Ernst Pasqué
Ernst Heinrich Anton Pasqué (born September 3, 1821 in Cologne , † March 20, 1892 in Alsbach an der Bergstrasse) was a German opera singer ( baritone ), opera director , theater director , writer and librettist .
Life
When he was barely 17, he decided to have his voice trained. At the instigation of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber , he was accepted at the Paris Conservatory . There he was a student of the tenor Louis Antoine Ponchard .
On May 4, 1844, he made his debut as a "hunter" in the night camp in Mainz.
He came to the Grand Ducal Court Theater in Darmstadt as a baritone in 1845 . From 1846 to 1847 he worked in Leipzig, but then returned to Darmstadt.
In the summer of 1855 he was director of the Deutsche Oper in Amsterdam, and from 1856 to 1859 he was an opera director in Weimar.
After illness and the loss of his voice, he became an economics inspector in Darmstadt in 1859. In addition to music-related literature, his main work “History of Music and Theater at the Court of Darmstadt”, he also wrote short stories and the libretto for Abert's opera Astorga .
Works (selection)
Fiction
- Golden Angel of Cologne. A story from French times. With a prologue: Anno 1784. Janke, Berlin 1867. ( Digitized Volume 1 ), ( Volume 2 ), ( Volume 3 ), ( Volume 4 )
- Three journeymen. Costenoble, Jena 1869. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 ), ( volume 3 ), ( volume 4 )
- Sleeping Beauty. Romantic opera in three acts. Music Gottfried Linder. Herbert, Darmstadt 1871. ( digitized version )
- In Paris. Cheerful stories from a singer's apprenticeship years . Behr, Berlin 1872. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 )
- Montroyal. A story from the Moselle. Janke, Berlin 1873. ( digitized 1st volume ), ( 2nd volume ), ( 3rd volume )
- The house of the golden rose. Novel. Janke, Berlin 1874. ( digitized volume 1 ), ( volume 2 ), ( volume 3 )
- A mother's heart novel. Janke, Berlin 1877. ( Digitized Ba d 1 ), ( Volume 2 )
- From the world of sounds . Experiences of a girls' quartet in the Haidehause. Uncle Reinhold's stories in the field of opera, folk songs, artistry and dance. 70 text illustrations and four audio images. Spamer, Leipzig 1878. ( digitized version )
- The vagabonds. Novel. 3 volumes. Janke, Berlin 1886.
- A business card of Bismarck . Narratives . Hillger, Berlin 1899.
- The Karlsberg. A cultural-historical novel in four sections . Ries, Homburg 1902
Non-fiction
- Goethe’s theater management in Weimar . Leipzig 1863. Volume 1 - Internet Archive , Volume 2 - Internet Archive
- History of music and theater at the court of Darmstadt. With consideration of the relevant court festivals, the biographies of participating artists and in connection with the general German music and theater history . Wittich, Darmstadt 1853. ( digitized version )
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Ernst Pasqué . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 749 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Norbert Bartnik: Ernst Pasqué. The dreamer of "Haus Geyersberg". In memory of the singer, writer and local historian who died a hundred years ago . Self-published, Alsbach-Hähnlein 1992.
- Franz Brümmer : Pasqué, Ernst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 758-760.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Pasqué in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ernst Pasqué in the German Digital Library
- Ernst Pasqué in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Ernst Pasqué in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Ernst Pasqué at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pasqué, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pasqué, Ernst Heinrich Anton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (baritone), opera director, theater director, writer and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1892 |
| Place of death | Alsbach chicken |