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Herta Talmar
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'''Herta Talmar''' (4 July 1920 – 24 June 2010) was an Austrian [[operetta]] singer ([[soprano]]) as well as actress.
== Life ==
Born in [[Salzburg]], Talmar first stood on a theatre stage at the age of eleven; in the [[operetta]] ''Die Kaiserin'' by [[Leo Fall]] at the [[Salzburger Landestheater]]. She received her singing training at the Salzburg [[Mozarteum]]. In 1952 she appeared at the Landestheater Salzburg as a guest in the operetta ''Ballnacht in Florenz'' by Edwin Burmester (music based on motives by [[Johann Strauss II]]); after that she was engaged there permanently. From 1952 to 1957 Talmar was then a member of the ensemble at the Salzburg Landestheater. There she appeared in numerous operetta productions, among others in '''' (1953), ''Abschiedswalzer'' by [[Ludwig Schmidseder]]. (1953, with [[Hubert Marischka]] as partner), ''Marietta'' by [[Walter Kollo]] (1953), ''Her Last Waltz'' by [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]] (1954) and in August 1956 with [[Johannes Heesters]] in Franz Lehár's operetta ''[[The Merry Widow]]''. From 1957 Talmar worked as a freelancer, gave guest performances and sang mainly for radio. Her repertoire mainly consisted of operetta, but also [[Musical theatre|musical]]s, [[folk song]]s, popular Viennese songs and [[Schlager music|schlagers]].
Talmar became known especially for her numerous operetta cross sections, which were created in the 1950s and 1960s and published exclusively on [[Polydor]] records. Almost the entire popular operetta repertoire was recorded, including ''[[Wiener Blut]]'', ''[[Der Bettelstudent]]'', ''[[Gasparone]]'', ''[[Der Vogelhändler]]'', ''[[The Merry Widow]]'', ''[[The Count of Luxembourg]]'', ''[[Der Zarewitsch]]'', ''[[The Land of Smiles]]'', ''[[Paganini (operetta)|Paganini]]'', ''[[Die Csárdásfürstin]]'', ''[[Countess Mariza]]'', ''[[The Circus Princess]]'', ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'', ''[[A Waltz Dream]]'', ''[[The Cousin from Nowhere (operetta)|The Cousin from Nowhere]]'', ''[[Schwarzwaldmädel]]'', ''[[Im weißen Rößl]]'', '''', ''[[Viktoria und ihr Husar]]'' and ''[[The Flower of Hawaii]]''. In these recordings Talmar always sang the [[soprano]] part under the musical direction of the operetta conductor [[Franz Marszalek]], with changing [[tenor]] partners such as [[Sándor Kónya]], [[Fritz Wunderlich]], [[Franz Fehringer]] and [[Reinhold Bartel]]; further performers were often [[Peter Alexander]], [[Willy Hofmann]], and [[Renate Holm]]. In addition, Polydor produced a series of so-called ''composer pictures'' in the 1950s. Here Herta Talmar often formed a singing couple with [[Herbert Ernst Groh]]. With the orchestra [[Kurt Edelhagen]] a cross-section of the musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' was also produced, in which Talmar, however, only sang lady ''Eliza'', while the flower girl ''Eliza'' was sung by the [[cabaret artist]] and [[monologist]]
Talmar made numerous complete recordings of operettas and musical comedies on radio in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly on [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] with Franz Marszalek. Under the musical direction of Marszalek, complete operetta recordings such as ''[[Der fidele Bauer]]'' (1954), ''[[Die Försterchristl]]'' (1955) were made, ''[[A Waltz Dream]]'' (1954), ''[[Adrienne (operetta)|Adrienne]]'' (1956), ''[[Gasparone]]'' (1956) and '''' by (1959). Because of her pleasant speaking voice and her acting talent Talmar always took over the speaking role of the respective part; often in comparable productions for singers and actors separate interpreters were engaged. In addition, countless single titles from operettas were recorded. Among them there are many rarities.
Talmar's radio recordings at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, as far as they have survived, have been released extensively in recent years on CDs, in some cases on several [[record labels|labels]] (Line Music, Membran, Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst). In 1958 a recording of Lehár's ''Die Lustige Witwe'' was made with Talmar at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk with [[Fred Liewehr]] as ''Danilo''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2QWGwOC ''Lehars "Lustige Witwe" wird 100''] ''ORF.at''</ref>
In February 1955 a radio recording of the musical comedy ''Das kleine Café'' by [[Robert Stolz]] was made at the [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]], in which Talmar sang alongside [[Christl Mardayn]] and Peter Alexander.<ref> ''Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, (p. 27)''</ref> In July 1955 followed also at the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, a musical [[potpourri]] with Talmar with music from the film ''''; under the musical direction of Robert Stolz, the tenors [[Herbert Ernst Groh]] and [[Ferry Gruber]].<ref> ''Google Books (excerpts)''</ref> At the end of 1955 a recording of the operetta ''Venus im Grünen'' by [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]] was made in Vienna at the [[Österreichischer Rundfunk]], in which [[Waldemar Kmentt]] was Talmar's tenor partner.
