Philippine von Edelsberg

Ernst Christian Moser : Portrait of the singer Philippine von Edelsberg, 1860

Philippine von Edelsberg , also Filippine Leocadia von Edelsberg (born October 19, 1838 in Leopoldsdorf im Marchfelde , Lower Austria ; † August 15, 1917 in Mödling , Lower Austria) was an Austrian opera singer.

Life

Philippine Edelsberg made her debut at the Theater von Preßburg in 1857 , moved to Graz in 1858 and to Linz in 1860 . In 1862 she became a member of the ensemble of the Munich Court Opera , in 1865 she moved to the Berlin Court Opera , where she sang until 1867. As a result she made a guest appearance a. a. in Cologne, Leipzig, Prague, Paris, Brussels, Zagreb, at the Convent Garden Theater in London, at the Vienna Court Opera , the Scala in Milan and in 1871 also in New Orleans (USA).

As the wife of the spa doctor Alois von Ambrosz, who practiced in Abbazia , she lived for the last few years as Philippine von Ambrosz-Edelsberg in Mödling, where she also died.

roll

(Selection)

• Auber: Le domino noir - Angela
• Bellini: I Capuleti ed i Montecchi - Romeo
• Donizetti: La favorite - Leonor
• Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia - Maffio Orsini
• Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Orfeo
• Meyerbeer: Le prophète –Fidès
• Nicolai: The merry women of Windsor - Mrs. Reich
• Domenico Perelli: Viola Pisani - Fillide (world premiere)
• Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Rosina
• Verdi: Un ballo in maschera - Ulrica
• Verdi: Il trovatore - Azucena
• Wagner: Lohengrin - Ortrud

literature

• Andreas Weigel : Finally biographical documents about Philippine von Edelsberg. In: Stars in Gars. Andreas Weigel's blog about the neglected history of tourism and selected artist guests of the Kamptal-Sommerfrische Gars-Thunau. December 9, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 . 
• Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Edelsberg, Philippine von. In: Large song dictionary . 4th edition. Volume 4. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , p. 1288 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
• Andreas Weigel : Franz von Suppè (1819–1895). Human. Myth. Musician. Honorary citizen of Gars. Accompanying publication to the anniversary exhibition of the Zeitbrücke Museum Gars . With contributions by Andreas Weigel, Anton Ehrenberger , Ingrid Scherney and Christine Steininger. (Gars am Kamp) 2019. ISBN 978-3-9504427-4-8 . P. 152ff.

Web links

• Philippine von Edelsberg in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Portrait in the picture archive of the Bavarian State Library
• Philippine von Edelsberg Picture in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Andreas Weigel: Finally biographically documented about Philippine von Edelsberg. In: "Stars in Gars". December 9, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ after Kutsch / Riemens
3. ↑ Finally biographically documented about the singer Philippine von Edelsberg accessed on May 24, 2020
4. ↑ deaths. In:  Mödlinger Zeitung. Christian-social / Christian-social organ of the political district Mödling / Mödlinger Zeitung. Organ to represent the interests of the political) district of Mödling and the residents of the same with special consideration of the trade and agriculture / Mödlinger Zeitung with the supplement “Illustrierter Sonntags-Blatt”. German-Christian social organ for the representation of the interests of the political (ical) district Mödling with special consideration of the trade and agriculture / Mödlinger Zeitung. Organ for the representation of the interests of the political (ical) district Mödling with special consideration of the trade and agriculture / Mödlinger Zeitung. With the supplement “Illustrierter Sonntagsblatt”. Weekly newspaper for the political (ical) district of Mödling and the judicial district of Liesing , August 19, 1917 (online at ANNO ).
5. ↑ cf. libretto