Maria von Guggenberg-Barska

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Maria von Guggenberg-Barska

Maria von Guggenberg-Barska (born October 14, 1911 in Welka as Maria Baruschke ; † February 16, 1999 Vienna ) was an Austrian singer ( concert , operetta and opera with soprano voices ) and music teacher .

Life

She was born as the daughter of Karl Baruschke, a gendarmerie post commander, and Valerie, nee. Babirad, from Göding (Hodonin). she grew up with her three siblings in Laa an der Thaya . On September 27, 1936 she married in the Old Catholic parish of St. Salvator in Vienna 1 dentist Dr. Oswald von Guggenberg, who came from the von Guggenberg family in Brixen. A private clinic in Brixen still bears the name “von Guggenberg” today . On October 7, 1940, their son Oswald was born, who died at the age of only 17. At the request of her husband, she turned her back on the theater and only after a few years did she appear again as a concert singer. In her second marriage, she married the industrialist Hugo Artner , with whom she traveled a lot and with whom she sometimes lived in Panama City and Coral Gables (near Miami ). Her main residence was Vienna, near the State Opera, until her death.

In 2017 , the artist Birgit Graschopf created a work of art consisting of four parts for a private house in Vienna , with black and white exposures of u. a. Maria von Guggenberg-Barska and the tenor and actor Carl Pfann .

Career

Wall exposure of Maria von Guggenberg-Barska by Birgit Graschopf
Poster City Theater Salzburg, Giuditta, 1935

Maria enjoyed a musical education since childhood, as the mother recognized her talent at an early age. In order to get better funding, Maria moved to Vienna, where she trained as a singer at the Kaiser music schools. The Baruschke family followed suit in 1938. One of Maria's teachers was Maria Gerhart . In 1934 the young singer was engaged at the Volksoper in Vienna, and she is listed as a member of the Volksoper in the 1935 stage yearbook. In 1936 she belonged to the ensemble of the Salzburg City Theater, and in 1937 she was engaged as a choir member in Berlin ( Theater im Admiralspalast ). As the newspaper reviews from this period show, she was successful and got other prestigious roles. During the war, she performed primarily as a concert singer and was also assigned to the front to perform in front of soldiers. After the war, the performances became less, and after a bad stroke of fate (loss of her only son Oswald at the age of 17 due to an accident) she only worked as a music teacher (from 1947) in Vienna. Her protégés included z. B. Eva Maria Molnar and Winnie Markus . She was also committed to the Mozart Community in Vienna , of which she was made an honorary member in 1984.

repertoire

Poster Musikverein Vienna, January 15, 1942
Poster choral society, The Creation, December 5, 1943

Engagements / appearances (selection)

  • 1934
    • Giacomo Puccini La Boheme (Mimi) and Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus (Melanie), Großer Konzerthaus Saal
    • The New Vienna Conservatory (25th anniversary), Max Klein special class concert
  • 1934/1935: Engagement at the Vienna Volksoper
  • 1935: Engagement at the Salzburg City Theater
  • 1935: Engagement in Abazzia at the Lehar Festival in the Teatro all 'aperto
  • 1941–1945: Concert activity in Vienna, Berlin, Dresden , Iglau, Graz. Bruck a / d Mur, Fürstenfeld, Bad Nauheim, Franzensbad
    • December 8, 1941; 4. Concert of young artists, Schubert Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus, at the piano Valerie Ruschitzka
    • January 15, 1942, song and aria evening in the Brahms Hall of the Musikverein on the Karl Pichler piano
    • January 23, 1942, Schubertiade in the Brahms Hall of the Musikverein, Prof. Grete Hinterhofer on the piano
    • April 10, 1942, concerts by young artists, Meistersaal Berlin , accompanied by Max Hüsgen, at the piano Fritz Büker
  • 1942: Troop support in Ukraine
  • February 1, 1943, recital in the Schubert Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus
  • November 21, 1943, 7th symphony concert with the City Orchestra of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Anton Konrath
  • December 5th, 1943, Joseph Haydn The Creation , Grosser Musikvereinssaal Vienna
  • February 20, 1944, recital in the Brahms Hall of the Musikverein, on the piano Dr. Reinhold Melas
  • 1945: Engagement at the State Theater Innsbruck
  • 29.09.1945 Recital in the giant hall of the Hofburg in Innsbruck , on the Steinway piano Othmar Suitner
  • 19.03.1949: Music evening with Maria von Guggenberg-Barska, with the Barylli Quartet and Maria Cebotari (soprano) in Vienna, organized by Maria von Guggenberg-Barska as a board member of the Mozart Community Vienna

Audio documents

literature

  • Private archive Jana Kaufmann, Wettswil / Zurich, Switzerland
  • Theatermuseum Wien (program archive as well as a collection of theater slips, premier slips)
  • Austrian media library
  • Music collection of the Austrian National Library http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC07551227
  • Österreichisches Musiklexikon, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State Institute for Music Research Prussian Cultural Heritage , accessed on January 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Academic Orchestra Association Vienna , accessed on January 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Family and town history of importance , accessed on October 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Private Clinic Dr. von Guggenberg - About Us , accessed on January 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Wiener Konzerthaus, 1942 , accessed on January 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Mozart Community Vienna - memorial plaques in Vienna , accessed on January 4, 2018.
  7. ^ Standford University Libraries, Standford , accessed August 18, 2016
  8. ^ State Institute for Music Research, Berlin , accessed on August 30, 2016.
  9. ^ Wiener Symphoniker , accessed on January 4, 2018.
  10. ^ State Institute for Music Research - Concert Guide Berlin-Brandenburg 1920-2012 , accessed on January 4, 2018.
  11. ↑ Mozart Community Vienna , accessed on January 4, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Guggenberg-Barska, Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baruschke, Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer (concert, operetta and opera with a soprano voice) and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Welka
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1999