Georg Maikl

The tenor Georg Maikl (1903)

Grave of Georg Maikl and his daughter Liselotte Maikl in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Georg Maikl (born April 4, 1872 in Hippach near Zell am Ziller , Tyrol , † August 22, 1951 in Vienna ) was an Austrian opera singer. His voice was a lyric tenor .

Life

Georg Maikl came from a family of singers and studied singing with the tenor Anton Hromada in Stuttgart .

After he was discovered by Pollini in 1899, a ten-year engagement at the Hamburg Opera failed because he died shortly afterwards. Instead Maikl sang that same year at the Mannheim Hofbühne, where he made his debut in the role of Tamino.

Gustav Mahler brought Maikl to Vienna in 1904 to the court opera , where he worked for the rest of his life and played a total of 99 roles until 1942. In addition, he was employed at the Salzburg Mozart Festival from 1906 to 1910 and from 1920 at the Salzburg Festival .

Chamber singer Georg Maikl was buried in a grave of honor in Vienna's central cemetery after his death (group 33A / 5/17). In 1959 Maiklgasse in Vienna- Favoriten was named after him.

His daughter was the soprano Liselotte Maikl (1925-2014).

power

Georg Maikl was primarily a Mozart singer. In addition, he sang almost all parts of the lyrical and performance fields, including the leading roles in La Bohème and La traviata , Don Octavio, Belmonte and Faust. In total, he mastered 99 roles and was seen 3062 times on the Viennese stage. Richard Strauss therefore called him the most dutiful member of the house.

Awards

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 633, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 4 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995

Web links

Commons : Georg Maikl - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Georg Maikl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Georg Maikl's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
Local. Georg Maikl's anniversary celebration. Badener Zeitung, December 28, 1929, p. 4, center right
Georg Maikl Sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("In fernem Land" from Lohengrin )
Klaus Ulrich Spiegel: The phenomenon of persistence - stage assignments without time and subject limits : Georg Maikl, cantore universale on ku-spiegel.de

Individual evidence

↑ Alexander Rausch , Monika Kornberger: Maikl family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
↑ derStandard.at - Chamber singer Liselotte Maikl dies . Article dated December 11, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014.
↑ Local. Chamber singer Georg Maikl. Badener Zeitung, November 30, 1929, p. 2, bottom left [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Maikl, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hippach near Zell am Ziller , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH	August 22, 1951
Place of death	Vienna

[musiklexikon-1] Alexander Rausch , Monika Kornberger: Maikl family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .

[2] derStandard.at - Chamber singer Liselotte Maikl dies . Article dated December 11, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014.

[3] Local. Chamber singer Georg Maikl. Badener Zeitung, November 30, 1929, p. 2, bottom left [1]