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Poldi Gersa (13 September 1874 in
Ansichtskarte / Postkarte Dresden Zentrum Altstadt, Residenztheater, Schauspielerin Poldi Gersa als Nelly im Obersteiger
on .akpool.de Her first engagement was in Stettin (1891-1893), then she was in Leipzig and finally went from there to the Residenztheater in Dresden. Both vocally and playfully she performed very creditably and is characterised by humour and a healthy, natural wit.
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Poldi Gersa (13 September 1874 in Schwechat
Schwechat () is a town southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. The city is home to the refineries of the Austrian national oil company OMV.
Geography
Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, whi ...
– after 1902) was an Austrian soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
and stage actress.
Life
She began her stage training at the age of 17. Her teachers were Anna Schröder-Schalupka in Stettin,Albert Goldberg
Albert Goldberg (8 June 1847 – 7 November 1905) was a German operatic baritone, opera director and theatre manager.
Life
Goldberg was born in Braunschweig. His parents were Hirsch Goldberg (12 July 1807 in Wolsztyn – 10 June 1893 in Braunsc ...
and Louise Ottomann in Dresden.on .akpool.de Her first engagement was in Stettin (1891-1893), then she was in Leipzig and finally went from there to the Residenztheater in Dresden. Both vocally and playfully she performed very creditably and is characterised by humour and a healthy, natural wit.
Roles
* Adele in ''Die Fledermaus
' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.
Background
The original ...
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* Fiametta in ''Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian people, Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanism, Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so we ...
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* Mizi Schlager in ''Liebelei
' is a 1933 German period drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Magda Schneider, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and Luise Ullrich.
Production
The film, based on a play of the same name ('' Liebelei'') by Arthur Schnitzler, describes an ill-f ...
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References
Further reading
* Ludwig Eisenberg: Poldi Gersa. In ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert''.Paul List
Pawel M. List ( he, פאול ליסט, russian: Павел Лист; Odessa, 9 September 1887 – London? 1954) was a Russian Jewish chess player, who emigrated to Britain in 1937 but never took British citizenship.
He was born in Odessa, Ukr ...
, Leipzig 1903, 320daten.digitale-sammlungen.de
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