Caroline Fischer-Eighth

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Caroline Fischer-Acht , also Karoline , (born on January 29, 1806 in Vienna ; died on September 13, 1896 in Friedensheim near Graz ) was an Austrian soprano singer .

Life

Caroline Fischer-Eighth as Constanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio

Fischer-Eighth was a daughter of the captain of the army directorate, Anton Eighth. Because of his ministry, the family had to move frequently. The mother Judith came from a well-educated family. During the years 1823 to 1827 she received her first singing and music lessons from the school director Plöck and his assistant Beinbofer in Stockerau near Vienna, where her father was stationed at the time.

She first attracted attention as a soloist in the church choir in Stockerau, so that the Firlinger family, wealthy art lovers, had her trained for the stage in Vienna by the Italian opera singer Giuseppe Ciccimarra (1790–1836) and the Viennese tenor Joseph August Röckel . She was also taught by Aloisia Lange , a sister-in-law of Mozart . She had her first big appearance on December 9, 1827 as "Rosa" in the play The Blind Harper . This led to an engagement at the Vienna Court Opera . She worked here for around 5 years. In 1830 she married the bass singer Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer (1805–1871). On a trip through Hungary and Germany she celebrated further successes and got a job in Frankfurt am Main in 1832. In 1836 she moved to Braunschweig , where she had a long-term engagement at the court theater. She played her first role there on July 27, 1836 as "Alice" in the opera Robert the Devil , in which her husband played the role of "Bertram". Fischer-Achtens repertoire included the coloratura subject and the role as a dramatic singer. She was characterized by the powerful and soft timbre of her voice, but also by "the naturalness and grace of her playing and the beauty of her appearance". She was known nationwide and was praised in Austrian newspapers as "the greatest Mozart singer". She ended her career as a dedicated opera singer at the Braunschweig Theater, just as she had started there on May 23, 1851 with the role of "Alice".

Her last public appearance was in Braunschweig on April 23, 1853 as "Susanne" in Figaro's wedding . The couple moved back to Graz, where they owned a country house that they had bought with their savings. After the death of her husband on April 10, 1871, she sold the property and lived with her eldest son, the tenor singer Louis Fischer-Eighth, who had worked in Stockholm and died in 1890. She herself died after a serious illness on September 13, 1896.

family

From the marriage with the opera singer Friedrich [Wilhelm] Fischer three sons emerged who were also singers:

  • Louis (or Ludwig) Fischer-Eighth (1837–1890 / 1891), worked as a tenor in Stockholm, among other places
  • Emil Fischer , who was engaged as bass-baritone at the Metropolitan Opera New York , among others
  • Karl Fischer (1840-1883; bass baritone)

She had a brother, the painter Joseph Acht (1822–1867), whom she supported financially in his education. This later followed the call as professor at the academy in Graz.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus : Fischer-Eighth, Caroline . In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. tape 3 : Einstein-Görner . KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094655-6 , p. 361 ( books.google.de - reading sample).
  2. ^ Paul Zimmermann : Fischer-Eighth, Caroline . In: Anton Bettelheim (Ed.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog 1896 . tape 1 . Georg Reimer, Berlin 1897, p. 403–404 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Uwe Harten : Fischer (Fischer-Eighth), married couple. 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 .
  4. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Large singer lexicon . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 ( books.google.de - reading sample).
personal data
SURNAME Fischer-Eighth, Caroline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eighth, Caroline (maiden name); Fischer-Eighth, Karoline; Fischer-Eighth, Karolina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soprano singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1896
Place of death Friedensheim near Graz