Albert Goldberg
Albert Goldberg ( June 8, 1847 in Braunschweig - November 7, 1905 in Leipzig ) was a German opera singer ( baritone ), opera director and theater manager .
Life
His parents were Hirsch Goldberg (July 12, 1807 in Wollstein - June 10, 1893 in Braunschweig), prayer leader for the Braunschweig Jewish community and his wife Marianne (Golda Miriam), born Rothgießer (August 31, 1818 in Fraustadt - January 5, 1894 in Leipzig ). He had three siblings: Jacques Goldberg (born January 16, 1861 in Braunschweig; † September 26, 1934 Berlin), musician, actor, director and theater manager, Golde Georgine (born May 28, 1850) and Joseph Julius (born April 18, 1856 ). The theater director and screenwriter Heinz Goldberg was his nephew.
He wanted to be a musician from his youth and, at the request of his parents, had to devote himself to the merchant class. After his apprenticeship in a Schwerin manufactory had ended, his musical talents became more and more apparent and more and more obviously pushed towards an artistic professional area, he entered the Leipzig Conservatory in 1865 to become Kapellmeister. But especially since his voice developed accordingly during this time, he decided to become an opera singer. He dared the first attempt on May 2, 1869 at the court theater in Munich as "Oberbrahmine" ( African woman ).
From there he found his way to the Stadttheater Main in 1870, to Bremen 1871, Neustrelitz from 1871 to 1873, Strasbourg 1874, Augsburg from 1875 to 1876 (in summer Berlin, Krolltheater) from where he was won over by director Max Stägemann at the Königsberg Stadttheater. There he worked not only as the first baritone, but also as a director until June 1, 1880, and during this time he gained so much sympathy that he was even given the management of the city theater, which he ran for three years to the greatest satisfaction.
On June 1, 1883, he followed a call from Stägemann, who had meanwhile taken over the Leipzig City Theater, and accepted the position offered to him as chief director of the opera. From that time until his death he worked on this stage.
Albert Goldberg's students included Poldi Gersa and Ernst Wachter .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. List, Leipzig 1903, p. XXX ( digitized version ).
- Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? Contemporary Lexicon . IV edition. Degener, Leipzig 1909, p. 462.
Web links
- Albert Goldberg in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Bein : You lived in Braunschweig. Biographical notes on the Jews buried in Braunschweig (1797 to 1983). In: Messages from the Braunschweig City Archives. No. 1, Döring Druck, Braunschweig 2009, ISBN 978-3-925268-30-4 , p. 295.
- ^ A b Reinhard Bein: You lived in Braunschweig. Biographical notes on the Jews buried in Braunschweig (1797 to 1983). P. 302.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldberg, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (baritone), opera director and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1905 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |