Charlotte von Hagn

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Charlotte von Hagn as Thekla in Schiller's Wallenstein (for the Schönheitengalerie , 1828)
Charlotte von Hagn (photography by Franz Hanfstaengl )
Grave of Charlotte Hagn [Oven] in the old southern cemetery in Munich location

Charlotte von Hagn (born March 23, 1809 in Munich ; † April 23, 1891 ibid) was a German actress of the Biedermeier period .

Life

Hagn was the daughter of the businessman Karl von Hagn and his wife Josepha Schwab. Her younger brother was the painter Ludwig von Hagn , her sister Auguste von Hagn was also an actress.

Although her father was strictly against her choice of career, he let Marianne Lang persuade him to train his daughter with her.

Charlotte von Hagn was already applauded by the audience when she first appeared at the Munich Court Theater in 1828, was immediately engaged and made guest appearances from here with great success at the Burgtheater in Vienna , Dresden , Berlin and Budapest .

From 1833 to 1846 she was a member of the Berliner Hofbühne . She performed repeatedly in Saint Petersburg , Hamburg , Budapest and other cities and was a celebrated appearance on all stages. Her talent was based mainly on a lush natural disposition for the graceful, teasing and mischievous moody; she was especially enchanting in comedy and conversation pieces. Already in Saint Petersburg and later in Germany she was in competition with her colleague Karoline Bauer , who played at the Dresden theater. The theater audience was divided into “Hagnians” and “Bauerians”, depending on the following. Much less suited her talent for tragic roles. Her witty and witty ideas and impromptus in social life earned her the nickname of the “German Déjazet ”.

In spring 1848 she married the landowner Alexander v. Oven and stepped back from the stage, but the marriage was divorced again in 1851. She had a relationship with Franz Liszt , who called her the concubine of two kings , as she is said to have had an affair with the Bavarian King Ludwig I. He had them portrayed by his court painter Joseph Karl Stieler in 1828 for his gallery of beauties .

After her divorce, Charlotte von Hagn lived for a while in Gotha , later again in Munich, where she died on April 23, 1891.

tomb

The tomb of Charlotte Hagn [Oven] is located on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial site 19 - Row 4 - 26th) Location .

She was buried there as Charlotte von Oven .

Roles (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Charlotte von Hagn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt: Joseph Stieler: 1781 - 1858. His life a. his work. Crit. Directory d. Works . Prestel, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-7913-0340-6 , p. 148 f
  2. ↑ Charlotte von Hagn . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 19, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 0434.
  3. ↑ See on this Walter G. Armando: Franz Liszt: Eine Biographie . Rütten u. Loening, Potsdam 1961, p. 125 .
personal data
SURNAME Hagn, Charlotte of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress of the Biedermeier period
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1891
Place of death Munich