Tiana Lemnitz
Tiana Luise Lemnitz (born October 26, 1897 in Metz ; † February 5, 1994 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ) and singing teacher .
Life
Lemnitz received her vocal training at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main . In 1922 she was engaged by the Stadttheater Aachen , after which she was part of the ensemble of the Stadttheater in Hannover . From 1931 she sang at the Dresden Opera , to whose ensemble she belonged from 1933 to 1934.
After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , she became a member of the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 ( membership number 2.955.384). In 1934 she came to the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden ; to which she was to remain loyal for over two decades. Lemnitz quickly became one of the stars of the ensemble and was considered the epitome of lyrical soprano .
In 1937, she was by Adolf Hitler to Kammersängerin appointed. In 1943 she appeared in the feature film Old Heart Becomes Young Again and in the opera film Night Without Farewell . In the final phase of the Second World War , Hitler included her in the list of the most important artists in August 1944, before the planned closure of the theaters on September 1 , which saved her from being deployed in the war - also on the home front .
In 1953 Lemnitz became head of the opera studio at the Berlin State Opera. She had her last appearance in 1957 at the State Opera. After her time as an active singer, Lemnitz trained the next generation as a singing professor.
Tiana Lemnitz died in Berlin in 1994 at the age of 96. She found her final resting place in the hereditary funeral of the family of her husband Friedrich Scheuer (1884–1966) at the Dahlem cemetery .
Filmography
- 1943: Old heart becomes young again
- 1943: Night without parting
- 1949: Figaro's wedding (vocal synchronization)
theatre
- 1954: Richard Wagner : The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Eva) - Director: Wolf Völker ( German State Opera Berlin )
literature
- Tiana Lemnitz , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 20/1994 from May 9, 1994, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Kutsch / Riemens: Large song dictionary . Unchanged edition, KG Saur , Bern, 1993, first volume A – L, p. 1687, ISBN 3-907820-70-3 (3 volumes)
Web links
- Literature by and about Tiana Lemnitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tiana Lemnitz in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Tiana Lemnitz at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Tiana Lemnitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography with some pictures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 361.
- ^ Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 4.185.
- ↑ Peter Buske: Epitome of the lyrical: Tiana Lemnitz - soprano of the Lindenoper . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 16, 1994, p. 35.
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 571.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemnitz, Tiana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lemnitz, Tiana Luise (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1994 |
| Place of death | Berlin |