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Rosa Streitmann

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Rosa Carola[1] Streitmann, von Jenny from 1885[2] and Benvenisti from 1888[3] (21 February 1857 – 30 July 1937) was an Austrian operetta singer and singing pedagogue.

Life

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Born in Vienna as Rosalia Streitmann,[4] Streitmann was the daughter of a stockbroker, her brother was the operetta singer Karl Streitmann. She is said to have first enjoyed ballet training with Virgilius Calori [pl], but then turned to singing under pressure from her parents. She received lessons from her aunt Rosa Csillag. A first public performance is mentioned in the press in February 1875.[5] In June 1876 she made her debut at the Carltheater in Offenbach's Schönröschen[6][7] at the world premiere of Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio she sang the role of Fiametta. In 1881 she changed to the Theater an der Wien.[8]

In December 1885 Streitmann married Fritz von Jenny, a grandson of Franz von Suppé.[2] However, shortly after the marriage, he lived together with Streitmann's sister-in-law Louise. The resulting scandal led to several lawsuits.[9]

After that Streitmann was briefly employed in Moscow (1886), at the Berliner Theater [de] and at the Königsstädtisches Theater (1887). In second marriage she was married to Heinrich Benvenisti from 1888, this marriage ended in divorce in 1898.[3]

Her engagement in the Theater in der Josefstadt, which she began in 1889, ended with mutual recriminations and a trial,[10] from which Streitmann finally emerged victorious.[11] From a stay abroad (possibly in Paris) she returned to Vienna in 1893, where she sang again at the Carlstheater in 1897.[12] She made her last stage appearance in 1900 at the Operettenhaus in Hamburg.[13]

At the latest since 1897 she worked as a singing teacher[14] from 1905 for the Musikschulen Kaiser.

From 1920 Streitmann lived in poor conditions,[15] first in the Gumpendorfer Straße, last in Baden bei Wien. Streitmann died in the Vienna General Hospital at age 80 and was buried at Wiener Zentralfriedhof on 2 August 1937."Sterbebuch der Reformierten Stadtkirche Wien, volume XVI, page 51". Matricula (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2019.

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References

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  1. ^ "Taufbuch der Reformierten Stadtkirche Wien, tom. IX, pag. 217". Matricula (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Trauungsbuch Reformierte Stadtkirche Wien, tom. IV, pag. 140" (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Trauungsbuch der Reformierten Stadtkirche Wien, tom. IV, page 225" (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ Birth register of the Jewish Community Vienna, tom. B, No. 3211
  5. ^ "Kirchenmusik". Neues Fremden-Blatt (in German). 1875-02-07. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. ^ Schönröschen = La jolie parfumeuse : komische Operette in 3 Acten] on Library of Congress
  7. ^ [http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=nfp&datum=18760610&page=6 "Theatre and Art News". New Free Press. 1876-06-10. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur". Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 1881-05-19. p. 5. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Veruntreuung". Neue Freie Presse (in German). 1886-06-22. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  10. ^ "A Theater-Process". Die Presse (in German). 1891-01-01. p. 16. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Principal decision in a theater process". The Press (in German). 1892-03-20. pp. 9f. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Theater und Kunst". Das Vaterland (in German). 1897-10-28. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Theater und Kunst". Neues Wiener Tagblatt (Tages-Ausgabe) (in German). 1900-05-23. p. 30. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Anzeige". Deutsches Volksblatt (in German). 23 January 1897. p. 16. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Das Los einer ehemaligen Operettendiva". Tages-Post (in German). 1920-11-13. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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