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Minona Frieb-Blumauer
Minona Frieb-Blumauer (11 May 1816 – 31 July 1886) was a German actress and singer. Life Born in Stuttgart, Minona (''actually Johanna'') Frieb-Blumauer was the daughter of the actor Karl Blumauer, with whom she received her first lessons. Already as a child, she appeared in Neustrelitz in ''der Freischütz'' and 1828 in Gotha as a boy in ''the Magic Flute''. She studied singing for three years at the Prague Conservatory and was immediately engaged for a guest performance in Darmstadt. She stayed there for three years and then moved to Cologne and Aachen, where she performed successfully under , especially in Gioachino Rossini's operas, for example as Rosine in ''The Barber of Seville''. As her voice was not up to the demands in the long run, she switched to spoken theatre. Karl Immermann brought her to Düsseldorf and under his guidance she developed into an outstanding actress. After she had worked as a youthful and lively lover in Meiningen and finally in Brno, she marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Gartenlaube (1874) B 551
''Die Gartenlaube – Illustriertes Familienblatt'' (; ) was the first successful mass-circulation German language, German newspaper and a forerunner of all modern magazines.Sylvia Palatschek: ''Popular Historiographies in the 19th and 20th Centuries'' (Oxford: Berghahn, 2010) p. 41 It was founded by publisher Ernst Keil and editor Ferdinand Stolle in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony in 1853. Their objective was to reach and enlighten the whole family, especially in the German middle classes, with a mixture of current events, essays on the natural sciences, biographical sketches, short stories, poetry, and full-page illustrations.Kirsten Belgum: "Domesticating the Reader: Women and Die Gartenlaube" in: ''Women in German Yearbook 9'' (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993) p. 93-100 At the height of its popularity ''Die Gartenlaube'' was widely read across the German speaking world. It could be found in all List of historic states of Germany, German states, the German colonies i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotthilf Weisstein
Gotthilf Weisstein (6 February 1852 – 21 May 1907) was a German journalist, writer and bibliophile. Life Born in Berlin, Weisstein was the son of a merchant. His uncle was the social physician Salomon Neumann. He attended Grützmacher's pre-school at Hausvogteiplatz and then the Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, where he passed the Abitur in 1870. He studied classical philology, Sanskrit and philosophy, later German Studies in Berlin with Moriz Haupt, Moritz Lazarus and Heymann Steinthal. A doctoral project seems to have failed. Weisstein gave up his intention of pursuing an academic career and became a journalist. He obtained his first editorial position at the ''Stuttgarter Chronik'', then worked for the ''Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt''; from 1880 he was employed as a permanent contributor to the ''Berliner Tageblatt'' and the ''Tribüne'', from 1884 to 1887 he was, alongside Oscar Blumenthal Feuilletonredakteur and theatre editor of the ''Berliner Tageblatt''. Then he devoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Stage Actresses
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Amanda Tscherpa
Amanda Tscherpa, real name Amanda Lachenwitz (1 May 1846 – September 1915) was a German operatic mezzosoprano and stage actress. Life Born in Düsseldorf, Cherpa was trained by Minona Frieb-Blumauer and Eduard Mantius and began her stage career as a soubrette in Cologne. Then she was engaged in Berlin, Magdeburg, Bremen, Nuremberg, Breslau, Stettin and Königsberg (East Prussia) and St. Petersburg. From 1888 until 1892, she worked at the municipal theatre of Riga, both as an opera singer and as an actress. After that, she worked in Cologne again until 1903. Notable opera roles include Gertru in '' Hans Heiling'' by Marschner, Marguerite in '' La dame blanche'' by Boieldieu, Mary in ''The Flying Dutchman'', the Countess in '' Der Wildschütz'' by Lortzing, Marthe in ''Faust'' by Gounod, Marchesa in ''La fille du régiment ' (''The Daughter of the Regiment'') is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedwig Meyer
Alwina Clara Hedwig Meyer (7 October 1841 – after 1916) was a German stage actress. Life Born in Leipzig, Meyer was trained by Minona Frieb-Blumauer. Afterwards, she worked for three years as a young lover at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ... before she moved to the Wallnertheater in Vienna. She worked at several theatres in Berlin and in 1890, she got an engagement at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, where she stayed until 1894, playing mainly . After several engagements at bigger theatres in Northern Germany, she retired from the stage in 1897. After that she lived married in Berlin. Her siblings were the actors Clara Meyer and Adolf Meyer. Further reading * Ludwig Eisenberg: ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutsche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Friedmann
Laura Friedmann (8 April 1860 – after 1893) was a German operatic coloratura soprano. Life Born in Berlin, Friedmann showed her singing talent at an early age and was trained as an opera singer at the Königliche Hochschule in Berlin from 1874 to 1877. Among others, she was trained in singing by Gustav Engel and Adolf Schulze and in acting by Minona Frieb-Blumauer and Karl Gustav Berndal. On 30 June 1877, she passed her exams under the supervision of Joseph Joachim and was discharged into professional life. She had her first engagement in Bremen under the direction of Max Pohl. She made her debut as queen in '' Les Huguenots''. She then stayed in Bremen for two years and afterwards she was engaged in Cologne from 1880 to 1882. on '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharine Jacobi
