Charles Weinberger

Charles Weinberger
( The Humorist April 1, 1895)

Karl Rudolf Michael "Charles" Weinberger (also called Carl Weinberger ; born April 3, 1861 in Vienna ; † November 1, 1939 ibid) was an Austrian operetta composer .

Life

His mother Helene Weinberger (* 1839 , † December 5, 1898 in Abbazia ; from 1883 wife of Hugo Wittmann , 1839–1923) was a successful Offenbach singer at the Carltheater after her engagement at the Hofburgtheater .

Weinberger was President of the Austrian Composers ' Union from 1922 to 1925 , when it lost both chairmen Heinrich Reinhardt and Carl Michael Ziehrer in a difficult time .

His grave is on the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery (Wall group on the left, number 134). In 1955 Weinbergerplatz in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him.

Works

Operettas

• Page pranks, 1888
• The adjutant. Singspiel in 1 Act (libretto: A. Ruprecht), first performance July 13, 1889 in the summer arena in Baden
• The Uhlans, 1891
• Laughing Heirs, 1892 Carltheater
• The butterfly, 1896
• The Karl student
• Adam and Eve, 1899
• That certain something, 1902, libretto by Victor Léon , Carltheater
• The romantic woman, 1910
• The Naughty, 1913

Opera

• The Sun Child, 1929

Web links

• Entry on Charles Weinberger in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Literature by and about Charles Weinberger in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Theater and Art News. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 12317/1889, December 6, 1898, p. 7, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ↑ "The Adjutant". In:  Wiener Theater-Zeitung. Organ for theater, concert, art and dramatic literature , No. 5/1889 (XII. Year), August 1, 1889, p. 37. (Online at ANNO ). ;
   Theater newspaper. (...) Saturday July 13th (...). In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 85/1889 (IX. Year), July 16, 1889, p. 3, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .