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Article in Neue Freie Presse, dated May 25, 1907

Neue Freie Presse, Morgenblatt, No. 15357, Saturday May 25, 1907, p. 10, col. 2

Theater und Kunstnachrichten.
W i e n , 24. Mai.

[E i n e A d r e s s e f ü r G u s t a v M a h l e r.] Heute abends wurde dem Direktor des Hofoperntheaters Gustav M a h l e r eine Adresse überreicht, die den Zweck verfolgt, Mahler von seinen Rücktrittsabsichten abzubringen. In dieser Adresse wird zunächst darauf hingewiesen, daß gegenwärtig zehn Jahre verstrichen seien, seit Mahler sein Amt antrat. Die Adresse rühmt dann Mahlers künstlerische Individualität sowie seine Verdienste um das Operninstitut, namentlich die Wagner- und Mozart-Zyklen, die er veranstaltete, und die vollendeten Vorstellungen des „Fidelio“, der „Iphigenia in Aulis“, der „Lustigen Weiber“, der „Widerspenstigen“.1 In entschiedener Weise werden schließlich die Vorwürfe, die gegen die Amtsführung des Direktors erhoben worden sind, zurückgewiesen. Künstler, die zu dem Direktor in persönlicher oder beruflicher Beziehung stehen, wurden zu dieser Kundgebung nicht aufgefordert. Die Adresse, für die weitere Unterschriften gesammelt werden, wurde bisher von nachstehenden Persönlichkeiten unterfertigt: Peter Altenberg, Dr. Raoul Auernheimer, Hermann Bahr, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Julius Bittner, Ludwig Bösendorfer, Rudolf Braun, Dr. Josef Breuer, Hofrat Dr. Max Burkhard, Hofrat Professor Dr. Chrobak, C. D. Czescha, Anton Door, Bruno Eisner, Julius Epstein, Hofrat Professor Dr. Sigmund Exner, Dr. Leo Feld, Dr. A. v. Frisch, Marie v. Frisch-Exner, Eduard Gärtner, Dr. Karl Glossy, Robert Grund, Hofkapellmeister Gustav Gutheil, Dr. Hugo Haberfeld, Willy Handl, Hofschauspieler Ernst Hartmann, Architekt Professor Josef Hoffmann, Hugo v. Hoffmannsthal, Maler Franz Hohenberger, Professor Josef Hupka, Hofschauspieler Josef Kainz, Gustav Klimt, Maler Max Kurzweil, Dr. Ernst Jokl, Josef Labor, Abgeordneter Dr. Stephan Licht, Maler Wilhelm List, Baronin Therese Liebig, Professor Alexander Löffler, Emil Lucka, Max Mell, Professor Koloman Moser, Professor Richard Muther, Architekt Robert Oerley, Alfred Polgar, Professor Dr. Emil Reich, Hofschauspieler Alexander Römpler, Hofschauspielerin Hedwig Römpler-Bleibtreu, Felix Salten, Wera Schapira, Richard Schaukal, Dr. Heinrich {col. 3} Schenker, Bildhauer Othmar Schimkowitz, Direktor A. H. Schmiedel, Arthur Schnitzler, Arnold Schönberg, Hofschauspieler Adolf Ritter v. Sonnenthal, Dr. Paul Stefan, Dr. Richard Stör, Hofschauspieler Hugo Thimig, Moriz Violin, Jakob Wassermann, Fritz Wärndorfer, Dr. Paul Wertheimer, J. V. v. Wöß, Gräfin Misa Wydenbruck-Esterhazy, Dr. W. v. Wimetal, Stephan Zweig, Hofrat Professor Dr. Emil Zuckerkandl, Bertha Zuckerkandl.

© Transcription Ian D. Bent, 2006.

Article in Neue Freie Presse, dated May 25, 1907

Neue Freie Presse, Morgenblatt, No. 15357, Saturday May 25, 1907, p. 10, col. 2

News of Theater and Art
V i e n n a, May 24, [1907]

[An Open Letter for Gustav Mahler.] This evening an open letter was delivered to the Director of the Court Opera House Gustav Mahler, the aim of which was to dissuade him from his intention to resign. This open letter points out first that ten years have now elapsed since Mahler took up his position. The open letter then lauds Mahler’s artistic individuality as well as his services to the opera company, in particular the Wagner and Mozart cycles that he organized, and the complete productions of Fidelio, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Die Widerspenstigen1. Finally, the accusations leveled against the Director’s conduct of his office are robustly rejected. Artists with a personal or professional association with the Director were not invited to take part in this demonstration. The open letter, for which further signatures are being collected, had up to now been signed by the following persons: Peter Altenberg, Dr. Raoul Auernheimer, Hermann Bahr, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Julius Bittner, Ludwig Bösendorfer, Rudolf Braun, Dr. Josef Breuer, Privy Counsellor Dr. Max Burkhard, Privy Counsellor Professor Chrobak, C. D. Czescha, Anton Door, Bruno Eisner, Julius Epstein, Privy Counsellor Professor Sigmund Exner, Dr. Leo Feld, Dr. A. v. Frisch, Marie v. Frisch-Exner, Eduard Gärtner, Dr. Karl Glossy, Robert Grund, Chief Music Director Gustav Gutheil, Dr. Hugo Haberfeld, Willy Handl, the the court actor Ernst Hartmann, the architect Professor Josef Hoffmann, Hugo v. Hoffmannsthal, the painter Franz Hohenberger, Professor Josef Hupka, the court actor Josef Kainz, Gustav Klimt, the painter Max Kurzweil, Dr. Ernst Jokl, Josef Labor, Member of Parliament Dr. Stephan Licht, the painter Wilhelm List, Baroness Therese Liebig, Professor Alexander Löffler, Emil Lucka, Max Mell, Professor Koloman Moser, Professor Richard Muther, the architect Robert Oerley, Alfred Polgar, Professor Dr. Emil Reich, the court actor Alexander Römpler, the court actress Hedwig Römpler-Bleibtreu, Felix Salten, Wera Schapira, Richard Schaukal, Dr. Heinrich {col. 3} Schenker, the sculptor Othmar Schimkowitz, Director A. H. Schmiedel, Arthur Schnitzler, Arnold Schönberg, the court actor Adolf Ritter v. Sonnenthal, Dr. Paul Stefan, Dr. Richard Stör, the court actor Hugo Thimig, Moriz Violin, Jakob Wassermann, Fritz Wärndorfer, Dr. Paul Wertheimer, J. V. v. Wöß, Countess Misa Wydenbruck-Esterhazy, Dr. W. v. Wimetal, Stephan Zweig, Privy Counsellor Professor Emil Zuckerkandl, Bertha Zuckerkandl.

© Translation Ian D. Bent, 2006.

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Format: newspaper article

FOOTNOTES:

1 Hermann Goetz's comic opera Der widerspenstigen Zähmung (The Taming of the Shrew: 1868-72, perf. 1874; pubd 1875), then popular. Mahler's new Vienna production had opened on November 3, 1906. My thanks to Dr. Paul Banks for this information.

SUMMARY:
Open letter to Gustav Mahler to dissuade him from resigning as Director of the Vienna Court Opera House, signed by 69 people.

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