Anna Grobecker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anna Grobecker

German opera singer

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1829

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1908

Profession: stage actor, opera singer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Anna Grobecker

  • Anna Grobecker, born 27 July 1829 in Breslau (which was then part of the Kingdom of Prussia), died 27 September 1908 in Althofen, Austria, was a German mezzo-soprano who appeared in many operas and operettas.
  • She was a skilled comic actress and was most popular in "trousers roles".She was the daughter of opera singers Franz Mejo and Rosa Mejo-Straub, one of their seven children, all of whom had stage careers.
  • Anna was trained as an actress by Carl Herbold and as a singer by her mother. She made her debut in Magdeburg in 1844, appeared in Leipzig in 1848, and performed in Berlin from 1850 - 1858, where she specialised in soubrette roles.
  • In 1858, during a guest appearance in Budapest, she was seen by Johann Nestroy, who brought her to Vienna.
  • There she appeared at the Carltheater in operettas, especially in the works of Jacques Offenbach and Franz von SuppĂ©, until 1871.Anna Grobecker was the first operetta singer to be invited to perform for the Imperial Court in Vienna, in 1861.
  • In 1865, she made a guest appearance at the Meysels-Theater, Berlin, creating the trousers part of Ganymed in Suppe's Die schöne GalathĂ©e.
  • In 1869, she made guest appearances in Paris, by the arrangement of Offenbach, and was known as "the Queen of the trousers roles".
  • She was married to actor Phillip Grobecker between 1856 and 1860.She retired in 1874 and divided her time between Italy and Austria.

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