Ridi Meininger

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Ridi Meininger, around 1894

Ridi Meininger , married Ridi Niedermeyr or Niedermeyr-Meininger (born September 10, 1866 in Munich ; † March 11, 1915 there ), was a German operetta singer .

Life

Meininger's path led from cabaret to the Singspielhalle to the celebrated operetta singer. From 1886 to 1888 she was engaged in Regensburg and from 1888 at the Munich Gärtnerplatztheater .

At the Gärtnerplatztheater in 1888 she sang and played “Rosalinde” in the 100th performance of the Strauss opera Die Fledermaus and “Maria Franziska” in the re-performance “with electric lighting” by Richard Genées Der Seekadett . Other roles at the Gärtnerplatztheater were the “Ninon” in the world premiere of Alfred Zamara's Singspiel Der Herr Abbé in 1889, the “Princess Blanche de Coligny” in Rudolf Dellinger's comic operetta “ Capitain Fracassa ” and in Karl Horak's production of Jacques Offenbach's “ Hoffmanns Erzählungen ” in 1889 the soprano combination Olympia, Antonia, 1890 the bailiff “Elsie” in Der Königsgardist based on Arthur Sullivan's operetta The Yeomen of the Guard and “Harriet” in The poor Jonathan ( Carl Millöcker ), 1891 the “Electress Marie” in Carl Zeller's hometown operetta The Bird Trader , 1892 the “Lady Sylvia Rockhill” in Das Sonntagskind (Carl Millöcker) and the “Irene” in Karl Komzák's Volksoper Edelweiss , 1893 the “Margit van der Meeren” in Karl Weinberger's operetta Lachende Erben . Nevertheless, the first operetta singer of the Gärtnerplatztheater remained a member of the ensemble there. In the summer of 1894 she had a guest performance at the Kurhaus-Theater Göggingen . In October 1894, she was seen in Mamsell 'Cerevis ( Robert Pohl and Richard Genée).

Angelo Neumann's call to the Prague German Theater followed in 1894 . As early as 1893 she had a guest appearance in Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent at the Prague City Theater and in the German summer theater at the Volkstheater Kgl. Weinberge in Prague as Queen in the comic opera Farinelli , a production based on the material by Friedrich Wilhelm Wulff and Th. Teßmann, a play in which she appeared at the Innsbruck City Theater in January of that year . In Prague she was to succeed Johanna "Hanna" Wrada .

Apparently she did not answer the call to Prague, because in 1898 Ridi Niedermeyr-Meininger was still a member of the Gärtnerplatztheaterensemble. However, there is evidence of guest performances, for example at the royal palace and city theaters in Ansbach and Lahr in 1898 and at the city ​​theater in Passau . She also appeared in Nuremberg .

In the 1901/02 season she appeared at the Klagenfurt City Theater . From 1907 to 1909 she sang and played at the Innsbruck City Theater, there in the first operetta performance of the 1907/08 season the title role in Franz von Suppés Boccaccio , later in Robert Planquette's operetta Die Glocken von Corneville and on her evening of honor as first operetta singer in February 1902 the role of the maid "Suza" in Franz Lehár's Der Rastelbinder . As a benefit event in their favor, Carl Michael Ziehrer's operetta The Three Wishes was performed there in February 1908 , with Béla from Ujj's operetta The Little Princess , in which Meininger himself appeared as "Princess Irene".

She later became impoverished and died in 1915 at the age of 48.

literature

  • Meininger, Ridi (married Niedermeyr). In: Ottmar G. Flüggen: Biographical stage lexicon of the German theaters from the beginning of German drama to the present. A. Bruckmann, 1892.
  • Ridi Meininger. In: Der Humorist , 14th year, No. 17, 10 June 1994, p. 2. ( online )

Web links

Commons : Ridi Meininger  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 10 Settembre 1866, Lunedì in the Almanacco by Gherardo Casaglia on Amadeus.net.
  2. ^ 11 March 1915, Giovedì in the Almanacco by Gherardo Casaglia on Amadeus.net.
  3. ↑ a b Ridi Meininger †. In: Münchener Stadtanzeiger , Vol. 27, No. 12, March 20, 1915, p. 2 f .
  4. ^ Ridi Meininger in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
  5. ^ Thomas Siedhoff (Red.); Elke Schöninger (collaborator): Actien-Volkstheater - Repertoire of the seasons 1865–1872 / 73. Royal Theater on Gärtnerplatz - Repertoire for the seasons 1873 / 74–1917 / 18. Gärtnerplatztheater - repertoire of the seasons 1918/19–1930/31. State Theater on Gärtnerplatz; accessed on February 26, 2017.
  6. ^ Göggingen, Kurhaus Theater. In: 1895. New theater almanac. 6th year, FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1895, p. 459.
  7. ^ Göggingen, Kurhaus Theater. In: 1895. New theater almanac. 6th year, FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1895, p. 376.
  8. ↑ Theater and art reports from Munich. In: Der Humorist , 14th year, No. 29, October 10, 1894, p. 7.
  9. ↑ a b Ridi Meininger. In: Der Humorist , 14th year, No. 17, June 10th 1894, p. 2.
  10. ↑ City Theater. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten, January 17, 1893, p. 6 f.
  11. ↑ From the German summer theater. In: Prager Abendblatt , No. 129, June 9, 1893, p. 3 and advertisement on p. 5
  12. ↑ City Theater. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten, No. 11, January 14, 1893, p. 5 f .
  13. ↑ Wrada, Hanna (Johanna). In: From manor to large estate. Economic and social transformation processes of the rural elites in Brandenburg in the 19th century. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2003, ISBN 978-3-050-07745-1 , p. 3612.
  14. ↑ Theater and Art. In: Der Humorist , Volume 14, No. 17, June 10, 1994, p. 2.
  15. ↑ Theater am Gärtnerplatz, Königigl. Property. In: New Theater Almanac. 9th year, FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1898, p. 467 .
  16. ↑ Ansbach and Lahr, royal. Castle and city theater. In: New Theater Almanac. 9th year, FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1898, p. 260 .
  17. ^ Passau, City Theater. In: New Theater Almanac. 9th year, FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1898, p. 484 .
  18. ↑ Klagenfurt, City Theater. In: 1902. New theater almanac. 13th year, FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1902, p. 406.
  19. ↑ 1907-10-04. Tirolensien.at; accessed on February 26, 2017.
  20. ↑ 1908-10-08. Tirolensien.at; accessed on February 26, 2017.
  21. ↑ 1908-02-12. Tirolensien.at; accessed on February 26, 2017.
  22. ↑ 1908-02-17. Tirolensien.at; accessed on February 26, 2017.
  23. ↑ theater. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger, No. 41, February 18, 1908, p. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Meininger, Ridi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niedermeyr, Ridi (married name); Niedermeyr-Meininger, Ridi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German operetta singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1915
Place of death Munich