Erika Falgar

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Erika Falgar (* 1909 or 1910; † June 30, 1933 ) worked as an operetta singer and actress in Berlin .

Life

Illustrated newspapers reported in December 1932 that the Berlin theater directors Alfred and Fritz Rotter had accidentally discovered Falgar in a place on a trip near Basel when they heard her singing through an open window and initially mistook the voice for a record recording by Maria Jeritza . The Rotter brothers engaged the singer, who then appeared as a replacement for Gitta Alpár in the lead roles of several operetta productions at major Berlin theaters. However, the Rotter theaters went bankrupt in January 1933 . Falgar then performed in the Dayelma Ballet at La Scala . On May 18, 1933, she had her premiere in the Theater am Nollendorfplatz as Princess Marie-Luise, the main female character in the operetta Black Hussars by Walter W. Goetze . The "beautiful, charming and gracefully singing" Erika Falgar was highlighted by the press.

Her only work as a film actress in 1933 was the role of the unfaithful wife alongside Paul Hörbiger and Heinz Rühmann in the mistaken comedy Heimkehr ins Glück . Erika Falgar died before the premiere, according to the Berliner Morgenpost, after a long illness at the age of 23.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Erika Falgar † In: Berliner Morgenpost, No. 156, July 1, 1933, first supplement ( digitized with photo).
  2. ↑ Review of the Month, Volume 7, No. 2, December 1932, p. 175 ( digitized with photo).
  3. ^ Neue IZ Illustrierte Zeitung, December 15, 1932 (No. 51), 8th year, cover picture: A new singer - Erika Falgar .
  4. ↑ "Black Hussars". In: Vossische Zeitung, Friday, May 19, 1933, morning edition, p. 2 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ "Black Hussars". In: Berliner Morgenpost, Friday, May 19, 1933 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Falgar, Erika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Operetta singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1909 or 1910
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1933