No photo.

Ignaz Wild (1849-1909).

  • Profession: Theater director, agent, intendant
  • Residences: 
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Letter from Gustav Mahler 01-01-1889 in Budapest
  • Born: 00-00-1849 Třebíč, Třebíč District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic. Nathan Ignaz Yitzhak Wild (Stiassny), Natan, Ignaz, Ignaz Stiassny.
  • Married: 24-10-1880 to Bertha Wild-Engelmann
  • Address: Elizabethstrasse 15, Vienna, Austria
  • Died: 19-10-1909 Vienna, Austria (Aged 61)
  • Buried: 21-10-1909 Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria
  • From 1885-1903 Ignaz Stiassny Wild was director of the summer Lehar Theartre in Bad Ischl.
  • From 1894-1899 Stiassny was also Director of the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna.
  • 09-01-1904 Ignaz Nathan common name Ignaz Stiassny officially changed his name by deed poll from Stiassny to Wild. He also changed the names of his daughter Paula and son Robert.

01-01-1889 Year 1889 Budapest: Letter by Gustav Mahler (Budapest Opera House) to Ignaz Wild (1849-1909) 1/2.

01-01-1889 Year 1889 Budapest: Letter by Gustav Mahler (Budapest Opera House) to Ignaz Wild (1849-1909) 2/2.

About the engagement of the singer Mila (Ludmilla, Mily) Kupfer-Berger (1852-1905).

« Sehr geehrter Herr!

Vor allem mus ich Ihnen mittheilen, das die hiesige Intendanz keinesfalls fur einen Abend mehr als 400 fl zu zahlen geneigt ist. – Ich brauche wol nicht erst auf die precare Lage unseres Institutes hinzuweisen; sie ist ja leider nur zu bekannt. – Wenn Frau Kupfer auf dieses Gebot einzugehen geneigt ist, so bin ich bereit derselben einen Contrakt anzubieten, wie sie denselben sich erwunscht. Also vom 10. – bis Ende Feber ein 5 maliges Gastspiel / a 400 fl / eventuell dann 2 jahrigen Vertrag 15 Sept. – 15 Dez. / 15 März – 15 May : monatlich 8 maliges Auftreten / jahrliche Gage fur diese 5 Monate 1400 fl. Frau Kupfer ist verpflichtet, samtliche Partieen ihres Repertoirs italienisch zu singen. Ferner muste es vereinbart werden, ob sich Frau Kupfer nicht dazu herbeiliese, etliche Partieen in ungarischer Sprache zu erlernen … sich baldigen Antwort ihr ergebenst Mahler ».

” Dear sir!

Above all, I have to inform you that the local directorate is not inclined to pay more than 400 fl for an evening. – I don’t need to point out the precare location of our institute; unfortunately it is only too well known. – If Ms. Kupfer is inclined to accept this commandment, I am ready to offer her a contract as she wishes. So from the 10th to the end of February a 5-time guest performance / a 400 fl / possibly then a 2-year contract 15 Sept. – 15 Dec. / 15 March – 15 May: 8 times per month / annual fee for these 5 months 1400 fl. Ms. Kupfer is obliged to sing all parts of her repertoire in Italian. Furthermore, it had to be agreed whether Ms Kupfer should not learn to play a number of games in Hungarian … you will soon get an answer, Mahler ».

Unpublished letter in the correspondence “Gustav Mahler. Brief ”(Herta Blaukopf, 1982).

If you have found any errors or text needing citation, please notify us by selecting that text and pressing Ctrl+Enter.

Error report

The following text will be sent to our editors: