Mathilde von Marlow
Mathilde von Marlow ( 1826 in Agram - September 22, 1888 in Stuttgart ), actually Mathilde Wolfram , married Mathilde Marlow-Homolatsch , was an Austrian opera singer.
Life
Marlow, whose name is an anagram or a simple reverse of her original name Wolfram (without the f), was the daughter of the court war officer J. v. Wolfram, who was transferred to Vienna with his family when they were barely two years old, where he died soon afterwards.
The girl's talent made itself felt early on. When she was ten years old, she sent her mother to the conservatory, after which Giovanni Gentiluomo took over her further education. At the age of 15 she already tried her hand at smaller roles at the Vienna Court Opera, then in Brno, Pressburg and Ödenburg.
The successes were such that the mother decided to go with her to Italy for further training. In Florence she took lessons from Felice Romanis (?) For a year . Despite several good offers, she then returned to Vienna and was immediately signed by Alois Pokorny .
From there she went to the Grand Ducal Court Theater in Darmstadt , where she was the darling of the court and the public for five years. In Darmstadt she married the wealthy nobleman Homlatsch, who, like her, was Austrian and whom she had already met in Vienna.
From Darmstadt she went to Hamburg, where she only stayed a year and then went to the royal court theater in Stuttgart. After a year she received an offer from the Hofoper Vienna, but at the same time in Stuttgart from the artistic director the application for a lifelong commitment with considerable pension entitlements. However, since the royal approval was still missing for the latter application, she accepted the advantageous offer, urged from Vienna, but at the same time agreed a contractual penalty of 6,000 florins should she terminate the contract early.
But after the telegraphic dispatch had been sent with the acceptance of the Viennese applications, she obtained royal approval for her Stuttgart offer. The artist's now unpleasant situation was resolved through the mediation of the king, who allowed the singer to go to Vienna for the time being, to sing there for a while, but only as a guest, whereupon she joined her commitment to Stuttgart as a lifelong member of the Hofbühne returned.
There, her artistic activity was suddenly interrupted by a foot ailment, which prevented her from entering the stage for over a year. When she recovered, she began her activity again, and her reappearance was like a real feast.
In 1882 she ended her stage career and died in 1888.
family
On November 11, 1844, she married the landlord and mine owner Anton von Homolatsch from Brno.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Marlow, Mathilde . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 474 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 233 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Christian Fastl: Marlow (owned by Wolfram; married Homolatsch), Mathilde von . In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online
- Mathilde von Marlow picture in The New York Public Library Digital Collections
- Portrait of Mathilde Marlow-Homolatsch in the digital portrait index
- Entry on Mathilde Marlow in Kalliope
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marlow, Mathilde von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolfram, Mathilde (real name); Marlow-Homolatsch, Mathilde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agram |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1888 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |