Marianne Friederike Cäcilie Zaengl

Marianne Friederike Cäcilie Zaengl , née Marianne Friederike Cäcilie Hollmann , ( July 3, 1816 - June 7, 1841 ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ) and stage actress .

Life

Zaengl received her first lessons from her father Wilhelm Hollmann, who also awakened her musical skills. Her musical education also helped her later on. In 1833 she entered the Hamburg stage, where she was used in the choir and in small roles.

Her marriage to Josef Zaengl had a positive impact on her career. He arranged for her to be removed from the choir and made her appearance in a first role. She made her debut as "Papagena" in The Magic Flute and justified the hope her husband put in her. Nevertheless, her sphere of activity was always limited and so she left her hometown on June 1, 1838. After a long stint in Regensburg, where she was successful as "Polyxena" in art and nature , as "Louis" in the Parisian good-for-nothing , "Emmeline" in the Swiss family and "Kunigunde" in Hans Sachs and sang each of these roles several times, she took on in October 1838 an engagement with her husband in Prague.

Her graceful, charming appearance won over everyone and so the artist was greeted with great applause as "Polyxena" in art and nature on November 5, 1838. She quickly won the favor of the Prague audience with her fresh, humorous play in naive and lively roles. On May 27, 1841, however, she contracted an abdominal infection , of which she fell victim on June 7.

One saw in her death a catastrophe for the Prague stage, from which one did not recover for a long time. For a long time, the Prague people were looking in vain for an equal successor for the cheerful, youthful subject.

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1156, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).