Johanna Loisinger
Johanna Maria Louise Loisinger , married Countess von Hartenau (born April 18, 1865 in Preßburg , † July 20, 1951 in Vienna ) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ) and piano virtuoso .
Life
Johanna was born as the only daughter of the conductor Johann Loisinger and his wife Maria Mayr on April 18, 1865 in Preßburg, now Bratislava ( Slovakia ). After her training as a soprano , Johanna was a singer in Prague , Troppau , Linz and most recently at the court theater in Darmstadt . She was a well-known Mozart singer of her time.
On February 6, 1889, in Menton , she married the former Prince of Bulgaria , Alexander Joseph von Battenberg , the second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Julia Hauke . After the marriage, the couple took the name of a Count or Countess von Hartenau and withdrew from the public. Alexander joined the Austro-Hungarian Army and lived with his family in Graz . The marriage had two children:
- Assèn (Ludwig Alexander) Count of Hartenau (1890–1965)
- Zwetana (Marie Therese Vera) Countess von Hartenau, married (Mrs. Charles H.) Boissevain from December 29, 1924 (* 1893; † November 24, 1935 impoverished, individual record missing in Oberstdorf )
After the early death of her husband in 1893, she moved to Vienna with her children . By the Bulgarian state of the family were 50,000 leva granted annual pension. There she campaigned for the promotion of Viennese musical life and was involved in the building of the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg . Among other things, she was chairwoman of the Vienna Mozart Congregation, the Vienna Concert Association and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra .
She is buried in the St. Leonhard Cemetery in Graz .
Alexander Graf von Hartenau 1893
Johanna Loisinger with her children: Assen Ludwig Alexander, Count von Hartenau and Zwetana Maria Theresa von Hartenau
Villa Hartenau in Graz- Geidorf : residence 1889–1893
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Web links
- Photo from 1927 in the Austrian picture archive
- Hartenau, Johanna Maria Louise Countess of. Hessian biography. (As of July 20, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loisinger, Johanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loisinger, Johanna Maria Louise (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (soprano) and piano virtuoso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pressburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1951 |
| Place of death | Vienna |