Marie Gutheil-Schoder
Marie Gutheil-Schoder (born February 10, 1874 in Weimar ; † October 4, 1935 in Ilmenau , Thuringia ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Marie Schoder was the daughter of an innkeeper. From 1880 she received private music lessons and attended the Grand Ducal Music School in Weimar . In 1891 she made her debut as Gabriel in Goethe's Faust and was a member of the Weimar Court Opera until 1900 . Richard Strauss took care of them there; he studied the roles of Carmen and Mignon with her, with which she later became famous. He also took her to Bayreuth , where she sang in the choir. In 1899 she married Gustav Gutheil , Kapellmeister of the Weimar Court Theater, with whom she lived until his death in 1914.
Gustav Mahler brought the singer to Vienna in 1900 at the Court Opera , where she stayed until 1927 and became the epitome of the “thinking singer”, celebrated not only for her singing achievements, but especially for her spirited, captivating performance. She sang Nedda for the first time as a guest on February 19, 1900 at Bajazzo in Vienna, her debut as a member of the opera took place on May 26, 1900 in the role of Carmen. In addition, important main roles were Eva, Mignon, Mimi, Martha, Pamina, Cherubin and Donna Elvira. She was celebrated as a Mozart singer, but her interest in contemporary music was also significant. B. the title roles in Salome , Elektra , Der Rosenkavalier and Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss, in 1914 Esmeralda in the world premiere of Notre Dame by Franz Schmidt , as well as the vocal parts in the 2nd string quartet and the monodrama Expectation by Arnold Schönberg . In 1920 she married her second husband, the photographer Franz Xaver Setzer . In 1925 she became an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera .
Marie Gutheil-Schoder was a director from 1927 to 1933, staged Iphigenie in Aulide at the Salzburg Festival in 1930 and held courses at the Salzburg Mozarteum .
In 1961 Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse in Vienna- Favoriten (10th district) and Liesing (23rd district) was named after the singer.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 372 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Othmar Wessely : Gutheil-Schoder, Maria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 344 ( digitized version ).
- L. Andro (= Therese Rie): Marie Gutheil-Schoder . 1923
- Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon . 1953
- Hugo Riemann : Riemann Music Lexicon . Mainz 1959–1961
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 2 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Marie Gutheil-Schoder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Marie Gutheil-Schoder in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Marie Gutheil-Schoder in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Marie Gutheil-Schoder Sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("Can you hear it sounding with a sweet melody" from Hoffmann's stories )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gutheil-Schoder, Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 1935 |
| Place of death | Ilmenau , Thuringia |