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Marie Louise Meyer

Mayer Dustmann-Meyer Meyerová Mayerová

Meyer, Marie Louise (1831-1899). After her marriage in 1858 adopted the name Dustmann-Meyer. German soprano singer. Born in Aachen, her early musical education was gained from her mother. The family moved to Vienna to further the training of herself and her sister, and in 1848 Louise performed on stage there for the first time in the Theater in die Josefstadt. Subsequently she was engaged in Breslau, Kassel and Dresden, and then in 1854-1856 at the Prague German Estates Theatre. Her performance in Prague for the first time in concert as a Lieder singer took place in the spring of 1854 and prompted the critic of the newspaper Tagesbote aus Böhmen 20/3/1854 to note: ‘We recognized in her a magnificent Lieder-singer, a Lieder-singer second to none in Prague.’ Over the course of the next two years she appeared frequently as a favourite soloist in public performances of vocal-orchestral works. In Czech her name was often rendered as ‘Mayrová’, particularly in early references to her by the arts periodical Lumír in 1854. Tagesbote aus Böhmen 1/1/1857 reported that ‘Miss Louise Meyer today leaves Prague to take up her new engagement at the Royal Court Theatre [Hofopentheater] in Vienna’. On 3/4/1857 this newspaper reported: ‘Miss Louise Meyer passed through here yesterday. The health of the singer, who does not seem to have taken to the climate of Vienna, is unfortunately quite affected. Nevertheless, she will make a guest appearance at Cassel on 3rd, and then sing in Cologne, Mannheim, and finally in Aachen at the music festival.’ Tagesbote aus Böhmen 26/5/1857 reported that ‘Miss Louise Mayer is, as writes „W.Z.“ [Wiener Zeitung], prevented by an unfortunate circumstance from making a guest appearance during her period of holiday [Ferienzeit]. The artiste has travelled from Vienna with an illness, which her doctors have attributed to the influence of the climate. She was obliged to curtail her brilliantly begun stint in Cologne, to abandon Mannhein with having sung there, and to refuse an invitation to Wiesbaden. In order to do her utmost to be fully recovered upon her return to Vienna and begin her activities with fresh energy, she has waived participation in the Lower Rhine Music Festival in Aachen, in order for her health to spend time with relatives and to avail herself of the Spa in Vöslau.’

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