Sylvia Holzmayer

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Sylvia Holzmayer (born February 27, 1940 in Vienna ; † November 15, 2002 ibid) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ) and actress .

Life

Sylvia Holzmayer, who, according to her father's wishes, was supposed to be a teacher , initially trained at the Hetzendorf fashion school . From the age of 15 she received private singing lessons from Anny Helm-Sbisà and sang in the church choir of the Michaelerkirche in Vienna , where she was also baptized. After completing her singing and acting training, she made her debut at the Klagenfurt City Theater . Her first stage role was Minna von Barnhelm , in which she stood in for a sick colleague at short notice. She also came to opera through musicals and operettas. Her first opera role was one of the Valkyries in Die Walküre while she was still engaged at the Klagenfurt Theater. Further stage engagements followed at the theaters in Trier , Bremen , Lübeck , where she was engaged until the end of the 1974/75 season before returning to Vienna, and in Hamburg . In the 1969/70 season she sang the title role in a new production of the Kálmán operetta Gräfin Mariza at the Lübeck Theaters .

At the Vienna Volksoper she first appeared in the rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny , and later also as a Countess in Viennese Blood . In the season 1974/75 she was engaged for a production of the Wiener Volksoper as singer Anny in the pride operetta The Lost Waltz / Two Hearts in three- four time, in which she worked with partners like Peter Minich , Helga Papouschek , Peter Drahosch , Kurt Huemer and Herbert Prikopa performed, and also undertook a major tour of Austria with performances for the Austrian Chamber of Labor .

From the 1975/76 season onwards, Holzmayer was a permanent member of the Vienna Volksoper ensemble, to which she belonged without interruption until her death. There she was initially employed alongside Mirjana Irosch and Sigrid Martikke as a “classic” operetta diva, with roles such as Madame Pompadour (new production in the 1976/77 season with Per Grundén as a partner), “Rößl” hostess (1975/76 season, alternating with Christiane Hörbiger ), Csárdásfürstin and Lisa in The Land of Smiles . In the 1977/78 season she embodied Felice in a new production of the opera The Four Ruffians .

She later took on numerous character roles in operas, operettas and musicals at the Vienna Volksoper. She entered there u. a. as landowner Larina in Eugen Onegin (in a production by Harry Kupfer , premiere: 1990/91 season, from November 1990), as Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi , as Clotilde in Norma , as innkeeper in Boris Godunow , as Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady , as a housekeeper in The Man of La Mancha and as Baroness Adelaide in The Bird Trader . In operas of the 20th century she sang the cook Axinja in Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (season 1991/92, staging: Christine Mielitz , conductor: Donald Runnicles ) and in the season 1994/95 she sang the abbess in a new production of Der fierige Engel (again with Mielitz / Runnicles as the production team).

In the 1999/00 season she took on the role of Chamberlain Friederike von Insterburg in the operetta Ein Walzertraum . In May 2000 she was part of the premiere cast of the opera Thomas Chatterton by Matthias Pintscher as Madame Angel . In the 2001/02 season she was Countess Palmatica in the operetta Der Bettelstudent . Her last role at the Vienna Volksoper was Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro in June 2002 .

Holzmayer could also be heard at various guest performances. In September / October 1964 she appeared in a German-language Broadway production of the operetta Wiener Blut alongside Dagmar Koller and Hugo Lindinger in New York City . In 1977 she sang the role of Evelyne Valera in the operetta Mask in Blue at the Mörbisch Sea Festival . In 1991 she took on the role of Duchess Ludovika in the musical Sissi and Romy by Roland Baumgartner in Mörbisch . She appeared as a soloist at operetta concerts in the Wiener Konzerthaus and the Wiener Musikverein .

In a radio recording of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation , she sings the title role in the operetta Die gold'ne Meisterin by Edmund Eysler as partner of Peter Minich .

As an actress, Holzmayer took part in the Austrian romance film Romance in Venice (1962) in the role of the maid Anka.

Her hobbies included reading and painting . Sylvia Holzmayer died after a "brief serious illness" at the age of 62 in Vienna.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul S. Ulrich: Biographical directory for theater, dance and music . Berlin publishing house. Arno Spitz GmbH. 1997. S. 814. ISBN 978-3-87061-479-9 , there with indication of the “official” year of birth 1946.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Volksoper singer Sylvia Holzmayer is dead . Death report and obituary. In: Der Standard of November 18, 2002. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Sylvia Holzmayer died . Death report and obituary. In: Wiener Zeitung of November 19, 2002. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Kurt Gänzl, Andrew Lamb: Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theater . The Bodley Head. London 1988. Cast, page 1156. ISBN 0-370-31157-4 .
  5. ^ Herbert Prikopa : Die Wiener Volksoper , page 193. Ibera Verlag, Vienna 1999. ISBN 3-9004-3667-3 .
  6. ↑ Paul Lorenz: WOLF-FERRARIS “VIER GROBIANE” IN THE VIENNA FOLK OPERA . Performance review. In: Austrian music magazine . Volume 33: Issue 4–5. Page 230/231. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7767/omz.1978.33.45.230 . (accessed via De Gruyter Online).
  7. ↑ Michael Blees: SALE AT ANY PRICE . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Edition March 3, 1991. Page 55/56.
  8. ↑ Norma . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  9. ^ Boris Godunov . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  10. ↑ My Fair Lady . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  11. ↑ The Man of La Mancha . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Program booklet of the Vienna Volksoper with a cast list. 1994/95 season.
  13. ↑ Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  14. ↑ A waltz dream . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  15. ↑ Thomas Chatterton . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  16. ↑ The beggar student . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  17. ↑ The beggar student . Production details and cast. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  18. ↑ Silvia Holzmayer . Entry on Playbill. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  19. ↑ Viennese blood . Production dates and cast at Playbill. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  20. ↑ a b Documentation of the Mörbisch Seefestspiele (1957 - 2005) . Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  21. ^ Concert in memory of Louis Braille . Program Wiener Konzerthaus November 1984. Accessed on July 18, 2020.
  22. ↑ Gerhard Track | Operetta concert . Program Wiener Musikverein April 1994. Accessed on July 18, 2020.
  23. ↑ Eysler: The Golden Master . Occupation. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Holzmayer, Sylvia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holzmayer, Silvia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian opera singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2002
Place of death Vienna