In the 1960s Talmar took part in several operetta adaptations (''The Empress'', ''The Cousin from Dingda'', ''The Beggar Student'', ''Gasparone'', ''Paganini'', ''A Night in Venice'') which were made for television. She lent her singing voice to actresses [[Gerlinde Locker]], [[Birgit Bergen]] and [[Gardy Granass]].
After ending her singing career in the mid-1960s, Talmar appeared as an actress, among others at the [[Münchner Volkstheater]] in 1968. Talmar last lived in Salzburg, where she died in June 2010 shortly before her 90th birthday.
== Recordings ==
* ''[[Ein Walzertraum]]'': complete recording 1954. [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] – [[Franz Marszalek]]<br>Herta Talmar (Franzi); [[Kurt Großkurth]] (Fürst Joachim); [[Herbert Ernst Groh]] (Leutnant Niki); [[Willy Hofmann]] (Leutnant Montschi); [[Käthe Graus]] (Prinzessin Helene)<br>Line Music Service 5.01133 (2 CD)
* ''[[Die Försterchristl]]'': complete recording 1955. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Christl); [[Peter René Körner]] (Kaiser Josef II); [[Franz Fehringer]] (Franz Földessy); [[Peter Alexander]] (Peter Walperl); Käthe Graus (Countesse Josefine)<br>Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst 30140 (2 CD)
* ''[[Gasparone]]'': complete recording 1956. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Sora); [[Anny Schlemm]] (Carlotta); [[Josef Metternich]] (Der Fremde); Willy Hofmann (Benozzo); [[Benno Kusche]] (Nasoni)<br>Line Music Service 5.01131 (2 CD)
* ''[[Adrienne (operetta)|Adrienne]]'': complete recording 1956. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Adrienne Lecouvreur); [[Lore Lorentz]] (Herzogin Anna Iwanowna); Franz Fehringer (Moritz von Sachsen); Willy Hofmann (Benozzo); Philipp Gehly (Fleury)<br>Line Music Service 5.01100 (2 CD)
* '''': complete recording 1959. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Vera); [[Peter René Körner]] (Wittgenstein); Franz Fehringer (Liebling); [[Friedl Münzer]] (Lubiza); [[Rita Bartos]] (Hanni)<br>Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst 30144 (2 CD)
== Further reading ==
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. Fourth, extended and updated edition. Munich 2003. volume 7: Suvanny–Zysset, .
== External links ==
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== References ==
[[Category:Austrian sopranos]]
[[Category:Austrian actresses]]
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Salzburg]]
== Life ==
Born in [[Salzburg]], Talmar first stood on a theatre stage at the age of eleven; in the [[operetta]] ''Die Kaiserin'' by [[Leo Fall]] at the [[Salzburger Landestheater]]. She received her singing training at the Salzburg [[Mozarteum]]. In 1952 she appeared at the Landestheater Salzburg as a guest in the operetta ''Ballnacht in Florenz'' by Edwin Burmester (music based on motives by [[Johann Strauss II]]); after that she was engaged there permanently. From 1952 to 1957 Talmar was then a member of the ensemble at the Salzburg Landestheater. There she appeared in numerous operetta productions, among others in '''' (1953), ''Abschiedswalzer'' by [[Ludwig Schmidseder]]. (1953, with [[Hubert Marischka]] as partner), ''Marietta'' by [[Walter Kollo]] (1953), ''Her Last Waltz'' by [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]] (1954) and in August 1956 with [[Johannes Heesters]] in Franz Lehár's operetta ''[[The Merry Widow]]''. From 1957 Talmar worked as a freelancer, gave guest performances and sang mainly for radio. Her repertoire mainly consisted of operetta, but also [[Musical theatre|musical]]s, [[folk song]]s, popular Viennese songs and [[Schlager music|schlagers]].
