Adam Schlotthauer

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Adam Schlotthauer (* 1781 ; † March 17, 1813 in Munich ) was a Bavarian ballet dancer and comedian .

Life

Schlotthauer's family belonged to the electoral servants in Munich. Adam Schlotthauer was trained at the local ballet school like his later dance partner Karl Flerx . Schlotthauer and Flerx developed their special roles in cooperation with the pantomimes Constants . By nature, they were opposing characters. While Flerx is described as medium-sized, rather slim, acrobatically agile and always cheerful, Schlotthauer is said to have been a bit taller, a striking appearance and a melancholy-sarcastic disposition. According to Pia and Pino Mlakar, he developed into a " Pierrot beyond compare".

In 1801 he married Katharina Habert, a daughter of the sculptor Andreas Habert from Düsseldorf , who was a brother-in-law of Peter Crux . Katharina Habert had already been trained as a child in her uncle's ballet school and was a popular Colombine in Munich under Constant. The daughters Nanette and Sophie emerged from the marriage, who first became dancers and later actresses. Nanette Schlotthauer was mostly employed at the Vorstadt-Theater in Munich and was replaced by Charlotte Stenzsch in 1822 .

In 1807 both Schlotthauer and Karl Flerx were employed as second dancers at the Munich Ballet.

After Constant died in 1806, Schlotthauer became involved in the field of directing. After the success with the pantomime Die Zauberquelle in 1810 he was appointed pantomime master. This was accompanied by an increase in his fee to 1,000 guilders. The first full-length ballet pantomime that was performed in Munich was Arlequin's Wedding , which Schlotthauer had premiered on May 28, 1811 in the Cuivilliéstheater. The music of the magic source and the wedding came from Carl Neuner .

Arlequin's wedding was a huge hit and played for years. Schlotthauer still danced the role of Pierrot three days before his suicide. On the morning of March 17, 1813, he put an end to his life with a pistol shot; the reasons for this can no longer be reconstructed.

A younger brother of Schlotthauer was the painter Joseph Schlotthauer .

literature

  • Pia and Pino Mlakar: Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860. Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 149 ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 150.
  2. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 151.
  3. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 155 and note.
  4. ↑ Franz Grandaur, History of the Royal Court and National Theater in Munich to celebrate his centenary , Munich 1878, p 94. Other sources attribute the name "Stentzsch".
  5. ↑ Franz Grandaur, History of the Royal Court and National Theater in Munich to celebrate his centenary , Munich 1878, p 68th
  6. ^ Carl Borromäus Neuner in the Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe
  7. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 155 f.
personal data
SURNAME Schlotthauer, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian court dancer and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Electoral Palatinate Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1813
Place of death Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria