Adele Beckmann
Adele Beckmann née Adele Muzzarelli ( June 4, 1816 in Vienna - November 3, 1885 in Batignolles , France ) was an Italian soubrette , opera singer ( soprano ) and dancer .
Life
The granddaughter of the ballet master Muzarelli, at the time the founder of the ballet founded by Emperor Josef and the daughter of the tenorist Antonio Muzzarelli , took singing lessons from Giuseppe Ciccimara at an early age and was engaged as a chorister at the court opera theater. Soon afterwards she came to Brno, where she worked for two years. In 1835 she went to the Königstädtische Theater Berlin. She stayed there until 1845. In 1838 Adele Muzzarelli married the then famous comedian Friedrich Beckmann . In 1845 she retired from the stage.
She was the founder of the Friedrich Beckmann Foundation for the support of needy Austrian theater members , who looked after “unemployed, worthy, needy German actors and actresses, etc., from whatever city and denomination they may be, according to merit and distressed situation”. She bequeathed her not inconsiderable fortune to this foundation.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Muzzarelli, Adele . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 488 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 74, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Adele Beckmann at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Remarks
- ↑ Place of birth according to Eisenberg, the Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire states Venice as the place of birth
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckmann, Adele |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muzzarelli, Adele (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soubrette, opera singer (soprano) and dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1885 |
| Place of death | Batignolles , France |