Ottilie Collin

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Ottilie Collin in 1891

Ottilie Collin , actually Ottilie Müller ( May 19, 1863 in Vienna - February 29, 1960 there), was a stage actress and singer ( soprano ).

Life

Ottilie Collin

Ottilie Müller was born on May 19, 1863 in Vienna as a Viennese citizen child. Her father held the position of a military accountant. As soon as she left school she went to the theater. She received her first stage training in Graz from Kapellmeister Anger and made her debut on September 10, 1881 at the Teplitz City Theater. In 1883 she moved to Berlin to the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische-Theater in Berlin. She was popular and soon she was brought to the then first German-language operetta stage, the Theater an der Wien . In 1884 she made her debut as a guest in One Night in Venice as "Anina" and was immediately engaged, although she was contractually bound in Berlin for three years. She stayed there until 1891, after which she returned to the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische-Theater, where she stayed until 1896. After that she no longer took on a fixed engagement, but only worked as a guest.

One of her roles is particularly that of the "Gypsy Girl" in the Gypsy Baron , which she sang on the occasion of the premiere on October 24, 1885. Her name remains linked to the golden operetta era of the 1880s, because almost no operettas from this period were performed without her. At the premiere of Carl Zeller's operetta The Bird Dealer on January 10, 1891, she played the leading role of Electress Marie alongside Alexander Girardi and Ilka Palmay.

In 1899 she married the manor owner Max Heilmeyer, whose estates were located near Labiau (East Prussia), but he died four years later. Ottilie Heilmeyer-Collin died on February 29, 1960 at the age of 97 in Vienna and was buried in Vienna's central cemetery (columbaria, niche, right upper floor no. 206).

Ottilie Heilmeyer-Collin grave site

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Ottilie Collin . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 160 ( archive.org ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lt. Information from Friedhöfe Wien GmbH, June 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Collin, Ottilie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Ottilie (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Theater actress and singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH after 1896