Ernst Friedrich Diez
Ernst Friedrich Diez (born March 17, 1805 in Waldkirch , Breisgau , † December 1892 in Munich ) was a German theater actor and opera singer ( lyric tenor ).
Life
Diez was the son of a city official in Waldkirch, from whom he had inherited his musical sense. At the age of ten Diez sang in the church choir of his hometown. In the spring of 1825 his family sent him to Vienna , where he a. a. Student of the composer Conradin Kreutzer became. With his help, he was able to make a successful debut in Kreutzer's opera "Die Funny Advertising" the following year.
In 1826 Diez was engaged at the Municipal Theater of Pressburg and in 1828 he was brought to the Theater of Trieste . In 1829 he came under contract at the Königsstädtischer Theater in Berlin and in 1830 he was hired at the Mannheim court theater . In 1837 Diez got an engagement at the royal court theater in Munich .
In 1841 Diez married his colleague Sophie Hartmann there for the second time . In 1849 Diez completed his last performance and then moved to the royal court orchestra as a singing teacher and choirmaster . In 1868 he gave up this office and retired into private life.
Diez survived his wife by five years and died in Munich in December 1892.
tomb
The tomb of Friedrich Diez is located in the Old South Cemetery in Munich (burial ground 4 - row 8 - 57th) Location . His wife Sophie Diez is also buried in the grave.
Roles (selection)
- Belmonte - The Abduction from the Seraglio ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
- Tamino - The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- George Brown- The White Lady ( François-Adrien Boieldieu )
- Joseph - Joseph et ses Freres ( Étienne-Nicolas Méhul )
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 201, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Max Zenger among others: History of the Munich Opera . Publishing house for practical art studies, Munich 1923.
Web links
- Ernst Friedrich Diez in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Correspondence between Ernst Friedrich Diez and Louis Spohr
Individual evidence
- ↑ Funerary inscription ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diez, Ernst Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor and opera singer (lyric tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldkirch , Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1892 |
| Place of death | Munich |