Róza Schodel

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Róza Schodel
Schodel as Elisabeth Szilágyi, portrait by Miklos Barabas
BornNovember 29, 1811 Edit this on Wikidata
Cluj-Napoca Edit this on Wikidata
DiedAugust 19, 1854 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 42)
Nyáregyháza Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationOpera singer Edit this on Wikidata

Rozália Schodel (November 29, 1811 – August 19, 1854)[1] was a Romanian soprano. Her most prominent role was the creation of Erzsébet Szilágyi in Ferenc Erkel’s Hunyadi László.[1]

She was born on September 29, 1811 in Kolozsvár. Of illegitimate birth, she was adopted by musician János Klein. She studied under János Schodel, whom she married in 1826.[1][2]

She made her opera debut in Pressburg in 1829 as Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz. From 1833 to 1836 she performed at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna.

Starting in 1837, she performed in Pest, first at the Hungarian Theatre, then at the National Theatre.[1] At one of Franz Liszt's recitals in 1839, he accompanied Schodel on the piano as she sang Ludwig van Beethoven’s "Adelaide" and Franz Schubert’s "Gretchen am Spinnnrad".[3] Roles she performed in Pest included Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti, Linda in Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti, Lucretia in Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi, Norma in Norma by Vincenzo Bellini, Lady Macbeth in H.-A. Chélard’s Macbeth, and Leonore in Fidelio by by Ludwig van Beethoven.[1]

She left Pest in 1840 after an ovation where an onion wreath was thrown at her feet, touring all over Europe. She returned in 1843 and performed her most important role in 1844, as Erzsébet Szilágyi in Ferenc Erkel’s Hunyadi László.[1]

Róza Schodel retired in 1843. She died on August 19, 1854 in Nyáregyháza.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Schodel, Róza". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2002. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o008583.
  2. ^ "Schodel, Rozália (1811-1854)", Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon, doi:10.1553/0x0028443a {{citation}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ International Liszt Conference (1993 : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) (1998). Liszt and his world : proceedings of the International Liszt Conference held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 20-23 May 1993. Internet Archive. Stuyvesant, N.Y. : Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-945193-34-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)