Christine Görner
{{Short description|German opera singer and actress (1930–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christine Görner
| image = Christine Görner (1).jpg
| alt = Black and white publicity glamour shot of a young woman in dramatic pose with short, dark, permed hair.
| caption = Görner, {{circa|1960}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|06|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Halle (Saale), Prussia, German Reich
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|30|1930|06|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Nepi, Italy
| occupation = {{hlist|Operatic soprano|actress}}
| organizations = Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
| spouse = {{marriage|Benno Kusche|1960|1986|end=}}
| children = 1
}}
Christine Görner ({{IPA|de|kʁɪsˈtiːnə ˈɡœʁnɐ}}; 15 June 1930 – 30 October 2024) was a German actress and opera singer. Based at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, she focused on operettas and musicals. She played the title role in the 1958 operetta film Gräfin Mariza.
Early life and career
After her vocal training Görner was engaged as a member of the Staatsoper Hamburg at age 22. After a few years she moved to the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich. She appeared there in Harold Rome's Fanny, alongside Trude Hesterberg, the first musical produced at Gärtnerplatz.{{cite web | title=Fanny | website=Musicallexikon | url=https://www.musicallexikon.eu/inhalte/Fanny%20Muenchen | language=de | access-date=17 September 2024}} In the 1956 world premiere of Paul Burkhard's spieloper Spiegel, das Kätzchen, she performed as Miesmies alongside Ferry Gruber, among others. She performed as a guest at the Cologne Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bavarian State Opera.
In the 1950s she was also active as an actress and performed leading roles in several film productions. In 1958 she played the title role in the operetta film Gräfin Mariza of Kalman's operetta alongside Rudolf Schock.
From 1988 Görner worked mainly as a voice coach, teaching acting and singing, first for five years at the acting school of Ruth von Zerboni, then later in her own studio.{{cite book | last=Wulff | first=Hans-Jürgen | title=Der deutsche Schlagerfilm: Kleines biofilmographisches Lexikon der Musiker der Musik- und Schlagerfilme von 1945–1965 | date=2014 | issn=2366-6404 | doi=10.25969/MEDIAREP/12788 | language=de | page=}} She was also successful as a performer of songs by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht as well as of chansons of the 1920s. She appeared on radio and television.
= Personal life and death =
Görner was born on 15 June 1930. She was the great-granddaughter of Karl August Görner, an actor and theater manager, and the opera singer Friederike Tomasini from Neustrelitz. Görner was married to the baritone Benno Kusche from 1960 to 1986. Their son, Christian Kusche-Tomasini is a film composer living in Italy.
Görner died on 30 October 2024 in Italy, where she had lived with her son for the last five years. She was 94.{{Cite web |title=Christine Görner, Schauspielerin, Sängerin und Schauspiellehrerin |url=https://www.christine-goerner.de/ |access-date=9 November 2024 |website=www.christine-goerner.de}}
Recordings
Görner recorded complete operettas and excerpts.
- 1957: Gräfin Dubarry
- Excerpts from operettas (Operettenquerschnitte), with Benno Kusche (EMI)
- The Merry Farmer / Der Vogelhändler, with Benno Kusche (Amiga){{citation | last1=Fall | first1=Leo | last2=Barabas | first2=Sari | last3=Görner | first3=Christine | last4=Hoppe | first4=Heinz | last5=Friedauer | first5=Harry | last6=Lins | first6=Heinz Maria | last7=Michalski | first7=Carl | last8=Wunderlich | first8=Fritz | last9=Muszely | first9=Melitta | last10=Moltkau | first10=Hans | last11=Lamy | first11=Rudolf | last12=Kusche | first12=Benno | last13=Knittel | first13=Sonja | last14=Fassbaender | first14=Brigitte | last15=Eber | first15=Wolfgang | author16=Graunke Symfoniorkester | author17=Rudolf Lamy-Koret | author18=Bayriske Statsorkester | author19=Botho-Lucas Koret |display-authors=3 | title=Der fidele Bauer | publisher=EMI Electrola | publication-place=Cologne | year=2003 | oclc=872996061 | language=de | page=}}
