Emanuel Züngel
Emanuel František Züngel (born June 21, 1840 in Prague , † April 22, 1894 ibid) was a Czech playwright, librettist and translator.
Life
Züngel attended the Academic Gymnasium in Prague. He worked as an amateur actor at the U Švestku theater and in 1862 he worked for the newspapers Politics and Humoristické listy , where he lost an editorial position after a short time in 1865. In 1868 he went on a study trip through Italy and France with the composer Karel Šebor . He then found a job as a translator of opera and operetta texts at the Prozatímní divadlo theater , where he also worked as a performer and chorus singer between 1873 and 1877.
In the early 1860s, Züngel published his first poems in the magazine Lumír . He emerged as the author of addresses in verse for occasions such as the Shakespeare Jubilee in 1864 and the laying of the foundation stone for the National Theater in 1868, and published two books of folk songs. In addition, he published humorous short prose in various magazines. He also wrote the libretto for the opera Zwei Witwen (Dvĕ vdovy) by Bedřich Smetana , who also commissioned him with a German translation of his opera The Bartered Bride , and translated Josef Otakar Veselý's libretto for Antonín Dvořák's opera Šelma sedlák (The Peasants ' Prankster ) into German.
source
- Stytiarte - The Bartered Bride p. 24
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Züngel, Emanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Züngel, Emanuel František (full name); Züngl, Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech playwright, librettist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1894 |
| Place of death | Prague |