Eugenie Erdosy

Eugenie Erdösy ( 1860 in Groß-Kanizsa , Kingdom of Hungary - 9 September 1886 in Berlin , German Empire ) was a Hungarian stage actress and opera and operetta singer ( soprano ).

Life

Erdösy began her career as an operetta singer under Franz Steiner's direction at the Theater an der Wien . You immediately recognized that you were dealing with a most graceful, amiable talent.

She later joined the Association of the Friedrich Wilhelmstädtischer Theater and then became a member of the Wallner Theater in Berlin. There, too, she delighted with her lovely appearance, her ingratiating, well-educated voice and the amiability of her presentation.

It quickly rose to the peak of popularity and gained a notable fortune as a result of glamorous guest performances and high fees for the time, increased by the possession of inherited money.

Slander of all kinds embittered her existence and when she was betrayed in the most disgraceful way, she gave herself up on September 9, 1886 in order to punish infamous slander and to show the purity of her honor , death. Attempts were still made to save her, but she died in the Charité .

The reason for her suicide was that her fiancé questioned her virginity. In her will, she demanded an autopsy to determine her virginity, which was also done.

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 235, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). (with wrong year of death 1896 )

Web links

Eugenie Erdösy at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Deutscher Bühnen-Almanach 1887. p. 227.
^ Eva Rieger: Woman and Music: Reports, diary entries and letters from women who made music in the 19th and 20th centuries. Furore Verlag, Kassel, 1990, ISBN 978-3-927327-00-9 , p. 30.

personal data
SURNAME	Erdosy, Eugenie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian theater actress and opera and operetta singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greater Kanizsa , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 1886
Place of death	Berlin , German Empire

[A-1] Deutscher Bühnen-Almanach 1887. p. 227.

[2] Eva Rieger: Woman and Music: Reports, diary entries and letters from women who made music in the 19th and 20th centuries. Furore Verlag, Kassel, 1990, ISBN 978-3-927327-00-9 , p. 30.