Josef Bayer (1852-1913)
Josef Bayer (1852-1913). Profession: Conductor, composer, violinist. Relation to Mahler: Active as a conductor during Gustav Mahler’s tenure in both Vienna (Vienna State Opera) and New York. He often conducted a (second) part of a program by Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 06-03-1852 Vienna Died: 12-03-1913 Vienna. Aged 61. Buried: 15-03-1913 Central cemetery, Vienna. Grave 0-1-66. Years with […]
Paula Doenges (1874-1931)
Paula Doenges (1874-1931). Profession: Soprano Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. Born: 17-03-1874 Leipzig, Germany Died: 15-06-1931 Langebrück near Dresden, Germany Buried: 00-00-0000 1898 Opera Vienna 06-05-1898. Also: Paula Donges. 03-1898 Five performances in Vienna. Doenges, the daughter of a school principal, was “discovered” by him at the […]
Jenny Pohlner (1863-1952)
22-05-1900. Jenny Pohlner (1863-1952). Profession: Soprano, singing teacher Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 22-12-1863 Brno, Czech republic. Died: 22-12-1952 Vienna, Austria. Buried: 00-00-0000 Dobling cemetery, Vienna, Austria 1898 Opera Vienna 07-11-1898. 1899 Opera Vienna 02-01-1899. Married Grosz-Pohlner (gross) First appearances as a child, then studied singing in […]
Jenny Korb (1874-1937)
Photo. Jenny Korb (1874-1937) Profession: Soprano Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 30-10-1874 Vienna Died: 04-11-1937 Vienna Buried: 00-00-0000 Unknown 1898 Opera Vienna 15-08-1898. 1898 Opera Vienna 17-08-1898. 1899 Opera Vienna 13-08-1899. 01-01-1900 until 31-01-1901 member of Vienna State Opera. She was the daughter of a Viennese coffeehouse […]
Lola Beeth (1861-1940)
Lola Beeth (1861-1940). Profession: Soprano Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 23-11-1861 Kraków (Krakau), Poland. Died: 18-03-1940 Berlin, Germany Aged 79. Buried: 00-00-0000 Unknown 1898 Opera Vienna 10-04-1898 Beeth was trained as a singer in Vienna, and based in that city for much of her career. She debuted […]
Fritz Friedrichs (1849-1918)
Fritz Friedrichs (1849-1918). Profession: Baritone Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 31-01-1849 Died: 15-05-1918 Buried: 00-00-0000 1898 Opera Vienna 08-02-1898. 1898 Opera Vienna 11-02-1898. Born: Fritz Cristofes. Started as a chorister and performer in small acting roles in Braunschweig, He was later engaged in Potsdam, Stettin, Elbing, […]
Charlotte Huhn (1865-1925)
Charlotte Huhn (1865-1925). Profession: Alto Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 15-09-1865 Luneburg, Germany Died: 15-06-1925 Hamburg, Germany Buried: 00-00-0000 1899 Opera Vienna 04-05-1899. Huhn was born as the youngest of five children of a hairdressing family in the Lüneburg Grapengießerstraße 27. When her father died, one of her […]
Demeter Popovici (1859-1927)
Demeter Popovici (1859-1927). Profession: Baritone (bass), singing teacher Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 23-07-1859 Jassy (Iasi), Romania Died: 06-04-1927 Cluj (Klausenburg), Romania Buried: 00-00-0000 1898 Opera Vienna 01-01-1898 Born: Dimitrie (Demeter) Conservatorium Bukarest, Romania Venice 1881 Debut in Bukarest, Romania 1884 Hofoper Vienna, Austria 20-02-1896 Damrosch New York, […]
Franz Naval (1865-1939)
Franz Naval (1865-1939). Profession: Tenor Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 20-10-1865 Slovenia, Ljubljana Died: 09-08-1939 Vienna, Austria. Aged 73. Buried: 14-08-1939 Central cemetery, Evangelical Cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 9-1-36 1897 Opera Vienna 09-12-1897. 1898 Opera Vienna 08-05-1898. Born Franz Poga?nik, Naval Pogacnik. The lyrical tenor first received his education in […]
Julius Lieban (1857-1940)
Julius Lieban (1857-1940). Profession: Tenor, violinist, singing teacher Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 19-02-1857 Lundenburg, Czech Died: 01-02-1940 Berlin, Germany. Aged 82. Buried: 00-00-0000 Stahnsdorf cemetery, southwest, Berlin, Germany. Next to his brother Adalbert. 1900 Opera Vienna 23-03-1900 Lieban was born the son of a Chasan in Moravia and […]