Elisabeth Denkhausen
Elisabeth Denkhausen ( December 17, 1847 in Lübeck - December 5, 1904 in Darmstadt ) was a German singer ( mezzo-soprano ) and stage actress .
Life
Her parents, Ludwig and Johanna Denkhausen, were deserving members of the Meininger Hofbühne. She began her stage career as a soubrette in Halle, then came to Rostock, Stettin, Lobetheater in Breslau and Bremen, from there to Oldenburg, where she switched to the comic old man, then to the Residenztheater in Hanover, Nuremberg and Düsseldorf, and entered in 1895 the association of the Darmstädter Hofbühne. Denkhausen is a very useful actress and is equally successful in comedy, farce and operetta. She developed a lot of humor and her originality, accuracy and natural truth were unanimously recognized. This artist was one of the most reliable pillars of the Darmstädter Hofbühne.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 183, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Elisabeth Denkhausen in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Elisabeth Denkhausen at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
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| SURNAME | Denkhausen, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer (mezzo-soprano) and stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1904 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |