Marie Hanfstängl
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Marie Hanfstaengl (born Breslau, 30 April 1848; died Munich, 5 September 1917), born Marie Schroeder (or Schröder), was a notable German operatic soprano singer and singing teacher, whose career was mostly conducted in Germany.
Marie Schröder was a pupil of Pauline Viardot-Garcia's in Baden-Baden. She appeared at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris in 1866, but returned to Germany on the outbreak of war in 1870. In 1871 she was engaged by the Court Opera House at Stuttgart.
After marrying Erwin Hanfstaengl, a member of the distinguished Stuttgart photographer and art-publishing family headed by Franz Hanfstaengl,[1] Marie resumed her musical studies in 1878, going to Vannucini in Florence, and thereafter was employed by the Stadt-Theater at Frankfort-am-Main. In 1895 she became a teacher of singing at the Hoch Conservatory in the same city. She retired in 1897, and spent her final years in Munich.
The beautiful, exquisitely-trained voice, and the polished virtuosity of her delivery made her an outstanding coloratura singer. Among her best roles were: Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Gretchen (in Gounod's Faust), Amina (La sonnambula), Philine (Mignon), Lucia, Martha etc.
[edit] Writings
- Meine Lehrweise der Gesangskunst und Elementartheorie in Wort und Bild (My System of Teaching Singing). London, etc: Schott & Co, 1902.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Franz Hanfstaengl moved in Bavarian royal circles, and was photographer of Ludwig II, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner: the son Edgar was closely attached to the Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria.
- Meyers, Konversations-Lexikon (1888-1890).
- A. Eaglefield-Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
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| NAME | Hanfstaengl, Marie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanfstängl, Marie;Schroeder-Hanfstaengl, Marie;Schröder-Hanfstängl, Marie |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German soprano |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 30 April 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breslau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5 September 1917 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Munich |
