Anna Grobecker![]() Anna Grobecker, sometimes referred to by her maiden name Anna Mejo or as Anna Grobecker-Mejo,[1] (27 July 1829 – 27 September 1908) was a German mezzo-soprano who appeared in many operas and operettas. She was a skilled comic actress and was most popular in "trousers roles".[2] Life and careerAnna Mejo was born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia on 27 July 1829.[1][3] She was the daughter of opera singers Franz Mejo and Rosa Mejo-Straub, one of their seven children, all of whom had stage careers.[4] Her sister was the operatic soprano Jenny Mejo.[1] She began her career on the stage as a child;[1] making her first appearance at a very young age in Breslau in a production of Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (English: Pied Piper of Hamelin) that was directed by her father.[3] After working for several years as a child performer at the Hoftheater Braunschweig ,[1] Mejo performed her first adult role at the age of 15 in Magdeburg in 1844.[3] In 1848 she appeared in a stage play in Leipzig in which she performed two songs. Her singing in this production drew the attention of the Berlin theatre director Carl who subsequently had Grobecker trained as a soubrette.[1] In 1850 she married the actor Philipp Grobecker, and was thereafter known by the name Anna Grobecker.[1] Grobecker performed in Berlin as a soubrette from 1850 - 1858.[4] In 1858, during a guest appearance in Budapest, she was seen by Johann Nestroy, who brought her to Vienna.[2] There she appeared at the Carltheater in operettas, especially in the works of Jacques Offenbach and Franz von Suppé, until 1871.[4] Anna Grobecker was the first operetta singer to be invited to perform for the Imperial Court in Vienna, in 1861.[4] In 1865, she made a guest appearance at the Meysels-Theater, Berlin, creating the trousers part of Ganymed in Suppe's Die schöne Galathée.[5] In 1869, she made guest appearances in Paris, by the arrangement of Offenbach, and was known as "the Queen of the trousers roles".[4] She was married to actor Phillip Grobecker between 1856 and 1860.[4] She retired in 1874 and divided her time between Italy and Austria.[4] She died on 27 September 1908 in Althofen, Austria.[3] References
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