Mathilde Sessi
Mathilde Sessi (actually: Mathilde Gabriele Alexander or Alexander-Sessi , married Erlanger , born May 23, 1846 in Vienna , † December 27, 1934 in Nieder-Ingelheim ) was an Austrian opera singer .
She was the daughter of the kuk chief accountant Achilles Alexander (and thus a granddaughter of the opera singer Victoria Sessi ) and his wife Maria Antonia. Her talent for singing was only discovered after training as a piano player. In 1867 she made her debut in Graz as Gilda in Rigoletto . Appearances at renowned houses in Vienna, Paris and London followed quickly. After her marriage in 1873 to the German banker Ludwig Gottlieb Friedrich von Erlanger , she withdrew from the stage. The couple had three children, Espérance, Blanche and Margarethe, Freiinnen von Erlanger.
literature
- Kurt Gänzl : Victorian Vocalists. Routledge, Abingdon / New York 2018, ISBN 978-1-138-10317-7 , pp. 612–614 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Fourth, expanded edition. Munich 2003. pp. 4365f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the parish St. Josef ob der Laimgrube .
- ^ Theater in Graz. In: (Grazer) Tagespost , January 19, 1867, p. 5 (online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ Carillon: Wiener Musikreminescenzen. In: New musical newspaper for Berlin / Neue Berliner Musikzeitung , February 8, 1871, p. 5 (online at ANNO ). .
- ^ Entry in the marriage book of the parish Gumpendorf .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sessi, Mathilde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mathilde Gabriele Alexander-Sessi; Erlanger, Mathilde von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1934 |
| Place of death | Nieder-Ingelheim |