Marie Geistinger

Marie Geistinger as a gala in the operetta The beautiful gala by Franz von Suppè

Marie Geistinger and Alexander Girardi , 1894

Marie Charlotte Cäcilie Geistinger (born July 26, 1836 in Graz , † September 29, 1903 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian actress and opera singer (soprano) and was considered "The Queen of Operetta". On July 28, 1836, Marie Geistinger was baptized in the diocese of Seckau .

Life

Marie Charlotte Cäcilie Geistinger was the daughter of retired Russian court actors: the father Nikolaus Geistinger was a former singer at the Royal German Theater in St. Petersburg, the mother Charlotte Geistinger (née Schreinzer-Gaßmann) a good tragedian.

At the age of eleven she made her debut in Graz in 1844 with various children's roles . In 1850 she made her debut as a bumpkin in a antics game That was me! , in the Schwaiger Theater in Munich . In 1852 she was engaged at the Theater in der Josefstadt (Vienna).

Several very successful years in Berlin , Hamburg and Riga followed. In 1865 Friedrich Strampfer brought her to the Theater an der Wien , which she directed from 1869 to 1875 together with Maximilian Steiner . Marie Geistinger enjoyed unusual recognition as an operetta singer. She was often heard in operettas by Jacques Offenbach and Johann Strauss (son) , but also by Karl Millöcker and Franz von Suppè . When she appeared in Vienna as The Beautiful Helena , she aroused the spirits of the city with a dress that was split from the waist down. In some premieres of Strauss operettas, such as Indigo - Strauss' first operetta from 1871 - and Die Fledermaus (1874), she sang in leading roles (Indigo: Fantasca, Fledermaus: Rosalinde).

In 1877, Geistinger accepted a three-year engagement in Leipzig . In this year the so-called Geistinger Sonata was written , which the English composer Ethel Smyth , who was based in Leipzig a. a. studied with Heinrich von Herzogenberg , due to great infatuation with her had dedicated. In between 1880 and 1884 took Marie Geistinger seven very successful tours by the United States , mainly on the commitment of from Prague originating theater entrepreneur Gustav Amberg (1844-1921), from 1882 to 1888 director of the Thalia Theaters in New York City declined, . During her three and a half years in America, she played a total of 826 times in 26 cities in 44 different roles.

Back in Europe, the artist made guest appearances again exclusively as soubrette in numerous German cities. In the mid-1880s, she took on her last permanent engagement under Carl von Tartatzy at the Carltheater (Vienna), which lasted until 1889. Withdrawn from the stage due to an eye problem, she lived on her estate at Schloss Rastenfeld in Carinthia , which she sold to Carl Auer in 1893 .

After her suffering improved, she returned to the stage, performed in the Carltheater in March 1898, sang in Venice in Vienna , and went to Berlin as a sensation number in the Wintergarten . Since her earlier successes could no longer be repeated, she retired to her villa on the Lend Canal in Klagenfurt, Schiffgasse 13 (today: Tarviser Strasse 26), where she, with a heart condition for three years, on September 29, 1903 in the 68th Year of life died.

At the beginning of May 1877 Geistinger had entered into a - only brief - marriage with the actor August Müller-Kormann in Brno.

Honors

Marie Geistinger's grave at Vienna's central cemetery

Burial in the Vienna Central Cemetery in a grave of honor (group 32 A, number 18). The grave monument was created in 1907 by Josef Valentin Kassin (1856–1931).

1928: Name of Geistingergasse in Vienna- Döbling (19th district of Vienna).

2007: Unveiling of a memorial plaque at the Theater an der Wien (Millöckergasse 1).

literature

Adolph Kohut : The largest and most famous German soubrettes of the nineteenth century. With unprinted letters from Josephine Gallmeyer, Marie Geistinger, Ottilie Genée . Bagel, Düsseldorf 1890
Emil Pirchan : Marie Geistinger: the queen of the operetta. Frick, Vienna 1947
Geistinger, Marie. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 418.
Gertrud Doublier: Geistinger, Marie. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 163 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Marie Geistinger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Marie Geistinger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Entry on Marie Geistinger in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Theater, art and literature. Marie Geistinger. For the artist's seventieth birthday. In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Democratic Organ , No. 203/1903 (XXXVII. Year), July 26, 1903, p. 9, top left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg.
Marie Geistinger †. In: Grazer Tagblatt. Organ of the German People's Party for the Alpine Countries, evening edition, No. 269/1903 (XIIIth year), September 30, 1903, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / gtb.
Features section. Marie Geistinger. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 14043/1903, October 1, 1903, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

Remarks

↑ Johann Schwaiger († March 16, 1869 in Munich at the age of 64) and his nephew Max Schwaiger († June 4, 1880 in Munich at the age of 64) sold their theaters for the two theaters they run (and are to be closed) ( In der Au and Müllerstraße ) concessions were granted in 1863 to a committee for the construction of a new popular theater , the Actientheater . (See: Zur Tagesgeschichte. (...) The planned construction of a new people's theater in Munich (...). In: Wiener Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 131/1863, June 11, 1863, p. 771 center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz). In the same year, however, the committee disbanded when existing share subscriptions were withdrawn, and Johann Schwaiger's Volkstheater in der Au was managed by him until September 15, 1865. The Actientheater , completed in 1865 , in the direction of which Johann Schwaiger had expressed interest, was opened in October 1865 under the direction of Friedrich Engelken (1804–1879). (See: Theater und Kunst. (…) The new Actientheater Munich (…). In: Fremd -Blatt , No. 284/1865 (XIX. Year), October 14, 1865, p. 5, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fdb).

