Mathilde Mallinger
Mathilde Mallinger , actually Mathilde Lichtenegger , (born February 17, 1847 in Agram , † April 19, 1920 in Berlin ) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ) and singing teacher.
Life
Mallinger was a daughter of the composer Vatroslav Lichtenegger , from whom she also received her first musical lessons. With his support she became a student at the Prague Conservatory in 1863 . a. by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795–1871) and Heinrich Vogl . Then she went to Vienna to study with Richard Lewy . It was through this that she made the acquaintance of Hofkapellmeister Dr. Franz Lachner .
This hired Mallinger to the court opera in Munich . From October 1, 1866 up to and including September 13, 1869 she was under contract there and was able to successfully debut there in the role of "Norma". She was also seen in some highly acclaimed world premieres : u. a. on June 21, 1869 as "Eva" in Richard Wagner's Mastersingers .
With effect from October 1, 1869, Mallinger was engaged at the Berlin court opera and was there in constant competition with her colleague Pauline Lucca until April 1872 . In 1882 she left the Berliner Ensemble and went on a few tours until 1895; u. a. to the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg and to the State Opera in Vienna . She also gave several recitals at the Berlin State Opera . On the occasion of one of these soirées Mallinger got to know the actor and theater director Otto Düringsfeld , whom she married and with whom she had a daughter Marie , born in 1878 , who married the director and theater director Martin Zickel .
From 1890 Mallinger was entrusted with a teaching position at the Prague Conservatory . Later she moved back to Berlin , also as a singing teacher at the Eichelberg Conservatory . Kaiser Wilhelm II arranged for her to be appointed Royal Prussian Chamber Singer in 1916 .
Mallinger died nine weeks after her 73rd birthday on April 19, 1920 in Berlin and found her final resting place in the old cathedral cemetery of the St. Hedwigs community there on Liesenstrasse .
Roles (selection)
- Norma - Norma ( Vincenzo Bellini )
- Eva - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg ( Richard Wagner )
- Fidelio - Fidelio ( Ludwig van Beethoven )
- Donna Anna - Don Giovanni ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
- Valentine - The Huguenots ( Giacomo Meyerbeer )
- Elsa - Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
- Agathe - Der Freischütz ( Carl Maria von Weber )
- Sieglinde - The Valkyrie (Richard Wagner)
- Countess Almaviva - Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Pamina - The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
student
- Johannes Bischoff
- Werner Engel
- Camilla Götzl
- Frieda Langendorff
- Lotte Lehmann
- Emmy Neiendorff
- Henny Trundt
- Florence Wickham
literature
- E. Marktl: Mallinger Mathilde. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 38 f. (Direct links on p. 38 , p. 39 ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 634 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Mathilde Mallinger at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Charlottenburg registry office j. Berlin I, death certificate No. 476/1920 from April 20, 1920
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mallinger, Mathilde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lichtenegger, Mathilde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agram |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1920 |
| Place of death | Berlin |