Else Gentner-Fischer
Else Gentner-Fischer (born September 5, 1883 in Frankfurt am Main , † April 26, 1943 in Prien am Chiemsee ) was a German opera singer (soprano).
Life
The daughter of a hairdresser studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and made her debut in Mannheim . In 1906 the Frankfurt artistic director Emil Claar called her together with her first husband, the tenor Karl Gentner (1876–1922), to the Frankfurt Opera , where she stayed throughout her career and became a crowd favorite with her unusually large repertoire of around 130 roles. At first she began with operetta roles, later she switched to the youthful-dramatic field as a soprano . In her later years she took on more and more highly dramatic roles as a mezzo-soprano .
Her prominent roles included Aida , Carmen , Donna Anna , the Marschallin , Santuzza and Tosca . She also delighted audiences in modern operas by Hindemith , Korngold , Schönberg , Schreker and Weill . She declined several calls to other theaters, including in Munich and Vienna .
In 1935 Gentner-Fischer had to resign from the stage because her second husband, the baritone Benno Ziegler , was Jewish. On June 23, 1935, she gave her farewell performance in the role of Isolde . She considered converting to Judaism at times , but allowed herself to be dissuaded by the Frankfurt rabbi Georg Salzberger . Her husband emigrated to England alone while she stayed in Germany.
Else Gentner-Fischer died on April 26, 1943 in Prien am Chiemsee. Her grave is in the Frankfurt main cemetery . It is designated as an honor grave . ´
literature
- Discography Else Gentner-Fischer in: Rainer E. Lotz, Axel Weggen and Oliver Wurl: Discography of German Vocal Recordings, Volume 2 . Bonn: Lotz 1998. ISBN 3-9805808-0-6
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 . (P. 245; picture on p. 246)
- Albert Richard Mohr : The Frankfurt Opera House 1880–1980 . Waldemar Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-7829-0232-7
Web links
- Else Gentner-Fischer Pictures in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
- Website on the grave of Else Gentner-Fischer
- Biography with pictures
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gentner-Fischer, Else |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main , Hesse-Nassau Province , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1943 |
| Place of death | Prien am Chiemsee , Bavaria , German Empire |