Minna Alken-Minor
Minna Alken-Minor , née Minna Minor ( May 9, 1860 in Singhofen , Hessen-Nassau - June 9, 1905 in Schwerin ) was a German opera singer ( alto ).
Life
Alken-Minor, daughter of a postman, was trained for the stage by Professor Koch at the Stuttgart Conservatory. In Chemnitz she took the stage for the first time as "Azucena" in the troubadour , was then engaged in Gdansk and Bremen, and in 1882 was engaged for the court theater in Schwerin . The artist, who was appointed grand ducal chamber singer for her services , was also highly valued as a concert and church singer . She was a guest at music festivals in Schwerin, Stuttgart and the coronation concert in May 1896 on the occasion of the enthronement of Tsar Nicholas II.
Her big stage roles were "Orpheus" by Christoph Willibald Gluck , "Donna Elvira" in Don Giovanni , "Ortrud" in Lohengrin , "Waltraute" and "Erda" in the operas of the Nibelungen Ring , "Brünnhilde" in " Siegfried "and the" Fides "in" Propheten "by Giacomo Meyerbeer .
She was married to the bass buffalo and actor Josef Alken ( March 17, 1860 in Trier - August 19, 1932 in Darmstadt ).
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 22 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Minna Alken-Minor at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Minna Alken-Minor ( Memento of the original dated August 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at operone.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alken-Minor, Minna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Minor, Minna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Singhofen , Hessen-Nassau |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1905 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |