Ilka Pálmay

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Ilka Pálmay (often erroneously written Ilka von Pálmay; 21 September 1859 – 17 February 1945), born Ilona Petráss, was a Hungarian-born singer and actress. Pálmay began her stage career in Hungary by 1880, and by the early 1890s, she was creating leading roles in opera and operetta at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. She was married to Austrian Count Eugen Kinsky in the early 1890s. In 1895, Pálmay began to perform in London, and in 1896 she created the leading role of Julia in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke. In 1897, Palmay returned to Hungary and spent most of the rest of her long and successful career in Hungary and Austria. She continued to perform until 1928.

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Life and career Pálmay was born in Ungvar, in the Ung County of the Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (present-day Ukraine). She was married twice, first to actor-manager József Szigligeti (from 1877 to 1886), and then to Austrian Count Eugen Kinsky in the early 1890s, who maintained an estate at Althofen in Carinthia. Although she was often billed as "von Palmay" early in her career, she explained to The Sketch that the "von" "isn't right; von is German. In Hungary the y at the end of name means the same thing."

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Early career Pálmay began her stage career in Hungary (including Kassa, Budapest and Kolozsvár) by 1880 and played about two dozen roles in the 1880s, including Serpolette in Les Cloches de Corneville In the early 1890s, she performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, where she created leading roles in Carl Zeller's Der Vogelhändler (1891) and Johann Strauss II's Fürstin Ninetta (1893). Soon, she was playing in Prague and the Unter den Linden Theater in Berlin. There, in 1893, she was cast in a German production of The Mikado to play the tenor hero, Nanki-Poo, in drag, and Sullivan unsuccessfully tried to stop the performances. Later, Pálmay was surprised to find out that no woman had ever appeared on stage at the Savoy Theatre dressed as a man. She later played the title role in La belle Hélène (Offenbach); Fiametta in Boccaccio (von Suppé); Denise in Mam'zelle Nitouche (Hervé; Nebántsvirág in Hungarian); Yvonne in The Pirate King (Planquette); Yum-Yum in The Mikado (Sullivan); the title role in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (Offenbach); Lisbeth in Rip Van Winkle (Planquette); and Bronislawa in A koldusdiák – The Beggar Student (Karl Millöcker). In June 1895, Pálmay made her first appearance…Citește mai mult

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Later years Pálmay appeared in Vienna in 1898-99, but she spent most of her career in Budapest. In 1905, she appeared briefly in German-language theatre in New York, but soon returned to Hungary. In 1911, she won the national Hungarian theatre's honorary prize. Pálmay played many roles from opera and operetta during her long career, as noted below. In 1928, she retired from performing. Pálmay recorded two songs in Vienna in 1900 and several in Budapest in 1903. The latter group of songs included one in English, "Butterfly," a folk song. She also recorded "Madrigal" from Ninoche and "A Simple Little String" from The Circus Girl. All of these can be heard on The Art of the Savoyard (Pearl GEMM CD 9991). Writing as Countess Kinsky, Pálmay eventually published her memoirs in Hungarian. They were published in Berlin in 1911 in German translation as Meine Erinnerungen (My Memories). A chapter of the book about her days at the Savoy was translated into English by Andrew Lamb and was printed in the May and September 1972 issues of The Gilbert & Sullivan Journal. In the memoir, she describes plans by D'Oyly Carte to produce a musical version of Victorien Sardou's Madame…Citește mai mult

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Roles Giacomo Puccini/David Belasco: Madama Butterfly – Cio-Cio-San Ferenc Csepreghy: Sárga csikó (Yellow Foal) – Erzsike (Elizabeth) Ferenc Csepreghy: A piros bugyelláris (The Red Purse) – Török Zsófi (Turkish girl Zsófi) Ferenc Csepreghy: A tót leány – Misu Gilbert and Sullivan: The Grand Duke – Julia Jellicoe (in English, London) Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard – Elsie Maynard Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado – Yum-Yum (in Germany) Károly Gerő: Vadgalamb (Culver) – Rica a pásztorlány (Rica the shepherdess) Charles Grisart: A királykisasszony bábui – Les Poupées de l'Infante – main role Hervé: Mam'zelle Nitouche (Nebántsvirág in Hungarian) – Denise

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Hennequin & Millaud: Niniche – Niniche Charles Lecocq: Nap és hold (Le Jour et la Nuit) – Manola Charles Lecocq: The Gardener Girl – Micaela Alexander MacKenzie: His Majesty – Felice (in English, London) André Messager: A beárni leány – La Béarnaise – Jacquette Karl Millöcker: A koldusdiák (Der Bettelstudent – The Beggar Student) – Bronislawa

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Karl Millöcker: Gasparone – Carlotta Jacques Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein) – the title role Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène – Hélène Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld – Eurydice Robert Planquette: Rip van Winkle – Lisbeth Robert Planquette: The Pirate King – Yvonne Robert Planquette: Les Cloches de Corneville – Serpolette, the good-for-nothing. Robert Planquette: A komédiás hercegnő; La princesse Colombine – main role

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Jenő Rákosi: Magdolna – Magda Jenő Rákosi: Szélháziak – Cseresnyés Alfréd, the lawyer

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Franz von Suppé: Boccaccio – Fiametta Johann Strauss II: The Gypsy Baron – Barinkay Johann Strauss II: Das Spitzentuch der Königin (The Queen's Lace Handkerchief) – main role Johann Strauss II: Fürstin Ninetta (Princess Ninetta) - title role Franz Schubert - Besté: Három a kislány – Tscöllné Joseph Szigeti: Csókon szerzett vőlegény – Ábrai Irén színésznő Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler - Christel (Milka in Hungarian) Émile Zola: Nana (based on Zola's novel) – main role

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In English: Theatre Notebook - A Journal of the History and Technique of the British Theatre, 1945. Anon: The Romance of a Famous Theatre / The Old Savoy and The New - London, Curwen Press, 1930. Stedman, Jane W. (1996). W. S. Gilbert, A Classic Victorian & His Theatre. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816174-3. Wolfson, John (1976). Final curtain: The last Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. London: Chappell in association with A. Deutsch. ISBN 0-903443-12-0

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In German: Honegger Marc – Marsenkeil Günther: Das große Lexikon der Musik, 1-8 – (The Large Encyclopedia of Music, 1–8), Freiburg, 1976-1983. Lexikon der Frau, 1-2 – Zürich (Women Encyclopedia, 1-2 – Zurich), 1953. Das Jahrbuch der Wiener Gesellschaft. Beiträge zur Wiener Zeitgeschichte - Wien (The Yearbook of the Viennese Society. Contributions to Viennese Contemporary History – Vienna), 1929 Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich. 1–60 – Wien (Biographic Encyclopedia of Kaiser’s Austria. 1–60 – Vienna), 1856-1891.

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In Hungarian: Magyar Színházművészeti Lexikon – Akadémiai Kiadó, (Hungarian Theatre Lexicon, Academic Edition), Budapest, 1994. Gyula Krúdy: Primadonna – Regényes történet Pálmay Ilkáról, aki meghódította a világot. - Móra Könyvkiadó (Primadonna – About Ilka Pálmay and her world. Móra Publications), Budapest, 1988. Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1-3. Budapest, 1981–1982.: Színészmúzeum / Pálmay Ilka – Magyar Színházi Intézet, (Hungarian Biography: Theatre Museum / Ilka Pálmay – Hungarian Theatrical Institute) Budapest, 1981–1982. Hont-Staud: Színházi kislexikon – Gondolat Kiadó (Concise Theatrical Lexicon – Gondolat Edition), Budapest, 1969. Dr. Dezső Bánóczi: Rendezte dr. Bánóczi Dezső – Szerzői magánkiadás, (Staging by Dr Dezső Bánóczi – Copyright Private Issue) Budapest, 1943. Dr. Antal Németh: Színészeti lexikon – Győző Andor kiadása (Theatrical Lexicon – Győző Andor’s issue), Budapest, 1930. Révai mickle lexicon / Pálmay Ilka (Révai’s Large Lexicon / Pálmay Ilka – Révai’s issue), Budapest, 1911–1927. Kálmán Porzsolt: Blaha Lujza emlékalbum (Blaha Lujza’s Memorial Album) – Budapest, 1926. György Verő: A Népszínház Budapest színi életében (Budapest People’s Theatre – The Colours of Its Life) – Budapest, 1926. Gróf Kinskyné Ilka Pálmay: Emlékirataim – Singer és Wolfner Kiadó (Countess Kinsky, Ilka Pálmay: My Memoirs), Budapest, 1912 Sándor Bródy: Színésznők (Actresses) – Budapest, 1905. Mihály Báthory-Románcsik: Magyar színészek és színésznők…Citește mai mult

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Ilka Pálmay at Theatre Museum Article in Hungarian that includes information about Palmay