Margarete von Vahsel
Margarete von Vahsel , married Margarete Schmalfeld ( September 30, 1866 in Braunschweig - 1922 in Berlin ) was a German stage actress and opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Vahsel, the daughter of a landowner, was discovered at the age of eleven by Franz Abt , who advised further training. After the resistance of her parents had been defeated, she went to Hamburg to pursue her vocal studies there for three years, and at the age of 15 she performed publicly in Magdeburg in 1882, with such resounding success that she was already In 1882 he was able to join the Association of the Magdeburg Stage as soubrette . After working for a year, the young artist was hired at the Dessau court theater .
In 1894 she said goodbye - already appointed ducal chamber singer - and went to the Leipzig City Theater. However, she only stayed there for a year and decided to no longer take on a permanent commitment, but only to show her skills as a guest. Her major concert tours, which took her all over the world for several years, even to Australia, New Zealand, India and Canada as well as America, are worth mentioning. After the artist had taken up permanent residence in New York for some time, she returned to Germany in 1901 and settled in Berlin as a singing teacher at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory.
She was married to the singer Rudolf Schmalfeld .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1062, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Margarete von Vahsel in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Margarete von Vahsel at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vahsel, Margarete von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmalfeld, Margarete |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actress and opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1922 |
| Place of death | Berlin |