Louise Obermaier

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Louise Obermaier (born August 13, 1878 in Halberstadt , † July 26, 1969 in Schorndorf ) was a German actress and operetta singer .

Live and act

After completing his acting and singing training in the mezzo-soprano voice, Obermaier initially worked as a soubrette . She made her debut at the City Theater of Pilsen in 1895 , initially in smaller roles. According to the stage yearbooks, she was engaged in Breslau in 1899, in 1905 at the United Theaters in Cologne, in 1907 at the New Operetta Theater in Hamburg and finally in Berlin in 1910. There she performed at Monti's Operetta Theater and at the Theater des Westens . Between 1920 and 1937 she appeared on various stages as an operetta singer.

Before the First World War, she also worked in films. She stood in front of the camera for recordings for audio images at the Deutsche Bioscope of Julius Greenbaum and at Oskar Messter . Her partners were the tenor Albert Kutzner and the actor and singer Gustav Matzner. In 1912 she played alongside Asta Nielsen in Urban Gad's “Dramatic Big City Sketch ” Jaget til døde .

She recorded records for the Gramophone / Zonophone, Pathé and Lindström's Odeon and Parlophon / Beka brands. She sang Hanna Glawari in the first complete recording of the operetta The Merry Widow at Zonophon, and Saffi in Der Zigeunerbaron .

Obermaier was married to the tenor Albert Kutzner (1876-1937), with whom she sang duets. In 1937, after his death, she left Berlin and turned to Bavaria, where she settled in Schliersee . In 1954 she moved from there to Schorndorf, a town near Stuttgart. She spent her twilight years in the Karlsfrauenstift, a nursing home in Schorndorf.

Sound documents (selection)

Disque Pathé

  • Haven't we got to know each other before: Duet from "Filmzauber" (W. Kollo) Ges. By Albert Kuzner and Luise Obermaier. Disque Pathé 55720 (die number: 89146 RA)
  • Child, I sleep so badly: Duet from "Filmzauber" (W. Kollo) Ges. By Albert Kuzner and Luise Obermaier. Disque Pathé 55719 (Mat. 88988 RA)
  • Du-du-du: Duet from "Goldner Leichtsinn" ( Charles Alfredy ) Luise Obermaier & Hermann Feiner from Monti's Operetta Theater - Berlin. Disque Pathé 55824 (Mat. 87790 RA)

Gramophone / Zonophone

  • Gramophone Concert Record GC 2-44 000 (Matr. 205 s) I am a decent woman, from “The Merry Widow” (F. Lehár)
  • Gramophone Concert Record GC 2-44 201 (Matr. 3771 r) I thought of luck quite differently, from “Waltz Dream” (O. Straus)
  • Zonophone X-23 302 (Matr. 12 677 u) Entrée der Liesel, from “Schützenliesel” (Edmund Eysler)
  • Zonophone X-23 365 (Matr. 12 678 u) I am the Christl from the post office, from “bird dealer” (Carl Zeller)

Lindström brands

Odeon

  • Odeon A 47106 “The Merry Widow” (Lehár): Hey, girl, looked up. Louise Obermaier, mezzo-soprano, and Albert Kutzner, tenor. Nov 1, 1908
  • Odeon A 47107 “The merry farmer” (case): We were the three of us, the infantryman, the artilleryman, the cavalryman. Louise Obermaier, mezzo-soprano and Albert Kutzner, tenor. Nov 1, 1908
  • Odeon A 47108 “The merry farmer” (case): Is one also farmer, farmer, farmer (peasant march). Louise Obermaier, mezzo-soprano and Albert Kutzner, tenor. Nov 1, 1908

all with orchestral accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark.

