Adolph Benda

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Friedrich Gottlieb Adolph Benda ; (* June 12, 1825 ; † after November 5, 1880 , but before March 20, 1884 ), "recte Schmidt", was a German opera singer ( lyric tenor ). He described himself as a grand ducal opera singer and actor, entitled to live in Weimar .

Life

The Meininger Court Theater 1831–1908
Mr. Benda , Mrs. Benda , Stadt-Theater Düsseldorf 1853
Adolph Benda , Stadt-Theater Düsseldorf 1854
Krolloper Berlin, poster for the 25th anniversary in 1869

Adolph Benda was the son of the actor Carl (August) Schmidt, most recently court actor in Dresden ; his mother, the actress Amalia Carolina Louisa Benda , was a granddaughter of the composer Georg Anton Benda and the daughter of Benda's son Hermann Christian Benda , singer and actor at the Weimar court theater under Goethe . It is not known where Adolph Benda grew up and by whom he was trained, but he seems to have had a close relationship with the Friedrich Heinrich Limbach family of actors , whose eldest daughter he married in 1856 - his parents had already died by then. Susanna Limbach (1827–1912), singer and actress, can also be identified as "Frau Benda" on theater slips, partly alongside her partner Adolph Benda, who sometimes appeared with her sister Luise Limbach , a well-known opera and operetta singer.

Adolph Benda's stage career can be traced across German-speaking countries from around 1840 to 1865 using theater almanacs and newspaper magazines (on Google Books): including Stadttheater Erfurt , Fürstliches Schauspielhaus Rudolstadt , Stadttheater Göttingen , Brandenburger Theater , Theater Amalienbad (near Morsleben ), Ducal Court Theater Meiningen , Ducal Court Theater Dessau , City Theater in Frankfurt (Oder) , Theater Memel , Theater Elbing , City Theater Danzig , City Theater Lübeck , City Theater Düsseldorf , City Theater Frankfurt am Main , City Theater Magdeburg , City Theater Riga , Krolloper Berlin, City Theater Stettin , City Theater Rostock , City Theater Freiburg im Breisgau . He is said to have had a "special method" of performance and a very pleasant tenor head voice.

In 1900 Susanna Benda († 1912 in Houston / Texas) and daughter Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai (* 1854), speech and music teacher, and granddaughter Ilona B. Benda (* 1884), journalist and author, migrated from Berlin via Hamburg to the USA (June 27, 1900 with HAPAG steamer Belgravia ).

See also

Repertoire (selection)

literature

  • Franz Lorenz: The Benda family of musicians. Volume 2: Georg Anton Benda. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-11-003568-5
  • Moritz Rudolph: Rigaer Theater- und Tonkünstler-Lexikon including the history of the Rigaer Theater and the Musical Society , Commissions-Verlag by R. Kymmel, Riga 1890

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References and comments

  1. ^ Also Adolf (own signature on the birth certificate of daughter Josefina Maria Louisa in Düsseldorf on April 28, 1854)
  2. ↑ not to be confused with the choirmaster, singing teacher and composer Adolf Benda (* 1841 Bilin † 1876), from 1869 focus on Werschetz
  3. ↑ Wedding entry (here Adolph with "ph") St. Johannis Magdeburg from September 17, 1856 at the State Archives Magdeburg, Wernigerode branch
  4. ↑ according to the marriage certificate of son Adolph Gustav dated November 5, 1880 at ancestry.de, place of residence of both parents: Salmünster
  5. ↑ at ancestry.de, in the civil birth certificate dated March 20, 1884 of the granddaughter Ilona Mari Benda, the wife SM Benda reporting the birth is referred to as "widowed"
  6. ↑ Rudolph: Rigaer Theater- und Tonkünstler-Lexikon , page 16
  7. ↑ ibid
  8. ↑ traditionally owed to the mother's place of birth.
  9. ↑ In preparation for the marriage, official civil rights application and approval (Weimar City Archives). Registration of the birth of his son Adolph Gustav Benda in Lübeck on February 23, 1853 (Lübeck City Archives). Wedding entry Magdeburg
  10. ^ Carl Schmidt at the Dresden Hoftheater 1842/1844, History of the Dresden Court Theater , page 654f.
  11. ^ Carl Schmidt, court actor, in the Dresden address handbook from 1842 , page 238.
  12. ↑ Wedding entry Magdeburg
  13. ↑ Stadttheater Düsseldorf, winter season 1853/54
  14. ↑ Almanach for Friends of Drama , A. Heinrichs deutscher Bühnen-Almanach , Deutscher Bühnen-Almanach (Decision) - at Google Books and Hamburg State Library, Theater Department (old building)
  15. ^ History of the Brandenburg / Havel Theater
  16. ^ Theater Amalienbad in Arnulf Lenzen's biography about Franz Zöhrer, pp. 167-168 on Google Books
  17. ↑ z. B. Neue Berliner Musikzeitung Volume 12, Page 383. Didaskalia , Frankfurt, from May 31, 1854 on Google Books
  18. ↑ According to private letters and the Berlin address books, both women were already widowed from 1889 onwards, but registered themselves as "married" on the embarkation list
  19. ↑ Hamburg passenger lists at ancestry.de
personal data
SURNAME Benda, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benda, Friedrich Gottlieb Adolph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (lyric tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1825
DATE OF DEATH between November 5, 1880 and March 20, 1884