Alexander Guttmann
Alexander Guttmann (born October 2, 1851 in Pest , Hungary , † February 14, 1889 in Meran , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian stage actor and singer .
Career
The very linguistically gifted son of wealthy parents was initially supposed to become a businessman, but then decided, after a short visit to a small drama school, for the theater profession and from then on appeared as an actor (comedian) and operetta singer. Guttmann's first engagement took him to Lemberg in Galicia in 1872 , where he made his debut under the stage name Alexis Lobe. As early as the following year, Guttmann appeared under his own name and in the following years worked at venues in Krakow , Vienna (at the Carltheater there), Pest, Baden near Vienna and Munich . In 1881 Alexander Guttmann returned to the Carltheater for one season (inaugural role: Duke Cyprian in the play Methuselah ) before he joined the ensemble of the Wiedner Theater in 1882 .
He achieved his comedy mainly because of his thin figure and high growth. Guttmann was particularly successful with Colonel Ollendorf in the operetta Der Bettelstudent and the theater director Striese in the Schwank Der Raub der Sabinerinnen . In 1885 he returned to the Carltheater. His declining health forced his career to end in 1887, after only a decade and a half on the stage. His last role in front of a Viennese audience was Onofrio in the play “ Don Caesar ”. Alexander Guttmann died less than two years later in what was then the south of Tyrol, in Merano, where he had gone on a recovery cure. He was only 37 years old.
Familiar
Guttmann had three sons, all of whom went to the theater. The first born was Arthur Guttmann in 1877 , two years later the twins Emil and Paul Guttmann followed .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 290, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Biographisches und Bibliographisches Handbuch, first volume, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1953, p. 650
Web links
- The Guttmann family in the Austrian Music Lexicon Online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guttmann, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Praise, Alexis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian stage actor and operetta singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pest , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1889 |
| Place of death | Meran , Austria-Hungary |