Henriette Carl

Henriette Carl

Henriette Bertha Carl (born June 12, 1805 in Berlin , † March 18, 1890 in Vienna ) was a German opera singer with a soprano voice .

Life

According to Adolf Bernhard Marx, Henriette Bertha Carl grew up in Berlin's Friedrichs-Stift, an orphanage for soldiers' children. It was there that her talent was discovered. The royal choir director Leidel gave her first singing lessons.

Henriette Carl received her further singing training from opera singer Amalie Schulz . At the age of 21 she made her debut at the Berlin Court Opera in 1826 in the role of Pamina ( The Magic Flute ).

Despite her initial success, Henriette Carl continued to take lessons and therefore went on a study trip to Italy. From 1830 she was engaged successively at the opera houses in Turin , Rome , Bologna and Milan ( Scala ). From Milan she went to Madrid for over a year at the Teatro Real .

From the spring of 1832 she was on tour for almost four years through Great Britain, Holland, Belgium and Russia. At the beginning of 1836 Henriette Carl was committed to the royal court theater in Stuttgart . At the beginning of 1840 she started again on extensive tours, during which mainly concert singing and fewer and fewer theater performances were presented. But she was also able to record greater success here; u. a. in the concert halls of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and those of Southeast Europe; In 1843 she had some very successful appearances in Constantinople .

Henriette Carl withdrew into private life around 1855 and settled in Vienna. There she died at the age of 84.

literature

• Adolf Bernhard Marx (ed.): A Berlin singer in Italy. (From a letter). In: Berliner Allgemeine Musikische Zeitung , vol. 7, p. 200. Verlag Schlesingersche Buch- und Musikhandlung, Berlin 1830.
• Helena Matheopoulos: Diva. Lives and roles of great opera singers . M - & - T-Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-7265-6033-5 .