Lina Mayr
Lina Mayr , also Lina Mayer , (born June 21, 1848 in Vienna , † December 15, 1914 in Kötzschenbroda ; birth name Caroline Aloysia Schimper , called Mayr ) was an Austrian-German operetta singer ( soprano ) and stage actress .
Life
Mayr made her debut as a soubrette in Linz in 1861 , then she appeared on various other stages in Austria, before appearing at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtische Theater in Berlin from the 1870s . She became particularly well-known for her soprano roles in operettas by Jacques Offenbach : as the farmer Boulotte in Bluebeard , as Helena in The Beautiful Helena or as the glove maker Gabrielle in Paris , in which role she was seen more than 300 times in Berlin.
In addition, she later went on extensive guest tours through major German cities, which she supplemented with successful events in North America ( Giroflé-Girofla ), but also in St. Petersburg. Because of her “virtuoso performances”, critics described her as “… a talent reminiscent of [Marie] Geistinger , richly blessed with good fortune”.
Mayr resigned from the stage relatively early when she joined the Dresden wine merchant Johann Wilhelm Theod. Bötger († January 6, 1889 in Dresden) married. Since then she has been called Lina Bötger . Later Bötger moved to Kötzschenbroda in Louisenstrasse 2 (today Flemmingstrasse 2). Bötger left no children.
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . CD-ROM version (= 3rd expanded edition (1997–2000)), Vol. 3, p. 2285.
- Julius Stettenheim: Cheerful memories . S. Fischer, Berlin 1896, Chapter 11 ( E-Text )
Web links
- Lina Mayr. Pictures in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c According to the civil status information from the Radebeul City Archives (including the address book from 1913 and Kötzschenbroda death register no. 195/1914) from July 24th and 25th, 2012.
- ↑ The Great Singer Lexicon states differently (* 1844 (?) In Vienna ; † December 27, 1914 in Kötzschenbroda )
- ^ Andreas Keller: The German Theater and the Development of German Society in St. Petersburg in the 18th and 19th Centuries . Master thesis. GRIN-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 9783638101622 , p. 105 ( Google Books )
- ^ Karl J. Kutsch; Leo Riemens: Large song dictionary. CD-ROM version (= 3rd expanded edition (1997–2000)), Vol. 3, p. 2285.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayr, Lina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Lina; Bötger, Lina; Schimper, Caroline Aloysia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German operetta singer (soprano) and stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1914 |
| Place of death | Kötzschenbroda |