Wilhelmine Unzelmann-Werner
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Wilhelmine Unzelmann-Werner , born Wilhelmine Franz (* 1802 in Berlin ; † March 11, 1871 ibid) was a German actress and singer ( soprano ).
Life
Unzelmann-Werner was the daughter of Johann Christian Franz , from whom she also received her first artistic lessons. In 1815, at the age of 13, she was engaged as an actress at the court theater in Berlin.
In the following year she achieved her artistic breakthrough with "Adele" in "Fanchon, the lyre girl" by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel . In the following years she shone more and more often in heroic and tragic roles. Later Unzelmann-Werner often took on comical parts.
Her first marriage since 1821 was to the actor August Unzelmann (1795–1833), a son of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Unzelmann and his wife Friederike Bethmann-Unzelmann . The actress Bertha Unzelmann was her daughter. After separating from Unzelmann, she married Ministerial Secretary Werner in 1835.
She died on March 11, 1871 in Berlin at the age of 69.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1061, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Wilhelmine Unzelmann-Werner at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Unzelmann-Werner, Wilhelmine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franz, Wilhelmine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress and singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1871 |
| Place of death | Berlin |