Rosa Ethofer
Rosa Ethofer , married Rosa Schüller , ( February 24, 1877 in Vienna - September 3, 1939 in Weimar ) was an Austro-German opera singer ( soprano / mezzo-soprano / alto ) and vocal teacher .
Life
Rosa Ethofer took lessons from Irene Schlemmer-Ambros and was engaged at the Leipzig City Theater in 1898, where she made her debut as “Fricka” in Rheingold , “Walküre” and “Ortrud”. After two years of activity, she came to the court theater in Dessau and in 1902, after successfully completing guest appearances as "Azucena", "Ortrud", "Carmen", both "Fricka", was signed as first contralto. In 1901 and 1902 the artist also took part in the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, where she proved to be a capable singer as the “solo flower girl” and “second squire” in Parsifal and as “Siegrune” in Walküre .
Her repertoire included all alto and mezzo-soprano parts and should be mentioned as particularly splendid, for example “Azucena”, “Ortrud”, “Carmen”, both “Fricka”, “Erda”, “Waltraute”. Her stately appearance, the characteristic mine game and the captivating charm of her voice were praised. Their almost exemplary pronunciation was also recognized, with which slow phrasing went hand in hand. Like her vocal performances, her acting performances have also been described as commendable.
From 1903 she gave guest appearances at the court theaters in Wiesbaden and Mannheim, in 1905 at the Vienna Volksoper and at the court theater in Kassel, and in 1906 at the operas in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main.
In 1910 she sang in the world premiere of Banadietrich by Siegfried Wagner as “Ute”, and in 1919 in Ein Fest auf Haderslev by Robert Heger .
After the end of her stage career, she worked as a singing teacher in Nuremberg, then in Weimar.
She was married to the opera singer Eduard Schüller .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Rosa Ethofer . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 244 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Barbara Boisits: Ethofer, Rosa. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Ethofer pink. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 270 f. (Direct links on p. 270 , p. 271 ).
Web links
- Rosa Ethofer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Rosa Ethofer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Rosa Ethofer Picture in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ethofer, pink |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schüller, Rosa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German opera singer (soprano / mezzo-soprano / alto) and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1939 |
| Place of death | Weimar |