Pink csillag
Rosa Csillag , nee Rosa Goldstein , also Rosa Herrmann-Csillag , Róza Csillag (born October 23, 1832 in Irschau , Albertirsa ; † February 20, 1892 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian-Austrian opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).
Life
She comes from a Jewish family, her father was a cantor in Irschau. She performed as a dancer in Raab ( Győr ) as a child at the age of eight . Then she came to the National Theater in Budapest , where she performed in small vocal roles. After five years she went to Vienna, where she could only barely get by with handicrafts, but took singing lessons with Heinrich Proch and the tenor Alois Ander . He recommended her to Berlin, where she was given the role of Fidès in Meyerbeer's Le prophète in 1849 , which was to remain one of the brilliant roles in her repertoire. From 1850 to 1861 she was engaged at the Court Opera in Vienna . While on vacation she performed guest appearances in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Paris, London and Milan, where she was celebrated everywhere.
In 1852 she married the famous sleuth and magician Compars Herrmann ; the marriage was soon separated. The opera singer and actress Blanche Corelli comes from this marriage.
When her voice waned, she became a singing teacher at the Vienna Conservatory . In 1855 she recommended the young aspiring tenor Gustav Walter to move from Brno to Vienna, which led to a 30-year engagement at the Vienna Court Opera.
She was the aunt of the opera singers Karl and Rosa Streitmann .
Roles (selection)
- Fidès in Le prophète (The Prophet) by Meyerbeer
- Romeo in I Capuleti ei Montecchi by Bellini
- Lucrezia in Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti
Student (selection)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Csillag, Rosa . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 59 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Herrmann-Csillag, Rosa . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1862, p. 398 ( digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 169 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Csillag, pink; actually Goldstein (1832-1892), singer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 158.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Fourth, expanded and updated edition, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , pp. 4941f
Web links
- Rosa Csillag at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1013, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Csillag, pink |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldstein, Rosa (maiden name); Herrmann-Csillag, Rosa (full name); Csillag, Róza |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Austrian opera singer (mezzo-soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irschau , Albertirsa |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1892 |
| Place of death | Vienna |