Woman Triumphant: The story of her struggles for freedom, education and political rights.: Dedicated to all noble-minded women by an appreciative member of the other sex.Cronau, Rudolf
History
Woman Triumphant: The story of her struggles for freedom, education and political rights.: Dedicated to all noble-minded women by an appreciative member of the other sex.
Cronau, Rudolf
Women -- History
Germany and Austria too have produced numbers of accomplished actresses
and singers who stood high in public esteem and thrilled vast audiences
by splendid revelations of their art. The name of =Charlotte Wolter= is
forever connected with the famous Burgtheater in Vienna as the greatest
tragedienne in the history of that famous institution. To the many
actresses, whose fame is not limited to their native countries but has
extended to America as well, belong the following stars of the 19th
Century: =Marie Seebach=, =Ottilie Genee=, =Kathie Schratt=, =Hedwig
Niemann-Rabe=, =Fanny Janauschek=, =Magda Irschik=, =Anna Haverland=,
=Marie Geistinger=, =Agnes Sorma=, =Helene Odilon=, =Francisca
Ellmenreich=, =Fanny Eysolt=, =Irene Triebsch= and =Else Lehmann=.
As stars in grand opera and concert singers the most famous of the
former century have been =Henriette Sontag=, =Pauline Lucca=, =Marie
Schroeder-Hanfstängl=, =Teresa Tietiens=, =Etelka Gerster=, =Lilli
Lehmann=, =Fanny Moran-Olden=, =Rosa Sucher=, =Amalie Materna=, =Marie
Brema=, =Katharine Klaffsky= and =Marianne Brand=. Our present
generation has paid tribute to =Milka Ternina=, =Marie Rappold=, =Alma
Gluck=, =Elene Gerhard=, =Johanna Gadski=, =Julia Culp=, =Ernestine
Schumann-Heink=, =Melanie Kurt=, =Margarete Ober=, and =Frida Hempel=.
With the history of the French drama the names of the great tragediennes
=Elizabeth Rachel= and =Sarah Bernhardt= are inseparably connected,
while in opera =Madeline Arnould=, =Magdalene Marie Desgarcins=, =Louise
Françoise Contat=, =Marie Felicite Malibran=, =Louise Angelique Bertin=,
=Sophie Cruvelli=, =Emma Calvé=, =Lucienne Breval=, =Felia Litvinne= and
=Desiré Artot= have been stars of the first order.
Italy gave birth to the famous actresses and singers =Guilia Grisi=,
=Marietta Alboni=, =Angelica Catalani=, =Adelaide Ristori=, =Eleonora
Duse=, =L. Scalchi=, =Louisa Tetrazzina=, and =Amelia Galli-Curci=.
Poland had her superb =Helena Modjeska= and =Marcella Sembrich=; Bohemia
the marvelous =Emmy Destinn=.
Sweden treasures the memory of =Jenny Lind= and =Christine Nilsson= as
superlative artists. Jenny Lind was called “the Swedish Nightingale,”
and was famous for her great charm as well as for her musical gifts. Her
splendid tour in America under the management of P. T. Barnum in 1849
was one of the greatest artistic and financial triumphs ever achieved by
one single artist.
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