Minona Frieb-Blumauer

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Minona Frieb-Blumauer and Theodor Döring , wood engraving by Paul Bürde

Minona Frieb-Blumauer (born May 11, 1816 in Stuttgart , † July 31, 1886 in Berlin ) was a German actress and singer .

Life

Minona ( actually Johanna ) Frieb-Blumauer was the daughter of the actor Karl Blumauer , from whom she received her first lessons. As a child she appeared in Neustrelitz in the “Freischütz” and in 1828 in Gotha as a “boy” in the “Magic Flute”. She studied singing at the Prague Conservatory for three years and was immediately engaged for a guest performance in Darmstadt. She stayed in Darmstadt for three years and then moved to Cologne and Aachen, where she was particularly successful in Rossinian operas under Julius Mühling , for example as a raisin in The Barber of Seville .

Since her voice was not up to the demands in the long run, she switched to spoken theater. Carl Leberecht Immermann brought her to Düsseldorf and under his guidance she developed into an outstanding actress. After she had worked as a youthful, lively lover in Meiningen and most recently in Brno, she married the engineer Emanuel Frieb in 1839 (their daughter Lina became an opera singer) and, after a break, only appeared again in 1841 at the Wiedener and Carltheater in Vienna, where Moritz Gottlieb Saphir recommended them.

A guest performance by Friedrich Beckmann was the reason that the still young woman switched to the character subject and took on the roles of mature women. During a guest appearance in Vienna, Theodor Döring saw the actress in several older and comical roles. After his return he arranged for Minona Frieb-Blumauer to be invited to a test guest game in Berlin, which she performed with great success. In 1854 she received a ten-year and later a lifelong contract with the royal theater. Her students included Anita Augspurg , Olga Arendt , Agnes Freund and Anna Haverland .

Gustav Heinrich Gans zu Putlitz characterizes the actress as follows:

“When she first entered the royal stage in Berlin, where her name was hardly known at the time, it must have been about 20 years ago, she caused a sensation through the dashing characteristics with which she drew her characters, and especially through the rich and original ingenuity for an abundance of weird, piquant and drastic details with which she livened up her game. And yet, in spite of the audience's immediately decided preference, she had to slowly conquer her ground, especially her roles. But it didn't last long, and Frau Frieb-Blumauer had a whole series of roles, in pieces that were written especially for her; for what comedy poet would not have liked to gain a talent for his work that guaranteed part of the success through his participation. It would be wrong to name Ms. Frieb-Blumauer as an actress as a specialty, because that would mean limiting the field of her achievements, would mean ascribing peculiarities to her that only point her to this or that exceptional role. On the contrary, she has mastered her subject, which is called that of the 'comic old folks', to the greatest possible extent; because if we leave out the older, serious roles for which the organ is not extensive enough, but with which the artist has nevertheless managed to come to terms with skill often enough, the mothers in the drama belong to her, right into the farce, the comic character roles and batches Role circle, and as often as the tasks that this subject poses to her, she has always managed to gain some peculiarity from each individual or to create something. "

Gotthilf Weisstein describes the character and effect of the actress in a similar way :

“Their so-called 'comic elders', as it is called in the actor's jargon, were artistic achievements that in many cases rose far above the literary value of what is represented; who your 'bad stepmother', your 'Räthin Seefeld' u. s. f. has seen, will not be able to forget these miniature pictures of the finest realism, masterfully executed down to the smallest detail. If she played Kotzebue earlier, she always stood above his somewhat shallow and dull humor; When she later became the sole ruler in the Benedix genre, she also breathed into his philistine jokes, his phlegmatic well-being, and lifted his figures out of the low bas-relief in which they are carved, full of life and vividly round. Her playing was always characteristic and in the ensemble, when she had to play a supporting role, it was decent and reserved. She mastered all the registers of humor, whether she played a cook ('servants'), an elegant old lady (Frau von Gühsen), whether she played in a modern comedy (Madame Michoud in the 'Bust') or in a classic comedy (Martha Schwertlein ) appeared - her victorious, humorous temperament carried everything away with her, up on the stage as well as down in the hall. "

The grave of Minona Frieb-Blumauer in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Shortly after a spa stay in Wiesbaden , from which she had apparently returned recovered, Minona Frieb-Blumauer died unexpectedly on July 31, 1886 at the age of 70 in Berlin. The funeral service, led by Theodor Hossbach , pastor of the New Church on Gendarmenmarkt , took place on August 4th in the deceased's apartment on Zimmerstrasse. With great participation from representatives of Berlin and foreign theater life as well as the population, the coffin was then taken to Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches in front of the Hallesches Tor , where the burial took place, near the final resting place of her patron Theodor, who had died eight years earlier Döring. The funeral speech at the grave was given by Arthur Deetz , Director of the Royal Theater. The preserved grave site is marked by a grave slab with an inscription and ornaments.

Schoolgirls (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Minona Frieb-Blumauer  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Heinrich Gans zu Putlitz : Theater memories. Berlin: Paetel, 1874.
  2. ^ Gotthilf Weisstein : Minona Frieb-Blumauer † . In: Berliner Tageblatt , August 1, 1886, morning edition, p. 2.
  3. ↑ Berliner Tageblatt , August 1, 1886, morning edition, p. 2.
  4. ^ The funeral of Mrs. Frieb-Blumauer . In: Berliner Tageblatt , August 4, 1886, evening edition, p. 2.
  5. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 241.
personal data
SURNAME Frieb-Blumauer, Minona
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernhard, Johanna Wilhelmine; Frieb-Blumauer, Johanna Minona; Frieb-Blumauer, Johanna Wilhelmine; Bernhard, Johanna Minona (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1886
Place of death Berlin