Dagmar Koller

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Dagmar Koller (2016)

Dagmar Koller (born August 26, 1939 in Klagenfurt , Carinthia ) is an Austrian singer , dancer and actress .

Life

Dagmar Koller attended ballet school at the age of six. She later studied at the Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Arts . She began her career at the Vienna Volksoper and became known beyond Austria's borders. From July to November 1964 she toured the USA and Canada with a Viennese production company with Wiener Blut . She celebrated success in Franz Lehár's operetta The Land of Smiles (1964 in Berlin) . She later appeared in numerous musicals such as My Fair Lady , West Side Story and Sweet Charity .

The German-language premiere of Der Mann von La Mancha , in the version by Robert Gilbert, took place on January 4, 1968 in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna with the actors of the Burgtheater , Josef Meinrad in the title role and Blanche Aubry as Aldonza. Dagmar Koller subsequently successfully took over the role of Aldonza. Other stage partners of Dagmar Koller were Elizabeth Taylor , René Kollo and Udo Jürgens . She also appeared in the television series Ringstrasse Palace .

In 1979 the GDR television produced her Komm in den Sanssouci park - Dagmar Koller sings Robert Stolz , the tracks were arranged by Günther Fischer , this production was sold in over 80 countries.

She began her television career with the operetta Queen of One Night . Koller also moderated numerous television programs on ORF , such as Hello, how are you? . In this program, she chatted with audience favorites and celebrities and showed excerpts from the lives of the stars. Numerous tours through the USA , Japan and Europe (including ten Germany tours) consolidated her fame.

Dagmar Koller was married to Helmut Zilk from 1978 until his death in 2008 , Vienna's mayor from 1984 to 1994.

In the Austrian version of Shrek 2 she dubbed Jennifer Saunders in the role of the good fairy.

Koller was the editor of the monthly magazine Enjoy Vienna / Willkommen in Wien , part of the Press and Information Service of the City of Vienna in the City Hall , which was discontinued at the end of 2015.

The illustrated book Golden Times was published in 2018 .

She lives in the 1st district of Vienna and in Albufeira ( Portugal ).

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Publications

  • 2019: stay tuned! How to stay on the red carpet - or roll down elegantly , recorded by Michaela Ernst, Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99050-083-5

Web links

Commons : Dagmar Koller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Airport magazine "Enjoy" is discontinued. In: derStandard.at. December 16, 2015, accessed December 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Dagmar Koller is currently thrilling with the illustrated book "Goldene Zeiten"! July 21, 2019, accessed July 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Dagmar Koller: Life as an operetta. August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Operetta legend Dagmar Koller loves the Algarve • Algarve for explorers. July 11, 2019, accessed on September 19, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Dagmar Koller receives Grand Decoration of Honor on ORF April 29, 2015, accessed on April 29, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Koller, Dagmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer, dancer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt , Carinthia , Austria