Individual evidence

↑ Adolf Lorenz: I was allowed to help. My life and work. (Translated and edited by Lorenz from My Life and Work. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York) L. Staackmann Verlag, Leipzig 1936; 2nd edition ibid. 1937, p. 261 f.
↑ See http://www.hmt-leipzig.de/hmt/bibliothek/hmtarchiv/ethel-smyth (as of March 12, 2015).
↑ http://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de/Smyth/oper6e.html (as of March 12, 2015).
↑ See Ethel Smyth: Impressions that remained . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946, pp. 151–157. As a digitized version .
↑ Gustav Amberg . From: An Orgy of Operetta. The Thalia and Amberg Theaters, 1879-1893 . In: John Koegel: Music in German Immigrant Theater. New York City, 1840-1940 . (English). University of Rochester Press, Rochester 2009, ISBN 978-1-58046-215-0 , pp. 115-122. - online .
↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Marie Geistinger. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 14044/1903, October 2, 1903, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ † Marie Geistinger. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 14042/1903, September 30, 1903, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
↑ Theater and Art. Marie Geistinger - died. In: Neues Wiener Journal , No. 3566/1903 (Volume XI), October 1, 1903, p. 9, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj.
↑ Hedwig Abraham: Image of the grave monument . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on March 13, 2017.
^ Geistingergasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
↑ Mariahilf: Memorial plaque for Marie Geistinger unveiled ( memento from March 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In correspondence with the town hall on June 21, 2007.

personal data
SURNAME	Geistinger, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Geistinger, Marie Charlotte Cäcilie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian actress and opera singer (soprano) and was considered "The Queen of Operetta"
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graz
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1903
Place of death	Klagenfurt

[1] Johann Schwaiger († March 16, 1869 in Munich at the age of 64) and his nephew Max Schwaiger († June 4, 1880 in Munich at the age of 64) sold their theaters for the two theaters they run (and are to be closed) ( In der Au and Müllerstraße ) concessions were granted in 1863 to a committee for the construction of a new popular theater , the Actientheater . (See: Zur Tagesgeschichte. (...) The planned construction of a new people's theater in Munich (...). In: Wiener Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 131/1863, June 11, 1863, p. 771 center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz). In the same year, however, the committee disbanded when existing share subscriptions were withdrawn, and Johann Schwaiger's Volkstheater in der Au was managed by him until September 15, 1865. The Actientheater , completed in 1865 , in the direction of which Johann Schwaiger had expressed interest, was opened in October 1865 under the direction of Friedrich Engelken (1804–1879). (See: Theater und Kunst. (…) The new Actientheater Munich (…). In: Fremd -Blatt , No. 284/1865 (XIX. Year), October 14, 1865, p. 5, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fdb).

[2] Adolf Lorenz: I was allowed to help. My life and work. (Translated and edited by Lorenz from My Life and Work. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York) L. Staackmann Verlag, Leipzig 1936; 2nd edition ibid. 1937, p. 261 f.

[3] See http://www.hmt-leipzig.de/hmt/bibliothek/hmtarchiv/ethel-smyth (as of March 12, 2015).

[4] ttp://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de/Smyth/oper6e.html (as of March 12, 2015).

[5] See Ethel Smyth: Impressions that remained . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946, pp. 151–157. As a digitized version .

[6] Gustav Amberg . From: An Orgy of Operetta. The Thalia and Amberg Theaters, 1879-1893 . In: John Koegel: Music in German Immigrant Theater. New York City, 1840-1940 . (English). University of Rochester Press, Rochester 2009, ISBN 978-1-58046-215-0 , pp. 115-122. - online .

[7] Little Chronicle. (...) Marie Geistinger. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 14044/1903, October 2, 1903, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[8] † Marie Geistinger. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 14042/1903, September 30, 1903, p. 5 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

[9] Theater and Art. Marie Geistinger - died. In: Neues Wiener Journal , No. 3566/1903 (Volume XI), October 1, 1903, p. 9, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj.

[10] Hedwig Abraham: Image of the grave monument . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on March 13, 2017.

[11] Geistingergasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

[12] Mariahilf: Memorial plaque for Marie Geistinger unveiled ( memento from March 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In correspondence with the town hall on June 21, 2007.