Sofie Brehm-Fritsch
Sofie Brehm-Fritsch , also Sophie Brehm-Fritsch , née Sofie Fritsch or Sophie Fritsch ( December 1, 1861 in Stuttgart - after 1927) was a German opera singer ( soprano ) and singing teacher .
Life
Brehm-Fritsch, the daughter of a businessman, decided to become a stage singer at the age of 15. She was trained by Marie Schröder-Hanfstängl in the coloratura subject corresponding to her natural disposition, but still took detailed lessons from Pauline Viardot-Garcia in order to perfect herself in the French and Italian coloratura schools.
She found her first engagement in September 1881 at the Court Theater in Wiesbaden, where she made her debut as "Page" in Huguenots . She then worked at the court theater in Stuttgart from 1882 to 1885 and was then engaged for the court theater in Karlsruhe, where she worked in the very first position for 15 years.
Brehm-Fritsch was always a conscientious singer with well-trained resources and a constant endeavor to solve her tasks artistically.
It was with painful feelings that they said goodbye to her, who was considered the only representative of bel canto on the Karlsruhe stage, when she was preparing to leave the stage on June 24, 1900 to retire to private life.
For her artistic merits, she was named Baden Chamber Singer in 1892. She had her permanent residence first in Munich, then in Mainz, where she worked as an important singing teacher.
She spent her twilight years in Bad Reichenhall. Her memoirs appeared in 1927 under the title Ernstes und Heiteres from my artistic career .
She was married to the singer Fritz Brehm .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 125, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Sofie Brehm-Fritsch in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Sofie Brehm-Fritsch at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Sofie Brehm-Fritsch Picture in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
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| SURNAME | Brehm-Fritsch, Sofie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brehm-Fritsch, Sophie; Fritsch, Sofie (maiden name); Fritsch, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1927 |