Marie Deetz, ''née'' Marie Brand, (11 December 1835 – 24 June 1893) was a German operatic
mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...
and stage actress.
Life
Born in Damm near
Aschaffenburg, Deetz, the daughter of the municipal music director Brand, received her musical education in Vienna through
Matteo Salvi
Matteo Salvi (24 November 1816 – 18 October 1887 ) was a composer of opera and classical music and a theatre director.
Salvi was born in Botta di Sedrina (Provincia di Bergamo), Italy. A student of Gaetano Donizetti, he is best known for ...
and ''Eckart'' (
Karl Anton Eckert
Karl Anton Florian Eckert (17 December 1820 – 14 October 1879) was a German conductor and composer.
Life
Eckert was born in Berlin. By the age of five, had already proved himself as a musical child prodigy. After coming to the attention of Si ...
?) and entered the stage for the first time in Hanover in 1856 as ''Agathe'' in ''
Der Freischütz''. From 1856 until 1860, she worked in Mannheim, then in Leipzig, Wiesbaden, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Then she didn't accept any further fixed engagement, but only appeared as a guest at excellent art places.
She was the first "Elsa" in Mannheim (9 January 1859) and in Rotterdam (19 January 1859) as well as the first "Gretchen" in Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Rotterdam, created "Elisabeth" in ''
Tannhäuser'' in Amsterdam in 1865 and "Selika" in ''
L'Africaine'' in Leipzig on 12 February 1866.
Deetz finished her stage career in 1876.
She was married with the actor and director
Arthur Deetz (1826-1897) from 1858.
Deetz died in 1893 at the age of 59. She was buried at the Jerusalem and New Church in front of the
Hallesches Tor, where her husband would later also find his final resting place. Both graves have not been preserved.
[Hans-Jürgen Mende: ''Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten''. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, , .]
Further reading
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: ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert''.
Paul List publication house, Leipzig 1903, pp. 179 f., ().
* Kutsch/Riemens: ''
Großes Sängerlexikon''. Unveränderte Auflage,
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In 1987, K. G. Saur was acquired by Reed Interna ...
, Bern, 1993, first volume A–L, , (3 volumes)
References
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Deetz Marieon Operissimo
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German stage actresses
German operatic mezzo-sopranos
1835 births
1893 deaths
People from Aschaffenburg
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
Actresses from Bavaria