Alois Grois
Alois Grois , also Louis Grois (* 1809 in Szárvár , Kingdom of Hungary ; † April 8, 1874 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian opera singer ( bass ), theater actor and comedian .
Life
Originally trained as a teacher and from 1826 school assistant in Maria Lanzendorf , he also worked in a church choir. When the director of the Imperial and Royal Court Opera Louis Duport heard him, he offered him an engagement in Vienna. Grois, however, was anxious for further training, on which he made good progress. In 1828 he was hired as the first bass player to Lemberg , where he made his debut as Sarastro in The Magic Flute . In the next few years he sang in Ofen , Hermannstadt and Graz . Here, however, he ended his career as an opera singer and switched to the comic field. In 1836 director Carl Carl engaged him at the Carltheater , where he made his debut as Fortunatus Wurzel . Guest performances have taken him to Berlin , Dresden , Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main .
Carl Carl , Johann Nestroy , Wenzel Scholz and Grois formed the legendary comedian quartet of the Carltheater, to which Andreas Scutta was added. After Carl's death, Karl Treumann took his place.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 356, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Grois, Alois . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 5th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski & C. Dittmarsch.), Vienna 1859, p. 364 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Alois (Louis) Grois in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grois, Alois |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grois, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (bass), theater actor and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szárvár , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1874 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |