Carl of La Roche
Johann Carl August La Roche , from 1873 Knight of La Roche , also Karl von La Roche (born October 12, 1794 in Berlin , † March 11, 1884 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian actor . He should not be confused with Carl Georg von La Roche (1766–1839), the son of the writer Sophie von La Roche .
origin
Carl von La Roche's father was a police inspector in Berlin, but later he was the valet of the (Minister?) Von der Schulenburg . His mother was Anne Susanne Belitz († 1814), a daughter of the innkeeper Johann Gottfried Belitz and Marie Therese Ruinat . His brother Julius (1781-1859) also became an actor.
Life
La Roche had first studied veterinary medicine , but found no satisfaction in it. He wanted "to portray living people rather than dissecting dead animals" and therefore went to the theater as an actor.
After he made his debut at the Seconda 'sche Gesellschaft in Dresden , he got an engagement at the theater in Danzig , then in Lemberg , Berlin, Königsberg and in 1823 in Weimar .
From here he made guest appearances in Hanover, Hamburg, Berlin and other places. In 1833 he received a lifelong engagement at the Burgtheater in Vienna; he belonged to this theater until his death. In 1873 he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class was raised to the hereditary Austrian knighthood.
Carl von La Roche died at the age of 89 and found his final resting place in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery in Vienna (crypt 228). In 1894 in Vienna- Hietzing (13th district) the Larochegasse (old spelling La Roche-Gasse ) was named after him.
family
La Roche was married twice. The first time in 1815 in Danzig with Henriette Wagner, the daughter of a colleague. After their divorce, he married the actress Auguste Kladzig on March 24, 1833 in Berlin . His daughter Amalie (1817-1881) was also a singer. His son Heinrich served in the Austrian Navy and died after long suffering in May 1872 at the age of 38.
reception
Carl von La Roche was always up to his task in every respect. Nature was what he strived for in all representations and for which he had the means, both in grasping the genius of the poet and in understanding the characters and ingeniously reviving what was given by the poet, to a high degree.
Roles (selection)
- Franz Moor - The Robbers ( Friedrich Schiller )
- Mephistopheles - Faust. A tragedy. ( Johann Wolfgang von Goethe )
- Lear - King Lear ( William Shakespeare )
- Shylock - The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
- the old Klingsberg - The two Klingsberg ( August von Kotzebue )
- Cromwell - Cromwell ( Victor Hugo )
- Baker Ehlers - compulsory service ( August Wilhelm Iffland )
- Malvolio- What You Will (William Shakespeare)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : La Roche, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 163–168 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Mautner: La Roche. Memorial sheets . Vienna 1873, digitized
- Alexander von Weilen : La Roche, Karl von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 826-830.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 574 ff., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Lining: La Roche Karl von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1972, p. 28 f. (Direct links on p. 28 , p. 29 ).
- Rolf Badenhausen : La Roche, Karl von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 639 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Carl von La Roche 1833 portrait at kaar.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Birthday to Eisenberg, Futter and Badenhausen, Weilen writes October 14, 1794 or October 14, 1796 .
- ↑ Evangelical Church Congregation Sophien von Berlin, Marriages 1829–1837, page 204, no. 57
personal data | |
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SURNAME | La Roche, Carl von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Roche, Carl Ritter von (full name); La Roche, Karl von; La Roche, Carl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1794 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1884 |
Place of death | Vienna |