Marianne Brandt (singer)

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Marianne Brandt, between 1880 and 1890

Marianne Brandt (born September 12, 1842 in Vienna as Marie Bischof ; † July 9, 1921 there ) was an Austrian opera singer ( alto ) and singing teacher . She worked mainly at the Berlin Court Opera and made guest appearances at numerous houses in Europe and America. She was especially valued as a Wagner interpreter and because of her considerable vocal range, which also allowed her to play soprano roles.

Life

Trained in her hometown of Vienna, in 1868, after a sensational guest appearance at the Berlin Court Opera, she was permanently engaged as Fides in "Prophet" by Meyerbeer and as Azucena in " Troubadour ". She was the first contralto at the Berlin house until 1886.

From 1869 to 1870 she studied again in Baden-Baden with Pauline Viardot-Garcia . Her guest performances took her to London and Vienna between 1872 and 1883 . Since 1884 she also achieved great success at the New York Metropolitan Opera , where she appeared a total of 160 times and in 18 different roles. Over the next four years, she performed further guest appearances on the stages of Rotterdam, Munich, Mannheim, Kassel, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Basel, Graz, Brno and Riga.

In 1890 she returned to her hometown Vienna, where she still worked as a singing teacher and performed in the concert hall. In 1921 she died at an advanced age and was buried in an honorary grave at the Hadersdorf-Weidlingau cemetery (section 1, group N, number 9).

In 1905 her voice was recorded in Vienna on three Pathé cylinders.

repertoire

Gravestone Marie Bischof-Brandt

Significant roles

  • Rachel in La juive by Jacques Fromental Halévy, Olmütz 1867 (debut)
  • Fides in The Prophet by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Berlin 1868
  • Azucena in The Troubadour by Giuseppe Verdi, Berlin 1868
  • Leonore in Fidelio , London, Covent Garden Opera 1872 and New York 1884 (EA)
  • Kundry in Parsifal by Richard Wagner, Bayreuth 1882
  • Brangäne in Tristan and Isolde , London, Drury Lane Theater 1882 (English EA) and New York 1886 (American EA)
  • Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner, New York 1886
  • Astaroth in The Queen of Sheba by Karl Goldmark, New York 1885
  • Adriano in Rienzi by Richard Wagner, New York 1885
  • Eglantine in Euryanthe by Carl Maria von Weber, New York 1887

More roles

Other notable holdings

  • in Hermione by Max Bruch, Berlin 1872 (WP)
  • in The Maccabeans by A. Rubinstein, Berlin 1875 ( WP )
  • in Ekkehard by Johann Joseph Abert, Berlin 1878 (WP)

Student (selection)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Marianne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bishop, Marie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera singer (contralto) and singing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1921
Place of death Vienna