Find A Grave - Dresden

Osten, Eva von der b. August 19, 1881 d. May 5, 1936
Opera Singer. A noted Wagnerian soprano of the early 20th Century, she is best remembered as the first Octavian in Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier". Born Eva Bertha Helga von der Osten in Heligoland to a noted theatrical family, she studied in Dresden and made her Court Opera debut there in 1902 as Urbain in Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots". For the next quarter century she would be a fixture of that company, appearing in roughly 2500 performances. She sang most of Wagner's principal soprano...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Permoser, Balthasar b. August 13, 1651 d. February 20, 1732
Master sculptor of the Baroque period, many of whose finest pieces (e.g. the fountains in the Zwinger pavilion) are in Dresden. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Chapel
Planer, Minna b. September 5, 1809 d. January 25, 1866
Actress, Musical Folk Figure. A noted performer of her day, she is better remembered as the first wife of composer Richard Wagner. Born Christine Wilhelmine Planer, she was raised in poverty and at 15 was seduced by an Army officer and bore an illegitimate daughter whom she raised as her baby sister. At some point she took to the stage and had enough success that she was soon a popular and well paid performer in a variety of German theatres. In 1834 she was appearing at a resort in Bad...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Alter Annenfriedhof, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Ponto, Erich b. December 14, 1884 d. February 4, 1957
German Actor. Ponto was a renowned German stage and screen actor. Born in Lübeck, Ponto made his debut on the stage in 1908. In the early 1920s, Ponto began his career in cinema in the film "Hampelmanns Glückstag." He then became a very in-demand supporting actor, playing in such films as "Liebe, Tod und Teufel" (1934), "Das Mädchen Johanna" (1935), "Der Hund von Baskerville" (1936), "Schneider Wibbel" (1939), "Der Feuerteufel" (1940) and "Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel" (1944). After the...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Princess Augusta of Saxony b. January 22, 1827 d. October 8, 1857
Eldest daughter of King Johann of Saxony (qv). (Bio by: David Conway)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Pusinelli, Anton b. January 10, 1815 d. March 31, 1878
Doctor, close friend and frequent correspondent of Richard Wagner. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Sachsen-Coburg, Maria Anna 'Infanta of Portugal' b. July 21, 1843 d. February 5, 1884
Prussian Royalty. Wife of King George of Saxony. Mother of Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony.
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von b. March 10, 1772 d. January 12, 1829
Philosopher. He is regarded as one of the founders of German romanticism.
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Ludwig b. July 2, 1836 d. July 21, 1865
Opera Singer. A noted dramatic tenor, he is remembered as the creator of the title lead in Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". The son of a respected painter, he was drawn to music from an early age and studied voice at the Leipzig Conservatory. Ludwig made his 1854 operatic bow in a small role at Karlsruhe, where he was to meet the somewhat older soprano Malvina Garrigues. He took on larger parts in Bellini's "Norma", Weber's "Die Freischutz, and other fare, became a principal tenor in 1858...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Alter Annenfriedhof, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine b. October 6, 1804 d. January 26, 1860
Opera Singer, Author. The creator of three of Richard Wagner's leading soprano roles, she also penned one of the most notoriously graphic depictions of sex in the entire literary canon. Raised in a theatrical family, she was a child actress and ballerina from a young age; training by her mother in both acting and singing endowed her with an expressive dramatic presentation that led to her being called "The Queen of Tears", but also gave her a defective vocal technique which, combined with her...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Trinitatisfriedhof, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Schutz, Heinrich b. October 8, 1585 d. November 6, 1672
Composer. He studied in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli and was Kapellmeister of Dresden from 1617 to 1656. Although he wrote the first German-language opera, "Dafne" (1627, now lost), most of his compositions were sacred settings, including three Passions, Christmas and Easter Oratorios, and many Psalms. His style was decisive in introducing Italian Baroque to his country. Schutz was the first German composer to achieve international reputation and the most important German musician before...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church), Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Sembrich, Marcella b. February 15, 1858 d. January 11, 1935
Opera Singer. A premiere coloratura soprano of the late 19th. century, she remains one of the legendary names in operatic history. Born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska at Wisniewczyk, Polish Galicia, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she was raised in a musical family and learned to play both the violin and the piano from a young age. Her vocal talent was not discovered until she entered the Vienna Conservatory in 1875; advised by no less than the great Franz Liszt to concentrate on...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Siems, Margarethe b. December 30, 1879 d. April 13, 1952
Opera Singer. A noted soprano of the early 20th Century, she is remembered for creating principal characters in three of Richard Strauss' operas. Raised in what is now Poland, she originally studied piano and violin before receiving vocal training at the Dresden Conservatory. Margarethe made her operatic bow in 1902 at Prague as Margureite in Giacomo Meyerbeer's epic "Les Huguenots" and in 1908 joined the Dresden State Opera where she was to be designated Kammersangerin; there, she established...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Tichatscheck, Josef b. July 11, 1807 d. 1886
Operatic tenor, the creator of Wagner's 'Tannhaueser' in Dresden. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
von Bayern, Amalia Augusta b. November 13, 1801 d. November 8, 1877
Queen of Saxony, wife of King Johann. (Bio by: David Conway)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
von Bayern, Maria Leopoldina b. January 27, 1805 d. September 13, 1877
Queen of Saxony, wife of King Friedrich August II. (Bio by: David Conway)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
von Kielmansegge, Countess Auguste Charlotte b. 1777 d. 1863
Intimate of the Emperor Napoleon who wrote her detailed memoirs of the era. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
von Kuegelgen, Franz Gerhard b. 1772 d. 1820
German romantic artist. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
von Sachsen, Georg b. January 15, 1893 d. May 14, 1943
Prince of Saxony. Born Friedrich August Georg Ferdinand Albrecht Karl Anton Maria Paul Marcellus, Prinz von Sachsen, the eldest son of Friedrich August III König von Sachsen and Luise Antoinette Maria Erzherzogin von Österreich. Crown Prince Georg received a commission in the Army of Saxony in 1912 and during the First World War served in the 17th Infantry as a staff officer. Friedrich August III abdicated the throne of Saxony in November 1918. Prince Georg entered the University of Breslau in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: drowned (murdered).
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
von Sachsen, Johann Georg b. 1869 d. 1938
Historian, brother of the last King of Saxony. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

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