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Dace Akmentiņa
Latvian actress (1858–1936) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dace Akmentiņa (3 July 1858 – 16 March 1936) was a Latvian actress, and one of the first Latvian theatre stars.[1]
Biography
Dace Akmentiņa was born Doroteja Šteinberga on 3 July 1858 in Kreis Bauske to a poor family. She attended school for 3 years. From 1875, Akmentiņa lived in Riga. Here she worked in the theatre and sung in a choir, but also worked as a seamstress. Her first role was as Vana in 1886, in Mikhail Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar. It was this role which launched her acting career. Her acting career declined after 1914, with her last performance taking place in 1922.[2][3] In her height, she was considered a fashionable woman during the period of Art Nouveau.[4]
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Notable acting roles
- Kārlēns in Skroderdienas Silmačos by Rūdolfs Blaumanis.
- Kristīne in The Fire by Rūdolfs Blaumanis.
- Mirdza in Vaidelote by Aspazija.
- Gretchen in Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Ophelia in Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
- Desdemona Othello by William Shakespeare.[2]
References
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