Clementine von Schuch-Proska

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'''Clementine Edle von Schuch-Proska''', ''née'' Procházka, (12 February 1850 – 8 June 1932) was an Austrian operatic [[coloratura soprano]], who became an audience favourite and an honorary member of the Dresden Court Opera as [[Kammersänger]]in.

== Life and activity ==
[[File:Schuch Grab.jpg|thumb|upright|<center>Grave of Ernst von Schuch and Clementine von Schuch-Proska at the Radebeul-West Cemetery</center>]]
Born in [[Sopron]], Prochazka studied at the with [[Mathilde Marchesi]]. Immediately afterwards, in 1873, she was engaged to sing the debut role of Norina in Donizetti's ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' as [[coloratura soprano]] in Dresden at the [[Semperoper]], where she became an audience favourite. In 1878, she received the appointment of Royal Chamber Singer.

Schuch-Proska had been married since 1875 to the conductor [[Ernst von Schuch]] (1846-1914). They took up residence in 1882 in [[Niederlößnitz (Radebeul)|Niederlößnitz]] in Weintraubenstraße (renamed in 1883 at their own request to Schuchstraße 15/17).

Guest appearances took her to Vienna in 1875 with the opera ''[[Lo speziale]]'' by Joseph Haydn, and later as an opera and concert singer at leading German theatres (Vienna Court Opera in 1881, 1882 and Berlin in 1881 as well as Zurich City Theatre in 1880) as well as to Moscow and St. Petersburg. At the [[Covent Garden Opera]] in London in 1884 she sang Eva in Wagner's ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' and Ännchen in Weber's [[Der Freischütz]].<ref name="operissimo" /> The composer [[Georg Pittrich|Pittrich]], as [[Kammersänger]]in 1891, dedicated two of his early works written in Dresden to her the "Wiegendlied" and the song "Mägdlein, nimm dich in Acht"<ref>Musikverlag [[Schott Music|Schott]], Mainz 1891, title entry, Austrian National Library: Hofmeister: ''Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht'', vol. : 1891, (September-Heft); [https://ift.tt/37SHwLZ numbered: ÖNB-ANNO-Buch]</ref> which became "immediately popular".<ref>Georg Pittrich" in Roeder, Ernst: ''Das Dresdner Hoftheater der Gegenwart. Biographisch-kritische Skizzen der Mitglieder''. E. Person's Verlag, Dresden/Leipzig, 1896, pp. (271-280) 274;</ref>

After her official retirement in 1894 with her former debut role as Norina in Donizetti's ''Don Pasquale'',<ref name="operissimo" /> she still performed occasionally as a guest in Dresden until 1898, when she was made an honorary member. She was raised to the peerage by the Austrian Emperor in 1898 with her husband Ernst von Schuch. She was also awarded the medal "Virtuti et Ingenio" for her artistic achievements.<ref>Kathrin Wallrabe (ed.): ''Clementine von Schuch-Proska, née Proska''. In ''Frauenzimmer - Frauen im Zimmer?'' collection of texts. Stadt Radebeul, Radebeul 2005, .</ref>

Schuch-Proska died in [[Kötzschenbroda]], today [[Radebeul]]) at the age of 82. She is buried together with her husband in the [[Radebeul-West]] cemetery, near her daughter Liesel.

Ihre Tochter [[Liesel von Schuch]] (1891–1990), jüngstes von fünf Kindern, sowie deren ältere Schwester [[Käthe von Schuch|Käthe]] (1885–1973; auch verh. Ullmann bzw. Schmidt)<ref></ref> schlugen ebenfalls die Gesangskarriere ein. Der Sohn [[Hans von Schuch]] (1886–1963), wurde ein bekannter Cellist. Seine Tochter [[Clementine von Schuch]] (1921–2014) wurde ebenfalls Opernsängerin.<ref name="operissimo"><ref>[https://ift.tt/37SZmhT Schuch-Proska Clementine von] on operissimo</ref>

== Roles ==
* ''Königin der Nacht'' in ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' by Mozart
* ''Zerline'' in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' by Mozart
* ''Ännchen'' in ''[[Der Freischütz]]'' by Carl Maria von Weber
* ''Marguerite'' in ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]'' by Charles Gounod
* ''Juliette'' in ''[[Roméo et Juliette]]'' by Charles Gounod
* ''Violetta'' in ''[[La traviata]]'' by Giuseppe Verdi
* ''Eva'' in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' by Richard Wagner

== Honours and awards ==
In 1898, the [[Kammersängerin]] and her husband Ernst Schuch were raised to hereditary nobility by the Austrian Emperor [[Franz Joseph I]] with the title ''Edle von''. At her stage farewell in the same year, which she gave with one of her signature roles, Norina in Donizetti's ''Don Pasquale'', she was appointed honorary member of the Dresden Court Opera by the King [[Albert of Saxony]].

Schuch erhielt im Laufe ihrer Tätigkeit mehrere Auszeichnungen:<ref>Erika Eschebach (ed.), Andrea Rudolph (ed.): ''Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden.'' Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2014, , .</ref>
* Sachsen: Große Goldene Medaille ''Virtuti et ingenio'' (1887)
* Vereinigte herzogliche Häuser (Sachsen-Altenburg, Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha und Sachsen-Meiningen): Verdienstkreuz des [[Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden]] (1885)
* Österreich-Ungarn: Goldene Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (1881, Vorgänger des [[K.u.k. Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Kunst und Wissenschaft]]), Zivilehrenmedaille (1881)
* Italien: Goldmedaille von Amadeus Herzog von Aosta (1884)
* Rumänien: [[Medaille bene merenti (Rumänien)|Medaille ''Bene Merenti'']] I. Klasse (1888)<ref>[https://ift.tt/37SZmhT Schuch-Proska Clementine von] on Operissimo</ref>

== Artist family ==
The parents Ernst and Clementine von Schuch were followed by two further generations of musically gifted descendants:
* [[Ernst von Schuch]] (1846-1914), conductor and GMD ⚭ Clementine von Schuch-Proska (1850-1932), Kammersängerin (coloratura soprano)
** [[Käthe von Schuch]] (1885-1973), soprano
** [[Hans von Schuch]] (1886-1963), cellist
** [[Clementine von Schuch]] (1921-2014), soprano
** [[Liesel von Schuch]] (1891-1990), Kammersängerin (coloratura soprano)

== Further reading ==
* [[Erika Eschebach]] (ed.), Andrea Rudolph (ed.): ''Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden.'' Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2014, .
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* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. CD-ROM-Version (3. erweiterte Auflage (1997–2000)), vol. 4, 3158; vol. 6, 597.

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== External links ==

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* [https://ift.tt/3n1DB45 Liste von Bildern aus der Sammlung der UB Frankfurt]
* [https://ift.tt/2MgbHVj Bruststück]
* [https://ift.tt/2JnGxtQ Familienbild (um 1910): Ehepaar Schuch mit Kindern im Garten.] Aus: ''[https://ift.tt/3mTy3bE Die Schuchs – eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden.] Ausstellungsankündigung des Stadtmuseums (10 May until 28 September 2014).''





[[Category:Austrian operatic sopranos]]
[[Category:1850 births]]
[[Category:1932 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Sopron]]

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