Clara Weber
Clara Weber , also Klara Weber ( June 24, 1865 in Munich - December 17, 1919 in Frankfurt / Main ) was a German opera singer ( mezzo-soprano , alto ).
Life
Weber, the daughter of a businessman, took singing lessons from Emilie Kaulla and the royal music director Josef Stich in Munich. She found her first major engagement in Regensburg, then she was hired at the Dresden Court Theater and in 1887 at the City Theater in Frankfurt, where she made her debut on August 7th as "Amneris".
Weber sang with fire and nobility, and although this excellent contralto could easily manage to use her means to draw the audience's attention to herself, as a real artist she preferred to impose elegant restrictions on herself and to fit in with the ensemble in style to insert. The success is therefore no less. Weber had a beautiful alto voice, which is equally developed in all registers, and outstanding musical talent. She also used her splendid vocal instruments in the service of songs and was no less praised as a song singer than as a stage artist. Weber, who was also invited to the festival performances of the Wagner clubs in Amsterdam (“Waltraute” and “Walküre”), is also one of her popular, artistically balanced performances: “Fides”, “Ortrud”, “Abriano”, “Azucena”, “ Queen "in Hans Heiling ," Fricka "etc.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Clara Weber . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 1096 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Web links
- Clara Weber in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Clara Weber at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weber, Clara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Klara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (mezzo-soprano, alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1919 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt / Main |