Marie von Bülow

Biography

After training as an actress, Marie secured her first engagement in Karlsruhe, where Hans von Bülow saw her for the first time in 1877, in the title-role of Lessing's comedy Minna von Barnhelm. She subsequently became an actress at the court theatre in Meiningen, where she played leading roles in plays by Schiller, Goethe, and Shakespeare. In July 1882 Marie became the second wife of Bülow, who was then also based in Meiningen, building the court orchestra into one of the finest ensembles in Germany. Bülow had hoped that after remarrying he would be invited to the second Bayreuth Festival that summer for the premiere of Parsifal (through several fund-raising recitals he had raised 50,000 francs for the festival). This did not work out, however, as Bülow was informed that his presence in Bayreuth would be unwelcome to his former wife Cosima and Wagner.

Most Known For

Blonde Poison

Todesurteil

The Boy in Blue

as Bettlerin

Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine

Die Berliner Range. 1. Streich: Lotte als Schulschreck

Eugen Onegin

as Larina, landowner

Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede

Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 2. Teil - Hyänen der Lust

Wenn Frauen lieben und hassen

Die Richterin von Solvingsholm

as Zorka

Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden

Das Spitzentuch der Fürstin Wolkowska