Beka

  • Beka Grand 14 041 Where is that written? From “Der liebe Augustin” (Leo Fall) with Susanne Bachrich, soprano and Edmund Binder, baritone. Orchestra accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark., Up. February 17, 1912
  • Beka Grand 14 042 Anna, what about you? From “Der liebe Augustin” (Leo Fall) with Hermann Feiner, tenor and Edmund Binder, baritone. Orchestra accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark., Up. February 17, 1912
  • Beka Grand 14 187 Yes, the girls love it so much, marching song from “Autoliebchen” (Jean Gilbert) with Max Kuttner , tenor. Orchestra accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark., Up. April 1912

Parlophone

  • Parlophone P. 881-I (Matr. 2-1215) drum song from “Bruder Straubinger” (Edmund Eysler), with Max Kuttner, tenor. Orchestra accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark. Up. March 6, 1912
  • Parlophone P. 880-I (Matr. 2-1216) Der Zinnsoldat, from “Mamzelle Nitouche” (Florimond Hervé), with Albert Kutzner, tenor. Orchestra accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark. Up. March 6, 1912
  • Parlophone P. 881-II (Matr. 2-1219) Dummer Reitersmann, from “The Merry Widow” (F. Lehár), with Albert Kutzner, tenor. Orchestra accompaniment Kapellm. F. Kark. Up. March 6, 1912

Filmography

  • 1907 The Merry Widow. Sound image (with Albert Kutzner)
  • 1908 The bird dealer. Sound image (with Gustav Matzner)
  • 1911 Mamsell Nitouche: military march. Sound image (with choir)
  • 1912 Chased to death in Denmark Jaget til døde (with Asta Nielsen, directed by Urban Gad) [role: Mrs. Ernstein]

literature

  • Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 4. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2004, ISBN 978-3598440885 , 5430 pages
  • Berthold Leimbach: Audio documents of cabaret 1898-1945. Göttingen, self-published, 1991. Unpaginated, numerous. Fig.
  • Manfred Weihermüller, Rainer Lotz (Hrsg.): German national discography. Discography of German Cabaret, Vol. 5. Bonn: Verlag B. Lotz, 1998. Here pp. 1187–88

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Carriage belt p. 2558
  2. ↑ z. B. New theater almanac for 1905, Verlag FA Günther, vol. 16, p. 350, or dto. 1908, p. 278: “Louise Obermaier, NW 6, Karlstr. 46 "
  3. ↑ See year book of the Cologne History Association 1992, Volume 63, p. 202: “Of the female protagonists, Louise Obermaier should be mentioned first. As a 21-year-old she played the Mamzelle Nitouche in Cologne and immediately introduced herself as 'a splendid operetta soubrette' who 'mastered her mezzo-soprano with absolute certainty ...' "; a photo by Obermaier, Vienna 1905/06 [No. 234] (updated April 15, 2017)
  4. ^ According to the Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch: Theatergeschichtliches Jahr- und Adressebuch, Volume 43, Verlag FA Günther & sohn a.-g., 1932, p. 800, she lived in 1932 as “Obermaier-Kutzner, Louise” in “Berlin-Charlottenburg, Telephon C 1 Steinpl. 6540 "
  5. ↑ Photo with Poldi Deutsch and Albert Kutzner from the operetta Der brave Soldat by Oscar Straus on ebay.at (updated April 15, 2017)
  6. ↑ cf. Carriage belt p. 2558
  7. ↑ , cf. Kutsch-Riemens pp. 2558-2559
  8. ↑ "The Karlsstift is a nursing home for the elderly, which was built in 1876 as a Karlsfrauenstift to enable educated women standing alone to have a" befitting "life in community", cf. day.de ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 7060day.de
  9. ↑ Berthold Leimbach: Sound documents of cabaret 1898-1945. Göttingen, self-published, 1991
  10. ^ Deutsche Bioscope (Greenbaum) GECD # 9159
  11. ^ Messter's Projections GmbH. GECD # 15511
  12. ^ Messter's Projections GmbH. GECD # 9810
  13. ↑ at filmportal  ; at GECD # 39151 only is Unknown actor as woman Ernstein specified.
personal data
SURNAME Obermaier, Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Obermaier-Kutzner, Louise (married)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German operetta singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Halberstadt
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1969
Place of death Schorndorf