Christl Mardayn

Anna Christina Maria "Christl" Mardayn (8 December 1896 in Vienna – 24 July 1971) was an Austrian actress and singer.

Life Anna Christina Maria Mardayn was the daughter of banker Oskar Maria Mardayn and his wife Henriette (née Fusek). After graduation she studied piano, dance and song at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna. In 1920, she made her stage debut in the role of a diseased soubrette in The Dead Eyes by Eugen d'Albert. As Christl Mardayn she subsequently received a firm contract to the Vienna Volksoper. She sang Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Lola in Cavalleria rusticana, and Sieglinde in Die Walküre. She starred in the title role of Franz von Suppé's operetta Die schöne Galathee around 100 times. In 1921, the soubrette moved to the Raimund Theater and in 1922 went to the Charles Theatre, where she sang in premiere performances of operettas such as Die Bajadere by Emmerich Kálmán, The Dragonfly Dance by Franz Lehár and The Lady in Ermine by Jean Gilbert. She toured to the Art Theatre in Berlin, the Corso Theatre in Zurich and the State Theatre in Hanover. She played the role of Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Mirandolina by Bohuslav Martinů. Other guest appearances have taken her to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Sweden. In the 1930s, Christl…Citește mai mult

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