Karl Treumann
Matthias Karl Ludwig Treumann (born July 27, 1823 in Hamburg , † April 18, 1877 in Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian actor , operetta singer ( tenor ), theater director and writer .
Life
After an apprenticeship as a printer in Hamburg, he went to the German theater in Pest in 1841 , where his brothers were already active. To avoid the threat of being drafted into the military in Hamburg, he joined a traveling theater company in Transylvania . 1843-1845 he worked again with success in Pest. In 1847 he was hired for the Theater an der Wien on the recommendation of Franz von Suppè .
In 1852 he moved to the Carltheater in Vienna , which was under the direction of Carl Carl , where he appeared with Johann Nestroy and Wenzel Scholz . At first Nestroy was greatly irritated by Treumann's involvement, as he saw his position at risk. But soon there was an excellent understanding between Nestroy, Treumann and Wenzel Scholz. Treumann was known for his talent for imitating famous people and colleagues. Another of his specialties was the couplet with a contemporary and local history background.
In 1860 he took over the management of the Carltheater. The triumphant success of Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the underworld , in its adaptation with Nestroy as Jupiter, laid the foundation for the development of the Viennese operetta . In order to escape the high rent of the new owners of the Carltheater, which Nestroy had already failed as director, he began in 1860 the theater on Franz-Josefs-Kai ("Kaitheater" or "Treumann Theater") to build, which he up to which was destroyed by fire in 1863. 1863–1866 he was again director of the Carltheater.
Treumann went on many well-paid guest tours that took him to Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Lemberg, Budapest and Brno, and in this way acquired a significant fortune. He also gained a reputation as a translator of operetta texts (for works by Offenbach). He also wrote the libretto for the operetta Prince Methuselah for Johann Strauss (son) .
Karl Treumann, whose wife Maria had died in 1862, succumbed to a stroke in the morning hours of April 18, 1877 in the villa (which still exists today) at Helenenstrasse 5. The body was reburied in the old Dobling cemetery ; after exhumation , the final burial took place on October 21, 1891 in the Heiligenstadt cemetery (grave site A / TO / 24).
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, pp. 1048 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Hermann Arthur Lier : Treumann, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 584 f.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Treumann, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 47th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1883, pp. 172–178 ( digitized version ).
- Christian Fastl: Treumann, Karl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Treumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Karl Treumann in the German Digital Library
- Karl Treumann at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ † Karl Treumann. In: Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 4541/1877, April 18, 1877, p. 2 below. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ Exhumation. In: Neuigkeits -Welt-Blatt , No. 242/1891, October 23, 1891, p. 3 (unpaginated), column 3 below. (Online at ANNO ). .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treumann, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Treumann, Matthias Karl Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor, operetta singer (tenor), theater director and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1877 |
| Place of death | Baden near Vienna |