- Robert Stolz – Meine schönsten Melodien, with Benno Kusche (Europa){{citation | last1=Stolz | first1=Robert | last2=Wilhelm | first2=Horst | last3=Köth | first3=Erika | last4=Hagara | first4=Willy | last5=Kusche | first5=Benno | last6=Görner | first6=Christine | last7=Geese | first7=Heinz | author8=Symphonie-Orchester Graunke |display-authors=3 | title=Meine schönsten Melodien | publisher=Miller International | publication-place=Quickborn | year=1979 | oclc=725707951 | language=de | page=}}
- Christine Görner – Benno Kusche (Telefunken){{citation | last1=Otto | first1=Hansgeorg | last2=Badorek | first2=Wilfried | last3=Barabas | first3=Sari | last4=Hoppe | first4=Heinz | last5=Hofmann | first5=Willy | last6=Camer | first6=Luise | last7=Rothenberger | first7=Anneliese | last8=Schneider | first8=Willy | last9=Schöner | first9=Sonja | last10=Staal | first10=Herta | last11=Friedauer | first11=Harry | last12=Minich | first12=Peter | last13=Geszty | first13=Sylvia | last14=Grobe | first14=Donald | last15=Torriani | first15=Vico | last16=Pflanzl | first16=Heinrich | last17=Schreier | first17=Peter | last18=Knittel | first18=Sonja | last19=Bartel | first19=Reinhold | last20=Lins | first20=Heinz Maria | last21=Muszely | first21=Melitta | last22=Lichtegg | first22=Max | last23=Bartos | first23=Rita | last24=Arndt | first24=Günther | last25=Schütz | first25=Ernst | last26=Güden | first26=Hilde | last27=Kusche | first27=Benno | last28=Köth | first28=Erika | last29=Görner | first29=Christine | last30=Schollwer | first30=Edith | last31=André | first31=Franz | last32=Lehár | first32=Franz | last33=Millöcker | first33=Karl | last34=Zeller | first34=Carl | last35=Heuberger | first35=Richard | last36=Benatzky | first36=Ralph | last37=Abraham | first37=Paul | last38=Dostal | first38=Nico | last39=Granichstaedten | first39=Bruno | last40=Schröder | first40=Friedrich | last41=Strauss | first41=Johann |display-authors=3 | title=Das grosse Operetten-Wunschkonzert, 3 | publisher=Telefunken | oclc=913132335 | language=und | page=}}
- Weltstars singen Lehár (Electrola){{citation | last1=Lehár | first1=Franz | last2=Rothenberger | first2=Anneliese | last3=Schwarzkopf | first3=Elisabeth | last4=Köth | first4=Erika | last5=Barabas | first5=Sari | last6=Muszely | first6=Melitta | last7=Gedda | first7=Nicolai | last8=Wunderlich | first8=Fritz | last9=Schock | first9=Rudolf | last10=Tauber | first10=Richard | last11=Wächter | first11=Eberhard |display-authors=3 | title=Weltstars singen Lehar | publisher=Electrola | publication-place=Germany | oclc=794113099 | language=de | page=}}
- Ein Sommer lang / In mir klingt ein Lied (Telefunken){{citation | last1=Görner | first1=Christine | last2=Hertel | first2=Günter | last3=Marischka | first3=Ernst | last4=Melichar | first4=Alois | last5=Verhoeven | first5=Paul |display-authors=3 | title=In mir klingt ein Lied : Lied aus dem Boston-Tonfilm "Abschiedswalzer" | publisher=Teldec | publication-place=Hamburg | year=1960 | oclc=254781896 | language=de | page=}}
- J. Strauss: Eine Nacht in Venedig, as Agricola (1967)
- Excerpt from Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies{{citation | last1=Hoppe | first1=Heinz | last2=Schütz | first2=Ernst | last3=Barabás | first3=Sári | last4=Köth | first4=Erika | last5=Rothenberger | first5=Anneliese | last6=Görner | first6=Christine | last7=Wehofschitz | first7=Kurt | last8=Schmidt-Boelcke | first8=Werner | last9=Michalski | first9=Carl | last10=Eberhardt | first10=Cornelius | last11=Kudritzki | first11=Horst | last12=Schröder | first12=Friedrich | last13=Künneke | first13=Eduard | last14=Raymond | first14=Fred | author15=Theater am Gärtnerplatz Chor | author16=Bernd-Hansen-Chor | author17=Symphonie-Orchester Graunke |display-authors=3 | title=Operettenmelodien Fred Raymond, Maske in Blau ; Friedrich Schröder, Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies ; Eduard Künneke, Glückliche Reise | publisher=EMI Music | publication-place=Köln | year=2003 | oclc=1069140754 | language=de | page=}}
