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Hermine Kittel , married Hermine Haydter , ( December 2, 1879 in Vienna - April 7, 1948 there ) was an Austrian theater actress , opera singer ( alto ) and vocal teacher .
Life
Kittel began her stage career in Laibach in 1897 as an actress. It was here that her voice was discovered during a performance of Karl Millöcker's operetta The Seven Swabians . Shortly afterwards she was engaged as a singer at Theater Graz . Amalie Materna took on her vocal training in Vienna. She then worked at the Graz Theater from 1899 to 1900, before going to the Vienna Court Opera in the last year mentioned (later: Vienna State Opera), where she stayed until the end of her career in 1931. Then she worked as a singing teacher.
In 1936 she played “Countess Palmatica” on the stage of the Vienna State Opera in the begging student of Millöcker. In the period from September 22, 1901 to June 30, 1936, the Vienna State Opera recorded 1,482 performances. She was best known for her Wagner roles, for example she was seen and heard as Brangäne in the new production of Tristan and Isolde under the direction of Gustav Mahler . In 1902 and 1908 she also took part in the Bayreuth Festival , in 1922 she took part in one of the first opera performances at the Salzburg Festival ( Le nozze di Figaro ).
She was married to Alexander Haydter , also an opera singer. Her brother was the conductor Karl Kittel .
Filmography
- 1941: Riots in the women's monastery
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 509, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Andrea Harrandt: Kittel (married Haydter), Hermine. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Web links
- Hermine Kittel in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Hermine Kittel at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Hermine Kittel's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
- Herminephoto Kittel at Discogs (English)
- Hermine Kittel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hermine Kittel and Elise Elizza sing the barcarole from Hoffmann's stories
- Hermine Kittel Sound recording from the archives of the Austrian Media Library : (“But the gun lot is cruel” from Aida (opera) with Elise Elizza )
- Klaus Ulrich Spiegel: The comprehensive female voice. Hermine Kittel - a miracle of vocal span on ku-spiegel.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermine Kittel in the directory of the Vienna State Opera
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smock, Hermione |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haydter, Hermione |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actress, opera singer (alto) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1948 |
| Place of death | Vienna |