Mary Hagen
Mary Hagen , actually Marie Anna Wilhelmine Schön , (born May 27, 1876 in Diez an der Lahn , † November 12, 1944 in Weimar ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ) and actress .
Life
She was a student of Elka Gerster , Conrad Muschler and Selma Nicklass-Kempner .
The first appearances are recorded in 1896 at the Wilhelm Theater in Magdeburg , engagements in Kiel , Aachen and Görlitz followed. During this time she devoted herself increasingly to the operetta field and appeared at the Berlin Central Theater in 1898 . In 1900 engagements at the Berlin Residenz Theater , at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and at the Theater des Westens in Berlin and at the Komische Oper followed . Her move to the subject of the highly dramatic soprano for corresponding Wagner roles was granted little success.
Documented is a Mary Hagen as an actress in the film Gypsy Blood of Urban Gad from 1911 in the role of Baroness Korff Leonie .
After the end of her singing career, she settled down as a singing teacher. Since 1912 she was with the music critic Dr. Leopold Schmidt , who worked for the Berliner Tageblatt in Berlin . She spent the last phase of her life at the Emmy Göring Foundation in Weimar.
Roles (selection)
- Féodora - The Opera Ball ( Richard Heuberger )
- Nelly - The Obersteiger ( Carl Zeller )
- Molly- The Geisha ( Sidney Jones )
- Adele - The Bat ( Johann Strauss )
- Orlowsky - The Bat (Johann Strauss)
- Mirzl - The Enchanted Castle ( Karl Millöcker )
literature
- Hagen, Mary . In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . P. 9989 (see. Sängerlex. Vol. 2, p. 1472) Verlag KG Saur.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 383, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth register StA Diez an der Lahn, No. 112/1876
- ↑ Death register StA Weimar, No. 1147/1944
- ↑ Marriage register StA Schöneberg II, No. 329/1912
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagen, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fine, Marie Anna Wilhelmine (real name); Schmidt, Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Diez on the Lahn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1944 |
| Place of death | Weimar , State of Thuringia , Germany |