Marie Hanfstängl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Hanfstängl

German soprano

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1848

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1917

Profession: singer, opera singer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

For other individuals with the same surname, see Hanfstaengl family. Marie Hanfstängl (30 April 1848, in Breslau – 5 September 1917, in Munich), born Marie Schroeder (or Schröder), was a notable German operatic soprano singer and singing teacher, whose career was mostly conducted in Germany. Marie Schröder was a pupil of Pauline Viardot's in Baden-Baden.
She appeared at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris in 1866, but returned to Germany on the outbreak of war in 1870.
In 1871 she was engaged by the Court Opera House at Stuttgart. After marrying Erwin Hanfstaengl, a member of the distinguished Stuttgart photographer and art-publishing family headed by Franz Hanfstaengl, Marie resumed her musical studies in 1878, going to Vannucini in Florence, and thereafter was employed by the Stadt-Theater at Frankfurt.
She sang at the Metropolitan Opera as Marie Schröder-Hanfstängl during the 1884–85 and 1888–89 seasons.
In 1895 she became a teacher of singing at the Hoch Conservatory in the same city, where one of her students was Margarete Dessoff.
She retired in 1897, and spent her final years in Munich. The beautiful, exquisitely trained voice, and the polished virtuosity of her delivery made her an outstanding coloratura singer.
Among her best roles were: Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Gretchen (in Gounod's Faust), Amina (La sonnambula), Philine (Mignon), Lucia, Martha etc.

Erwin Hanfstaengl (1838–1905)
Alternative names	ERWIN
Description	French-German photographer photo studio located in Paris, 4. Rue Frochot, Paris [1]
Date of birth/death	1838	14 January 1905
Location of birth/death	Dresden	Munich
Work period	1861-1902
Work location	Paris, Frankfurt
Authority control	: Q18508155 VIAF: 22405751 ISNI: 0000 0003 6866 2273 GND: 116446137 SUDOC: 168964872 BNF: 148031003