Babette Gundy
Babette Gundy , nee Babette Reuter , also Betti Reuther and Betty Gundy , ( 1824 in Nuremberg - 8 December 1868 in Pest ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Gundy, the daughter of a first violinist in the orchestra of the Nürnberg Bühne, who later became a member of the court orchestra in Karlsruhe, made her debut in 1841 as "Gabriele" in the night camp in Nürnberg and received singing lessons from Sabine Heinefetter . Before she complied with an application to Frankfurt in 1844, she completed her artistic training with Giovanni Gentiluomo in Vienna . In 1845 she married the opera singer Georg Gundy . From Frankfurt she came to the Hoftheater in Mannheim in 1846 , where she was primarily an artist until 1849. Then she made guest appearances in Paris and London with unprecedented success , as well as in 1855 and 1856 under the Witteschen direction in Pest and later at the court theaters in Munich and Vienna.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Gundy, Betty . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 33 ( digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, pp. 368-369 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Babette Gundy in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Babette Gundy at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gundy, Babette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuter, Babette (maiden name); Reuther, Betti; Gundy, Betty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1868 |
| Place of death | pest |