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Marianne Müller

Marianne Müller, née Hellmuth (1 or 4 January 1772 – 31 May 1851) was a German soprano and actress.

Marianne Müller
Born
Marianne Hellmuth

(1772-01-01)1 January 1772
Mainz, Germany
Died30 May 1851(1851-05-30) (aged 78)
Berlin, Germany,
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Opera singer, actress
Parent(s)Johann Friedrich Hellmuth and Franziska Hellmuth

Life edit

Born in Mainz, Müller was the daughter of a singer and voice teacher Franziska Hellmuth and Mainz court musician, Johann Friedrich Hellmuth. She began performing at a very young age. She made her debut singing the part of Gretchen in Anton Schweitzer's Dorfgalle in Bonn in 1780, and appeared as Victorine in Eifersucht auf der Probe in Schwedt in 1785, and as Röschen in Zauberspiegel in Berlin in 1788.

In 1787, she was engaged at the Schweriner Hoftheater and later, from 1788 to 1789, she became a member of the Königliches Theater in Berlin.

Initially, she was employed as an actress, however, over the time, her career slowly moved towards opera. In 1803, she made her debut as Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. In 1804, she sang the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and from 1809 onwards performed Donna Anna. She played the role of Agnes Sorel in Friedrich Schiller's Die Jungfrau von Orleans over 25 times.[1]

On 12 May 1794, she appeared in the Berlin first performance of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte as The Queen of the Night. In 1815 she became ill and retired in 1816. In 1844 she took part in the 50th anniversary of Die Zauberflöte after the Berlin premiere.

Family edit

In 1792 she married Müller, a Prussian officer, and began to use the name since 6 May 1794.[2] After her retirement, she lived in Ruppin with her daughter, a pianist and student of Friedrich Wilkes. Later she moved to Berlin and lived there until she died in 1851.

Her sister Katharine Hellmuth (before 1770 – after 1800) was also an actress and singer.

Repertoire edit

Below is a list of some of her debut performances.[3]

Year Role Opera Composer
1788 Rosalie Doktor und Apotheker Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Zémire Zémire et Azor André Grétry
1790 Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro Mozart
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Mozart
1794 Almanzaris Oberon Friederike Sophie Seyler
Pamina,
Königin der Nacht 		Die Zauberflöte Mozart
1797 Lodoïska Lodoïska Luigi Cherubini
1798 Henriette Das Sonntagskind
1801 Marie Blaubart
1802 Amanda Oberon Friederike Sophie Seyler
1803 Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart
1804 Amena Cäsar auf Pharmakusa Antonio Salieri
Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Mozart
1805 Carolina Il matrimonio segreto Cimarosa
1806 Ilia Idomeneo Mozart
1808 Sophie Sargines
1809 Agnes Sorel Die Jungfrau von Orleans Friedrich Schiller
Agnes Sorel[4] Agnes Sorel Adalbert Gyrowetz
Donna Anna Don Giovanni Mozart
1812 Mechtilde Silvana Weber
1813 Princesse de Navarre Jean de Paris François-Adrien Boieldieu
? Constanze Die Liebe im Narrenhaus Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
? Sandrina Il Talismano Antonio Salieri
? Pietro Les deux petits savoyards Nicolas Dalayrac
? Marguerite Richard Coeur-de-Lion André Ernest Modeste Grétry

References edit

  1. ^ Datenbanken Berliner Klassik, Nationaltheater (in German)
  2. ^ http://www.weber-gesamtausgabe.de/de/A008572.html Married and start using the Müller as her last name
  3. ^ "Selected repertoire". Archived from the original on 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  4. ^ October, the 15th, cf. "Berlin, d. 28sten Octbr". Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (in German). Vol. 12, no. 7. 15 November 1809. p. 105. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

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