Klara Stöckl-Heinefetter

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Klara Maria Stöckl-Heinefetter , also Clara Stöckl-Heinefetter ( February 17, 1816 in Mainz - February 24, 1857 in Vienna ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Klara Heinefetter was born into a poor Jewish family and was one of the five Heinefetter sisters, all of whom were able to develop a career on stage. At first she was trained musically and vocally by her older sister Sabine . In 1829 she accompanied her sister Sabine to Paris, where the prima donna Maria Malibran became aware of her and taught her singing. In 1831 Klara came to Vienna with her sister and made her debut on January 16, 1832 as Agathe in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber at the Theater am Kärntnertor . She then got an engagement there for three years and was used in smaller games .

After further vocal training with Giuseppe Ciccimarra in Vienna, she sang the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Romeo in I Capuleti ei Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini , the pages in Jean de Paris by François-Adrien Boieldieu , and Countess Reuberholm in Le Bal masqué by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber , the Camille in Zampa by Ferdinand Hérold , the Irma in Le Maçon by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, the Queen in Le Pré aux Clercs by Ferdinand Hérold and other great games.

In 1834 she made a guest appearance tournee to Munich, Berlin, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Dresden. From 1836 to 1839 she was engaged again at the Vienna Court Opera . On June 27, 1837, she married the dancer and mimic Franz Xaver Stöckl in Budapest and since then has been called "Stöckl-Heinefetter". When she traveled to Vienna with her sister in October 1843, she received an engagement at the Theater am Kärntnertor for four and a half years. In the period 1845–1847 she was again a permanent member of the Vienna Court Opera.

In 1840 she sang the role of Agathe in Der Freischütz and Jessonda by Louis Spohr as a guest at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and St. James Theater in London , in Vienna in 1841 the title character in Jessonda by Louis Spohr and in 1842 Valentine in Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer . She made guest appearances at the German Theater Pest in 1837, 1839 and 1844 , at the German Theaters in Prague and Brno in 1839, at the Lemberg Opera House in 1843 and at the Graz Theater in 1844.

When her husband was appointed director of Theater Linz in 1849 , she moved to Linz. After the birth of a child, she lost her voice in 1850 and had to give up the stage. A progressive nervous disease broke out and in 1855 she was admitted to the insane asylum in Döbling near Vienna. She died on February 24, 1857 in the General Hospital of the City of Vienna .

In memory

In April 2016 the square in front of the Mainz State Theater was renamed "Geschwister-Heinefetter-Platz".

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  1. ↑ Tag News 1857.02.26
  2. ↑ City pays tribute to the Mainz family of singers and artists.
personal data
SURNAME Stöckl-Heinefetter, Klara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stöckl-Heinefetter, Klara Maria (full name); Stoeckl-Heinefetter, Clara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1857
Place of death Vienna