Eugenie Pappenheim
Eugenie Pappenheim (born between 1842 and 1849 in Vienna ; died June 1924 in Los Angeles ) was an Austrian - American opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Pappenheim made his debut in Linz in 1866 as "Valentine" in Die Huguenots . Further engagements at German and Austrian opera houses followed; in particular guest performances in Hamburg in 1874 .
In 1875 Pappenheim emigrated to America as a member of Theodor Wachtel's Wachtel Opera Company . In 1876 she appeared as "Senta" in the American premiere of The Flying Dutchman in Philadelphia . In 1877 she founded her own opera company with other musicians, with whom she toured the United States. This Adams-Pappenheim Opera Company was named after the tenor Carl Adams . In guest appearances she also appeared again in Europe, including in Berlin. After finishing her stage career, she worked as a singing teacher in New York and Los Angeles.
In the USA she married the businessman Rudolf Ballin (1860–1922), who came from Hamburg and who immigrated there in 1880. He died two years before her. In her will, Eugenie Ballin bequeathed US $ 10,000 each to the cities of Hamburg and Vienna, with which she felt particularly connected; on the condition that the money goes to poor Hamburg children. Accordingly, the city of Hamburg set up the Rudolf Ballin Foundation in 1925, which, eighty years later, operated twelve day-care centers in 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Köhler-Lutterbeck; Monika Siedentopf: Lexicon of 1000 women, Bonn 2000, p. 273 ISBN 3-8012-0276-3
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt : Wife founded the Ballin Foundation , article from January 8, 2005
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| SURNAME | Pappenheim, Eugenie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ballin, Eugenie (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1842 and 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1924 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |