Katharina Abel

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Katharina Abel in "Viennese Waltz"

Katharina Abel , married Countess Orssich von Slavetich , (born February 22, 1856 in Vienna , † March 6, 1904 in Baden near Vienna ) was a solo dancer at the Vienna Court Opera .

Life

At the age of twelve she was accepted as a ballet student at the Kärntnertortheater , where she was instructed in the art of classical dance by the ballet master Johanna Telle. In 1871 she became a member of the Court Opera. The young artist was one of the loveliest and most graceful ballerinas of her time. She especially shone in pantomime roles. In her first solo role on October 4, 1879 in the ballet "Dyellah or the journey to India", she acted as the Amazon guide so convincingly that after this performance she was appointed as a court opera solo dancer. Under director Carlteile she was one of the most popular forces in this theater. The stage works in which the artist played a leading role as a ballerina include the ballet " Coppélia ", the operas "Die Schöne Melusine" by Louis Schindelmeisser and " Die Stumme von Portici " (in which Abel embodied Fenella), as well as the divertissements “Viennese Waltz”, “ The Puppet Fairy ”, “Sun and Earth”, “Fantasca”, “Fata Morgana” and “The Stick in Iron” (based on an old Viennese legend, by Pasquale Borri). During the performance of the dance piece “Giselle”, Abel fell from a height of three meters on the stage floor from a height of three meters due to a failure of the suspension of a movable rose bush attached above the scene, where she sustained a foot injury that brought her solo career to an abrupt end. For a while she was able to win over the audience as an actress of pantomime roles.

On July 14, 1890, Abel married Count Georg Ors (s) I von Slatevich, who was 10 years his junior and who at the time of the marriage neither had a significant fortune nor was pursuing a job. The wedding took place in close proximity to the family and in camera. The bride wore a simple street toilet, her face was covered with a veil. In 1892 the once famous prima ballerina of the court opera ended her stage career and from then on lived on her husband's estate in Theresienfeld . Two years before her death, she moved into an apartment in the Mercedeshof (see: Emil Jellinek ) in Baden near Vienna . In November 1903, after two operations, she was discharged from Rath's hospital as cured. After another operation at the beginning of 1904, she succumbed to cancer just weeks later. The artist's sickness was attributed to “too tight lacing of the waist during her dance time”.

The marriage with Count Orssich remained childless. The body was transferred to Varasdin , where it was buried in the family's hereditary crypt.

Varia

Katharina Abel was the mother of one daughter. The father of the child, who was born in Wieden on January 17, 1876, is unknown. One year after her mother's marriage, Maria married Count Hunyadi's estate inspector, Lajos von Fautz, to whom she bore three children. Maria led an inheritance lawsuit against her stepfather aimed at regaining part of the deceased mother's property. Her great-grandchild was * Ernst Bregant (1920–2016), a son of her eldest granddaughter * Katalin Bregant (1893–1991).

literature

Web links

Commons : Katharina Abel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For the work of Johanna Telle see Neue Freie Presse June 16, 1889, p. 5
  2. ↑ Ilustrierte Sport Zeitung 6 June 1880, page 15
  3. ↑ On the content of Dyellah: [1]
  4. ↑ Moravian Daily Gazette July 15, 1890, p. 6
  5. ^ New Vienna Journal. 7 March 1904 p. 4
  6. ↑ Family tree profile of Katharina and Maria Abel at Gen.com
  7. ↑ An inheritance process in the Viennese aristocracy. Salzburger Volksblatt December 30, 1910, pp. 4 and 5 [2]
personal data
SURNAME Abel, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katharina, Countess Orssic von Slavetich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ballerina
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1904
Place of death Baden near Vienna