Carl Dolt

Carl Dolt , actually Carl Pizzala , ( March 22, 1808 in Linz - March 12, 1882 ) was an Italian-Austrian theater actor and comedian .

Life

Dolt, the son of a kk Austrian captain accounting officer, whose family came from Italy, first turned to medical studies, but gave it up after the fourth semester and became an actor.

He began on smaller stages, where he was used for everything, and came to the Prague State Theater in 1832, where he made his debut as "Baron Gluthen" in The Last Means . Although he was popular, one wished he would only acquire the theatrical practice he absolutely needed on a smaller stage, and so Dolt first went to Linz, where he had worked for ten years, and returned to the German Theater in Prague in 1842.

During this time the lover had become an extraordinarily good comedian, who soon achieved a great reputation and whose name became known far beyond Austria's borders. From the day (October 11, 1842) when he first appeared in front of the Prague people as "Lorenz" in The fateful Faschingsnacht , to the moment when he stepped off the stage forever, he was not only one of the most popular Members of the Prague stage, but was rightly considered one of the most important pillars of this art institute, especially in the Volksstück and the Posse.

Even Johann Nestroy's guest performances could not shake his great popularity. On the contrary, right after the departure of this famous artist, Dolt appeared in the same roles and received jubilant applause. His couplets and potpourris, in particular, as well as his always amiable comedy, were very successful.

In 1843 he was dissatisfied for a while and immediately the director Carl Carl called him to Vienna to offer him a very first position there. But the little quarrels in Prague were settled and Dolt stayed again, to the delight of his countless admirers.

Among his most outstanding roles are "Zwirn", "Nazi" in Till Eulenspiegel , "Blasius Rohr" in Glück, Abuse and Return , "Titus Feuerfuchs" in Talisman etc. He ended his long-standing stage performance in 1872, the year in which he ended in October retired from the Prague stage in one of his brilliant roles as "Wurzel" in Bauer als Millionaire . The actual farewell performance should take place later. Only the artist fell ill and so this evening for which all of Prague had solemnly prepared itself was thwarted.

Dolt suffered incessantly until he died on March 12, 1882.

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 208, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

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