Catharine Jacobi, ''née'' Katharina Bußler, also Katharina Jacobi, (4 November 1837 – 24 June 1912) was a German stage actress. Life Born in Berlin, Jacobi, the daughter of a secret court councillor and granddaughter of the tenor Karl Adam Bader, was trained by Minona Frieb-Blumauer and made her debut as Lorle in 1858 in ''Dorf und Stadt'' at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg, where she was engaged for the role of youthful lover and . She had rehearsed this play with Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. From 1862 until 1867, she worked at the court theatre in Weimar, where she successfully appeared in the first performance of Shakespeare's royal dramas (April 1864 in Dingelstedt's establishment) and in the first performance of the '' Wallenstein trilogy'' as Thekla. In 1867, the talented actress applied to the court theatre in Mannheim, which she accepted, even after she had been happy with her guest performance. Over the years, she changed from first-lover roles to character portraits a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Jürgen Mende
Hans-Jürgen Mende (19 May 1945 in Berlin-Kreuzberg – 21 September 2018 in Rostock) was a German historian. He was a lecturer in the history of philosophy at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. After the reunification of Germany (1989/90) he became founder and managing director of the social and cultural-historical association , whose main aim was the research and spreading of the history of Berlin and Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq .... Mende died in Berlin at the age of 73. Publications * (ed.): ''Lexikon ‚Alle Berliner Straßen und Plätze‘ – Von der Gründung bis zur Gegenwart.'' Neues Leben / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 1998, (4 volumes, 2300 pages). * with Kurt Wernicke (ed.): Reihe ''Berliner Bezirkslexikon'': ** Kathrin Chod, Herber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Deetz
Arthur Deetz (18 June 1826 – 16 July 1897) was a German stage actor and theatre director. Life Born in Wesel, Deetz, son of a medical officer, first dedicated himself to military service and in 1843 he joined the seventh artillery brigade in Cologne as a flag squadron officer. After three years of military service, however, he went to the stage, following his youthful inclination. He had his first appearance at the court theatre in Neu-Strelitz on 8 November 1846. Two years later, he joined the Burgtheater, but soon he left the theatre to work in Leipzig, Weimar, Pest, Mannheim (1856-1860), Karlsruhe, Darmstadt, Dessau etc. In 1864, Deetz took over the "Deutsche Oper" in Amsterdam, where he achieved artistic successes and performed Wagner and Gounod for the first time. In 1873, he was engaged at the Royal Theatre in Berlin, where he made his debut as "Königsleutnant" and "Odoardo". Only one year later, he was appointed as a director and in 1877 he became artistic director. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallesches Tor
The Hallesches Tor was located in today's Berlin district Kreuzberg south of Mehringplatz. Today, as a historic monument listed underground station on the site of the former gate bears the name ''Hallesches Tor''. It is a major transfer point for the underground lines / (here as Hochbahn) and as well as the bus lines 248 (Berlin Ostbahnhof - Breitenbachplatz via Südkreuz) and M41 (Hauptbahnhof via Potsdamer Platz - Baumschulenstraße). The station is connected by the ''Hallesche-Tor-Brücke'' with the ''Blücherplatz'' to the south. The Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek and the nearby Jewish Museum contribute to the heavy visitor traffic in the area around the ''Hallesches Tor''. History It is named after the historic and no longer existing ''Hallesche Tor'' of the Berlin Customs Wall, which replaced the ''Berlin city wall'' in the 18th century. The gate was located in the south of Berlin between the Wassertor and the Potsdamer Tor and formed the exit gate to the Prussian Halle an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gendarmenmarkt
The Gendarmenmarkt ( en, Gut Market) is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble including the Berlin concert hall and the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the Linden-Markt and reconstructed by Georg Christian Unger in 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after the cuirassier regiment ''Gens d'Arme''s, which had stables at the square until 1773. During World War II, most of the buildings were badly damaged or destroyed. Today all of them have been restored. Origins Gendarmenmarkt was first built in 1688. It was a marketplace and part of the city's Western expansion of Friedrichstadt, one of Berlin's emerging quarters. Französischer Dom The French Church (in German: ''Französischer Dom'', where ''Dom'' refers to the "dome" and not to a cathedral. Neither the French nor the German Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Dom
The New Church (german: Neue Kirche; colloquially german: Deutscher Dom, meaning "German Cathedral"), is located in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from French Church of Friedrichstadt (''French Cathedral''). Its parish comprised the northern part of the then new quarter of Friedrichstadt, which until then belonged to the parish of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church. The Lutheran and Calvinist (in German Reformed Church) congregants used German as their native language, as opposed to the French-speaking Calvinist congregation of the adjacent French Church of Friedrichstadt. The congregants' native language combined with the domed tower earned the church its colloquial name ''Deutscher Dom''. While the church physically resembles a cathedral, it is not a cathedral in the formal sense of the word, as it was never the seat of a bishop. After being heavily damaged during the bombing of Berlin in World War II, reconstruction was completed 1988; the church now serves as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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