- Excerpt from Gräfin Mariza, with Fritz Wunderlich{{citation | last1=Kálmán | first1=Emmerich | last2=Brammer | first2=Julius | last3=Hartung | first3=Gretel | last4=Görner | first4=Christine | last5=Kusche | first5=Benno | last6=Hofmann | first6=Willy | last7=Marszalek | first7=Franz | last8=Wunderlich | first8=Fritz | author9=Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester | author10=Kölner Rundfunkchor |display-authors=3 | title=Gräfin Mariza musikalische Gesamtaufnahme der Operette | publisher=RCA | publication-place=Hamburg | year=1978 | oclc=1068976121 | language=de | page=}}
- Excerpt from Wiener Blut{{citation | last1=Strauss | first1=Johann | last2=Léon | first2=Victor | last3=Rosenstein | first3=Leo | last4=Lehár | first4=Ferenc | last5=Knepler | first5=Paul | last6=Löhner | first6=Fritz | last7=Rothenberger | first7=Anneliese | last8=Gedda | first8=Nicolai | last9=Kuchar | first9=Erich | last10=Görner | first10=Christine | last11=Mattes | first11=Willy | last12=Otto | first12=Hans-Gerald | last13=Müller | first13=Adolf | author14=Symphonie-Orchester Grauke |display-authors=3 | title=Wiener Blut Operettenquerschnitt | publisher=VEB Deutsche Schallplatten | publication-place=Berlin | year=1977 | oclc=802948490 | language=de | page=}}
- Excerpt from Der Vetter aus Dingsda{{citation | last1=Künneke | first1=Eduard | last2=Köth | first2=Erika | last3=Görner | first3=Christine | last4=Förster | first4=Jürgen | last5=Hoppe | first5=Heinz | last6=Mira | first6=Brigitte | last7=Schirrmacher | first7=Ursula | last8=Rose | first8=Willi | last9=Lins | first9=Heinz Maria | last10=Mattes | first10=Willy | last11=Kudritzki | first11=Horst | author12=Symphonie-Orchester Graunke | author13=Freies Filmorchester |display-authors=3 | title=Der Vetter aus Dingsda Querschnitt | publisher=EMI-Electrola | publication-place=Köln | year=2003 | oclc=1183677296 | language=de | page=}}
Films
- 1958: Wenn Mädchen ins Manöver zieh'n{{Cite web |title=Wenn Mädchen ins Manöver zieh'n (1958) – Film {{!}} cinema.de |url=https://www.cinema.de/film/wenn-maedchen-ins-manoever-ziehn,1319546.html |access-date=20 September 2023 |website=www.cinema.de |language=de}}
- 1958: {{ill|Mein Mädchen ist ein Postillion|de}}
- 1958: Zauber der Montur
- 1958: Gräfin Mariza
- 1959: Zwischen Glück und Krone
- 1959: Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt
- 1959: Mandolinen und Mondschein
- 1959: {{ill|Immer die Mädchen|de}}
- 1959: {{ill|Mein Schatz, komm mit ans blaue Meer|de}}
- 1960: Endstation Rote Laterne
References
{{reflist
| refs =
| last = Corfield Godfrey
| first = Paul
| url = https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev//2013/Nov13/Strauss_Venedig_6150782.htm
| title = Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) / Eine Nacht in Venedig
| work = musicweb-international
| date = November 2013
| access-date = 17 September 2024
}}
| last = Nowotny
| first = Walter
| url = https://onlinemerker.com/geburtstage-im-juni-2020/
| title = Geburtstage im Juni 2020 / 15.6. Christine Görner wird 90
| work = Online Merker
| date = 1 June 2020
| language = de
| access-date = 17 September 2024
}}
| url = https://www.cinema.de/film/graefin-mariza,1315545.html
| title = Gräfin Mariza
| website = cinema.de
| date = 2024
| language = de
| access-date = 17 September 2024
}}
| url = https://www.filmportal.de/person/christine-goerner_0acd61e557d14bd0a8187ef94e9e8551
| title = Christine Görner
| work = Filmportal
| date = 2024
| language = de
| access-date = 17 September 2024
}}
| url = https://www.muziekweb.nl/fr/Link/M00000319707/CLASSICAL/Christine-G%C3%B6rner
| title = Christine Görner
| work = Muziekweb
| date = 2024
| access-date = 17 September 2024
}}
}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.christine-goerner.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{IMDb name|0351438}}
- {{Discogs artist}}
- {{YouTube|id=TsXthrQkroY|title=Christine Görner & Rudolf Schock – Hei, Mariza, hei 1958}}
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Category:20th-century German women opera singers
Category:German operatic sopranos
Category:German musical theatre actresses