Marianne Müller (actress)
Marianne Müller , née Marianne Hellmuth ( 1772 in Mainz - May 31, 1851 in Berlin ), was a German child actress , stage actress and opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Müller, the daughter of the singer and singing teacher Franziska Hellmuth and the Mainz court musician Johann Friedrich Hellmuth , made her first appearances as a child, for example in Bonn in 1780 as 'Gretchen' in Dorfgalle , in 1785 in Schwedt as 'Victorine' (jealousy on the rehearsal) and 1788 in Berlin as 'Röschen' in the magic mirror .
In 1787 she had her first engagement at the Schwerin court theater . In 1788/89 she became a member of the Royal Theater in Berlin. There she was initially only employed as an actress and only made her transition to opera slowly. Since 1803 she sang 'Constanze' in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Belmonte und Konstanze ( The Abduction from the Seraglio ) . In Don Giovanni she sang the role of 'Donna Elvira' from 1804 and that of 'Donna Anna' from 1809. In Friedrich Schiller's Die Jungfrau von Orleans she played the role of 'Agnes von Sorel' over 25 times. In 1792 she married an official named Müller, and from May 6th 1794 she was named “Mad. Müller ”to appear. On May 12, 1794, she sang the 'Queen of the Night' in the Berlin premiere of the Magic Flute . In 1815 she fell ill and was prevented from performing, so that she was retired in 1816.
She then moved to Ruppin with her daughter, a pianist and student of Friedrich Wilkes , but later went back to Berlin, where she also died.
Her sister Katharine Hellmuth (before 1770 - after 1800) was also an actress and singer.
Roles (selection)
- 1788: Rosalie (doctor and pharmacist); Constanze (Belmont and Constanze); Zemirs
- 1790: Cherubin, Elvira
- 1792: Almanzaris (Oberon)
- 1794: Pamina
- 1797: Lodoiska
- 1798: Henriette (The Sunday Child)
- 1801: Marie (Bluebeard)
- 1802: Amanda (Oberon)
- 1804: Amena (Caesar on Pharmakusa)
- 1808: Sophie (Sargines)
- 1806: Ilia (Idomeneo)
- 1809: Agnes Sorel, Donna Anna
- 1812: Mechtilde ( Silvana )
- 1813: Princess (John of Paris)
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 702 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Marianne Müller in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Marianne Müller in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Marianne Müller at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Databases Berliner Klassik, Nationaltheater
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Marianne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hellmuth, Marianne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German child actress, theater actress and opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1851 |
| Place of death | Berlin |