice, she received free singing lessons from him. On October 29, 1879, she made her debut at the Carltheater in Charles Lecocq's operetta Hundred Virgins . From the operetta she arrived at the Opera, where she in 1882 as Valentine in the opera The Huguenots of Giacomo Meyerbeer at the Vienna Court Opera made its debut. She was a member of the ensemble from 1883 to 1896, where she sang the leading roles Leonore ( Fidelio ), Aida , Desdemona ( Otello ), Santuzza ( Cavalleria rusticana ) and Brünnhilde ( Ring des Nibelungen ). Her focus was on the works of Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner . In total, her repertoire comprised 42 operas. With K. u. k. Resolution of December 26, 1896, she was appointed chamber singer .

Antonie Schläger, who had risen to prima donna during her 14-year engagement at the kk Hofoper , gave her farewell performance on December 30, 1896. The early end of his career at the Court Opera Theater had already begun in April 1892, when Schläger uttered an expression of displeasure as a result of a spontaneous and unexpected move or dismissal, which Hofkapellmeister Hans Richter (1843-1916) persistently took against her and turned into one progressive deterioration in the employment relationship. The disgraced was also criticized on the part of the stage for her increasing corpulence, which allegedly opposed the change in performance that was taking place in the opera.

From August 8, 1894, Antonie Schläger was married to the well-known equestrian officer from the kuk dragoon regiment "Kaiser Franz I." No. 1, Victor Ritter von Theumer , who was temporarily assigned to the Military Riding Instructor Institute . From 1893 to 1901 she owned a villa in Mauer (near Vienna) , Hauptstrasse 1, in which she lived all year round from the time she got married. In her home town of Simmering she worked as a benefactress for the poor, for whose benefit she also gave concerts. In 1910 she died on her Gstettenhof estate, which was run as a restoration, in the village of the same name in the cadastral community of Steinbachrotte near Türnitz (today: Mariazellerstraße 71 and 71 a, Türnitz). She was buried in the Türnitz local cemetery. On the house where she was born (which was demolished in 1957) at Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 95, the so-called Fink House , there was a plaque in her honor, which is now kept in the Simmering District Museum. In 1933 Schlägergasse in Vienna- Hietzing and in 1954 Lautenschlägergasse in Vienna- Simmering were named after her.

literature

Antonie bat . Tagblattarchiv (press reviews). Two sheets. Vienna 1935, OBV .
C (lemens) Höslinger : Bat Antonie (Toni). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 166.
Felix Czeike : Racket (...) . In: Historisches Lexikon Wien. In six volumes . Volume 5: Ru-Z . Kremayr & Scheriau / Orac, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00749-6 . P. 92 f.
Clemens Höslinger: Vienna's first Desdemona and Santuzza. Antonie Schläger (1859–1910) on the centenary of death . In: Michael Jahn (Hrsg.), Klaus Petermayr (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the RISM Austria . Series A, Volume 14. Verlag Der Apfel, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85450-554-9 , OBV , pp. 237–244.
Johann Werfring: singer from Simmering . In Wiener Zeitung , April 9, 2015, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.

Web links

Commons : Antonie Schläger - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Daily news. (...) About Antonie Schläger (...). In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , Morgenblatt. No. 2/1897 (Volume IX), January 2, 1897, p. 2, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / aze.

Individual evidence

^ Official part. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 2/1897, January 3, 1897, p. 1, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
↑ From the city and surroundings. (...) Concert racket. In: Znaimer Wochenblatt , No. 1/1897 (XLVIII. Year), January 2, 1897, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / zwb.
↑ Why Mrs. Schläger dropped out of the opera. In: Neues Wiener Journal , No. 6054/1910 (18th volume), August 31, 1910, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj.
↑ From near and far. (...) The Viennese court opera singer Toni Schläger - married. In: Znaimer Wochenblatt , No. 65/1894 (XLV. Year), August 15, 1894, p. 6, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / zwb.
↑ 4th part: Municipalities - Lower Austria - 502. Türnitz . In: Austrian official calendar online . Jusline (Verlag Österreich), Vienna 2002–, ZDB -ID 2126440-5 .

personal data
SURNAME	Thug, Antonie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lautenschläger, Antonie (real name); Schläger, Toni (pseudonym); Theumer, Antonie von (later name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian opera singer (soprano and mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	May 4, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Simmering
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1910
Place of death	Türnitz

[1] Official part. In: Wiener Zeitung , No. 2/1897, January 3, 1897, p. 1, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.

[2] From the city and surroundings. (...) Concert racket. In: Znaimer Wochenblatt , No. 1/1897 (XLVIII. Year), January 2, 1897, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / zwb.

[3] Why Mrs. Schläger dropped out of the opera. In: Neues Wiener Journal , No. 6054/1910 (18th volume), August 31, 1910, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj.

[4] From near and far. (...) The Viennese court opera singer Toni Schläger - married. In: Znaimer Wochenblatt , No. 65/1894 (XLV. Year), August 15, 1894, p. 6, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / zwb.

[5] 4th part: Municipalities - Lower Austria - 502. Türnitz . In: Austrian official calendar online . Jusline (Verlag Österreich), Vienna 2002–, ZDB -ID 2126440-5 .