Eva Eschenbach
Eva Carola Eschenbach-Dreyer (born June 20, 1908 in Cologne ; † December 13, 1990 ) was a German opera singer specializing in the lyrical soprano and an actress whose artistic focus was on the stage.
Life
Eva Eschenbach completed her vocal studies at the Academy for Church and School Music in her hometown. She made her stage debut as "Margiana" in Gioachino Rossini's Barber of Seville in 1935 in Racibórz. Engagements followed in Berlin, at the State Theater Oldenburg , in Kattowitz, Halle as well as at the Theater Central Bonn and the Theater der Jugend Bonn. As an opera singer she sang in the dramatic coloratura subject. She interpreted the "Desdemona" in Othello in 1935 in Ratibor, the "Raisin" in the Barber of Seville in 1936 in Berlin, the "Marie" in Bedřich Smetana's sold bride in 1937 in Oldenburg, the "Agathe" in Carl Maria von Weber's Freischütz1938 in Oldenburg, the “Queen of the Night” in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Little Magic Flute in 1942 in Bonn and the “Lenore” in Giuseppe Verdi's troubadour in 1943 in Bonn.
In the 1950s, Eschenbach appeared as the soprano at numerous concerts by the Bonn Bach community .
It was not until 1971 that Eschenbach also took on acting roles in stage, film and television productions. In the theater she played the mother in Albert Camus ' Misunderstanding , the "Winnie" in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days and the mother in Mueller's Silent Night . In the cinema she was seen in Vojtěch Jasný's film adaptation of Heinrich Böll's Views of a Clown .
In addition, Eva Eschenbach worked from 1928 on various radio programs for the Berlin broadcaster, the Königsberg and Breslau broadcasters and, between 1947 and 1949, with the Südwestfunk Baden-Baden.
Filmography
- 1975: Views of a clown
- 1978: The institution
literature
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 155.
Web links
- Eva Eschenbach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul S. Ulrich: Theater, Tanz und Musik im Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch: A reference to the sources of biographical entries, images and articles from the theater, dance and music field that appeared from 1836 to 1984 in the German Theater Yearbook, its predecessors or some other German theater yearbooks are , Berlin Verlag 1985, p. 340.
- ↑ Concert list of the Bonn Bach Association / from 2012 Bach Choir Bonn. (PDF; 1.0 MB) Accessed February 24, 2013.
- ↑ Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch , 87th year, season 1978/79, p. 693.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eschenbach, Eva |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eschenbach-Dreyer, Eva Carola (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer and stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1990 |