Mella Fiora
Mella Fiora (born around 1860 - after 1902) was an opera singer at German theaters in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Life
Fiora first took to the stage in the 1891/92 season at the Würzburg City Theater , then came to Breslau , where she worked until 1897 and then joined the association of the Hofbühne in Mannheim . She ended her career with her marriage to the civil engineer Oskar Smreker in 1902.
She was a coloratura singer of the most amiable kind. When it came to singing, she often offered something perfect and was greatly appreciated for her grace and kindness in the performance and her sympathetic way of singing. She represented her compartment with taste and skill, are highlighted from the long series of their popular shows: " Lakme ", " Mistress Ford ," " Susanne ", " Raisin " and " Philine ", " Daughter of the Regiment ", " Nedda ", " Carlo Broschi "," Gilda "," Frau Dot "(in Karl Goldmark's opera Das Heimchen am Herd ) etc.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 258, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Ottmar G. Flüggen: Biographical stage lexicon of the German theaters from the beginning of German acting to the present . Compiled by OG Flüggen. 1st year. A. Bruckmann's Verlag, Munich 1892, p. 83.
Web links
- Mella Fiora in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul S. Ulrich: Biographical Index for Theater, Dance and Music / Biographical Index for Theater, Dance and Music . Berlin publishing house. Arno Spitz GmbH. 1997, ISBN 978-3-87061-479-9 , p. 508.
- ^ Ottmar G. Flüggen: Biographical Stage Lexicon of the German Theater from the Beginning of German Drama to the Present . Compiled by OG Flüggen. 1st year. A. Bruckmann's Verlag, Munich 1892, p. 83.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fiora, Mella |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Opera singer at German theaters |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1860 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1902 |