Talmar became known especially for her numerous operetta cross sections, which were created in the 1950s and 1960s and published exclusively on [[Polydor]] records. Almost the entire popular operetta repertoire was recorded, including ''[[Wiener Blut]]'', ''[[Der Bettelstudent]]'', ''[[Gasparone]]'', ''[[Der Vogelhändler]]'', ''[[The Merry Widow]]'', ''[[The Count of Luxembourg]]'', ''[[Der Zarewitsch]]'', ''[[The Land of Smiles]]'', ''[[Paganini (operetta)|Paganini]]'', ''[[Die Csárdásfürstin]]'', ''[[Countess Mariza]]'', ''[[The Circus Princess]]'', ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'', ''[[A Waltz Dream]]'', ''[[The Cousin from Nowhere (operetta)|The Cousin from Nowhere]]'', ''[[Schwarzwaldmädel]]'', ''[[Im weißen Rößl]]'', '''', ''[[Viktoria und ihr Husar]]'' and ''[[The Flower of Hawaii]]''. In these recordings Talmar always sang the [[soprano]] part under the musical direction of the operetta conductor [[Franz Marszalek]], with changing [[tenor]] partners such as [[Sándor Kónya]], [[Fritz Wunderlich]], [[Franz Fehringer]] and [[Reinhold Bartel]]; further performers were often [[Peter Alexander]], [[Willy Hofmann]], and [[Renate Holm]]. In addition, Polydor produced a series of so-called ''composer pictures'' in the 1950s. Here Herta Talmar often formed a singing couple with [[Herbert Ernst Groh]]. With the orchestra [[Kurt Edelhagen]] a cross-section of the musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' was also produced, in which Talmar, however, only sang lady ''Eliza'', while the flower girl ''Eliza'' was sung by the [[cabaret artist]] and [[monologist]]
Talmar made numerous complete recordings of operettas and musical comedies on radio in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly on [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] with Franz Marszalek. Under the musical direction of Marszalek, complete operetta recordings such as ''[[Der fidele Bauer]]'' (1954), ''[[Die Försterchristl]]'' (1955) were made, ''[[A Waltz Dream]]'' (1954), ''[[Adrienne (operetta)|Adrienne]]'' (1956), ''[[Gasparone]]'' (1956) and '''' by (1959). Because of her pleasant speaking voice and her acting talent Talmar always took over the speaking role of the respective part; often in comparable productions for singers and actors separate interpreters were engaged. In addition, countless single titles from operettas were recorded. Among them there are many rarities.
Talmar's radio recordings at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, as far as they have survived, have been released extensively in recent years on CDs, in some cases on several [[record labels|labels]] (Line Music, Membran, Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst). In 1958 a recording of Lehár's ''Die Lustige Witwe'' was made with Talmar at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk with [[Fred Liewehr]] as ''Danilo''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2QWGwOC ''Lehars "Lustige Witwe" wird 100''] ''ORF.at''</ref>
In February 1955 a radio recording of the musical comedy ''Das kleine Café'' by [[Robert Stolz]] was made at the [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]], in which Talmar sang alongside [[Christl Mardayn]] and Peter Alexander.<ref> ''Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, (p. 27)''</ref> In July 1955 followed also at the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, a musical [[potpourri]] with Talmar with music from the film ''''; under the musical direction of Robert Stolz, the tenors [[Herbert Ernst Groh]] and [[Ferry Gruber]].<ref> ''Google Books (excerpts)''</ref> At the end of 1955 a recording of the operetta ''Venus im Grünen'' by [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]] was made in Vienna at the [[Österreichischer Rundfunk]], in which [[Waldemar Kmentt]] was Talmar's tenor partner.
In the 1960s Talmar took part in several operetta adaptations (''The Empress'', ''The Cousin from Dingda'', ''The Beggar Student'', ''Gasparone'', ''Paganini'', ''A Night in Venice'') which were made for television. She lent her singing voice to actresses [[Gerlinde Locker]], [[Birgit Bergen]] and [[Gardy Granass]].
After ending her singing career in the mid-1960s, Talmar appeared as an actress, among others at the [[Münchner Volkstheater]] in 1968. Talmar last lived in Salzburg, where she died in June 2010 shortly before her 90th birthday.
== Recordings ==
* ''[[Ein Walzertraum]]'': complete recording 1954. [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] – [[Franz Marszalek]]<br>Herta Talmar (Franzi); [[Kurt Großkurth]] (Fürst Joachim); [[Herbert Ernst Groh]] (Leutnant Niki); [[Willy Hofmann]] (Leutnant Montschi); [[Käthe Graus]] (Prinzessin Helene)<br>Line Music Service 5.01133 (2 CD)
* ''[[Die Försterchristl]]'': complete recording 1955. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Christl); [[Peter René Körner]] (Kaiser Josef II); [[Franz Fehringer]] (Franz Földessy); [[Peter Alexander]] (Peter Walperl); Käthe Graus (Countesse Josefine)<br>Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst 30140 (2 CD)
* ''[[Gasparone]]'': complete recording 1956. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Sora); [[Anny Schlemm]] (Carlotta); [[Josef Metternich]] (Der Fremde); Willy Hofmann (Benozzo); [[Benno Kusche]] (Nasoni)<br>Line Music Service 5.01131 (2 CD)
* ''[[Adrienne (operetta)|Adrienne]]'': complete recording 1956. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Adrienne Lecouvreur); [[Lore Lorentz]] (Herzogin Anna Iwanowna); Franz Fehringer (Moritz von Sachsen); Willy Hofmann (Benozzo); Philipp Gehly (Fleury)<br>Line Music Service 5.01100 (2 CD)
* '''': complete recording 1959. Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Franz Marszalek<br>Herta Talmar (Vera); [[Peter René Körner]] (Wittgenstein); Franz Fehringer (Liebling); [[Friedl Münzer]] (Lubiza); [[Rita Bartos]] (Hanni)<br>Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst 30144 (2 CD)
== Further reading ==
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. Fourth, extended and updated edition. Munich 2003. volume 7: Suvanny–Zysset, .
== External links ==
*
*
*
== References ==
[[Category:Austrian sopranos]]
[[Category:Austrian actresses]]
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Salzburg]]
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