Marie Renard

Marie Therese Renard, Marie actually Polzl, ( born January 18, 1864 in Graz, † October 17, 1939 ibid ) was an Austrian soprano alto and mezzo-soprano.

During a Schlfestes Renard fell on her singing because. Funded by wealthy society ladies she could, inter alia, undergo training in singing master Anton Prelinger and the actress Luise Weinlich - Tipka. The result was then on 22 May 1882 successful debut at the Graz city theater with the batch of " Arzuela ".

There she saw director Eduard Kreibig and committed Renard in 1883 for the German Theatre in Prague. On July 20 of the same year she was there to see already in the role of "Nancy". Your negotiations for a longer commitment dragged on and only when the impresario Eugenio Merelli they also wanted to give contracts to Renard has been committed from 1882 to 1885 in Prague. In September 1885 she graduated with sensational success a guest appearance at the court theater in Berlin and was there with effect from January 1, 1886 and an ensemble member.

From this time on Renard sang mostly Mezzosopram. In Berlin, she continued to work on her voice and also took private lessons with so de Ruda. The end of September 1888, she said goodbye to the role of " Carmen " from their audience in Berlin and moved to the court theater in Vienna. There she sang the role of "Carmen" on 6 October of the same year. Your greatest successes achieved Renard with their interpretation of " Manon " ( first time on November 18, 1890) and with the " Lotte" (first time on 1892).

At the request of the Imperial Court Renard was appointed with effect from 12 May in 1896 the imperial chamber singer. On January 29, 1900 it was official farewell performance at the Court Opera. On May 18, 1901 she married Count Rudolf Kinsky in Budapest ( 1856-1921 ), who had divorced because of her.

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The music critic Eduard Hanslick wrote on the occasion of the performance of the bell of the hermit in the New Free Press:

Roles (selection)

  • Carmen - Carmen (Georges Bizet )
  • Nancy - Martha ( Friedrich von Flotow )
  • Marie - La fille du régiment ( Gaetano Donizetti )
  • Baroness Freimann - The Poacher ( Albert Lortzingstraße )
  • Marie - The Weaponsmith ( Albert Lortzingstraße )
  • Zerlina - Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Cherubin - Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Catherine - The Taming of the Shrew ( William Shakespeare)
  • Henriette - Mason and Schlosser ( Daniel -François- Esprit Auber )
  • Annie - Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber)
  • Rose - The bell of the Hermit ( Aimé Maillart )
  • Manon - Manon ( Massenet )
  • Lotte - Werther ( Jules Massenet )
  • Marianka - The Kiss ( Bedřich Smetana )
  • Tatjana - Eugene Onegin ( Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky )
  • Hansel - Hansel and Gretel ( Engelbert Humperdinck )
  • Dot - Cricket on the Hearth (Karl Goldmark )
  • Donna Diana - Donna Diana ( Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek )
  • Musette - La Bohème ( Giacomo Puccini )
  • Red Riding Hood - La petit chaperon rouge (François Adrien Boieldieu )
  • King - Lace Handkerchief Queen (Johann Strauss ( son ) )
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