Marie Renard by Adèle (8)

Marie Renard, born Marie Pölzl (1864-1939); Austrian mezzo-soprano/soprano.

In 1882 she made her debut at Graz as Azucena in “Il Trovatore”. From 1882/85 she was engaged at the “Deutschen Theater” in Prague and from 1885/88 at the “Hofoper Berlin”. In 1888 she was contracted by the “Wiener Hofoper” where she remained until her retirement from the stage in 1900.

Here she sang in 1890 the title role in the first Viennese performance of Massenet's “Manon”. In 1892 she created the role of Charlotte in Massenet’s “Werther”, with the tenor Ernest Van Dyck in the role of Werther. For this Viennese premiè the opera was translated into German. Also in 1892 she sang Eva in the world premiere of “Ritter Pázmán” by Johann Strauss II. Further on she created the role of Frau Dot in the première of Goldmark's “Das Heimchen am Herd” (1896) and Tatjana in the first Viennese performance of Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin” (1897). Her farewell performance to the Viennese public (1900) was as Carmen, one of her star roles.

On the photo from 1897 she is seen as Tatjana in Tschaikowski's "Eugen Onegin".