Mizzi Zwerenz

Maria Anna "Mizzi" Zwerenz, married name Marie Guttmann (13 July 1876 in Piešťany – 14 June 1947 in Vienna) was an Austrian opera singer (soprano), theater and film actress.

Mizzi Zwerenz Guttmann
Background information
Birth nameMaria Anna Zwerenz
Born(1876-07-13)July 13, 1876
Piešťany, Austria-Hungary
DiedJune 14, 1947(1947-06-14) (aged 70)
Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s)Opera Singer, Actress

Biography

Her father Karl Ludwig Zwerenz (30 September 1850 in Vienna; 28 December 1925)[1] was an actor and director, as well as director of theaters in Bolzano, Merano, Bucharest, Teplice, Iglau, Pressburg and Bad Hall. Her mother, Eveline Zwerenz (* 1842 – February 1921 in Vienna), worked at the Stadttheater in Baden bei Wien from 1888–91 and 1893-1903.[2] Her grandfather Karl Zwerenz (1826-1898) and her great-grandfather Karl Ludwig Costenoble were Hofburg actors. For now, she did not want to follow in the footsteps of the family. Then she followed the tradition, took lessons and made her debut in Baden bei Wien.[3] She played in Bielitz, at the summer theater in Mödling, toured with the Wiener Soubrettenensemble in Russia, in Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtischen Theater in Berlin and sang between 1901 and 1920 in the Carltheater in Vienna.[4] At the Viennese Apollo-Theater, Zwerenz was a major force. In the early 1920s, she ran the Mizzi Zwerenz establishment in Baden,[Anm. 1] for which she collaborated with popular actors (including Fritz Imhoff).[5] In addition to her stage work, she appeared in several films, including Die kleine Veronika (1929) und Walzer um den Stephansturm (1935).

Mizzi Zwerenz died of a heart condition on 14 June 1947 in Vienna. She is buried at the city's Hietzing Cemetery (group 29, number 9).

Zwerenz was from 1905 married to actor Arthur Guttmann (1877-1952), brother of the twins Emil and Paul Guttmann from 1905.[6] and in 1937 she retired from the stage. Their son, Fritz Zwerenz (3 September 1895 in Vienna; 12 October 1970 in Linz),[7] was a successful, sometimes as Kapellmeister supporting his mother's artistry[5] in the field of music theater. After World War II, he worked mainly as a concert conductor and at the radio station Radio Linz.[2]

Notes
  1. Das Haus Gasthof zum Goldenen Hirschen, ehemals Hauptplatz 12, wurde 2003 durch den Neubau eines Geldinstituts ersetzt.  Rudolf Maurer: Rote Rose, Goldener Hirsch. Die Volksbank-Häuser am Hauptplatz der Stadt Baden. Katalogblätter des Rollettmuseums Baden, Band 59. Rollettmuseum Baden, Baden 2006, ISBN 3-901951-59-8, passim.

References
  1. Wilhelm Kosch, Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch. Volume 7, 38./39. Lieferung: Zedler Zysset. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin (among other) 2011, ISBN 978-3-908255-52-9, S. 3925.
  2. Wilhelm Kosch, Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch. Volume 7, 38./39. Lieferung: Zedler Zysset. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin (among others) 2011, ISBN 978-3-908255-52-9, p. 3924.
  3. Wilhelm Formann: Der Vorhang hob sich nicht mehr. Theaterlandschaften und Schauspielerwanderungen im Osten. Schriftenreihe der Künstlergilde, Band 13/14, ZDB-ID 538340-7. Delp, München 1974, ISBN 3-7689-0109-2.
  4. Franz Lehars Neue Operette „Zigeunerliebe“. (Erstaufführung am Carl-Theater). In: Neue Freie Presse, 9 Jänner 1910, p. 16 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/nfp.
  5. Etablissement Mizzi Zwerenz. In: Badener Zeitung, 13 July 1923, p. 04 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/bzt.
  6. Hans Morgenstern: Jüdisches biographisches Lexikon. Eine Sammlung von bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten jüdischer Herkunft ab 1800. Zweite Auflage. LIT-Verlag, Wien (u. a.) 2011, ISBN 978-3-7000-0703-6, S. 314.  Text online, abgerufen am 7. April 2012.
  7. Rudolf Flotzinger: Österreichisches Musiklexikon. Volume 5: Schwechat  Zyklus. Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaft, Wien 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8.
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