Liselotte Maikl

Liselotte Maikl (6 March 1925 – 10 December 2014) was an Austrian soprano and ballet dancer.

Life Born in Vienna, Maikl was the daughter of the tenor Georg Maikl (1872–1951) and a ballet dancer. At the age of seven she joined the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera and was a member of the Vienna State Ballet. In addition to her ballet training, she also studied singing with Maria Gerhart and received dramatic lessons at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

With her father she was on stage at the Der Vogelhändler as Christel. From 1948 to 1950, she was engaged as a singer at the Landestheater Linz, then at the Volksoper Wien.

Maikl died on 10 December 2014 at the age of 89 in the artists' home in Baden near Vienna, where she was a member of the board of the association Künstler helfen Künstler and spent her last years. She was buried at her father's side in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 33A/5/17).

Awards Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst. Goldene .