Camillo Walzel

Photo and bust by Camillo Walzel

Camillo Walzel , also known under the pseudonym F. Zell or Friedrich Zell (born February 11, 1829 in Magdeburg , † March 17, 1895 in Vienna ) was a German librettist. Together with Richard Genée, he was one of the librettists of the golden operetta era .

Life

From 1847 Walzel lived in Vienna. Before his career as a librettist he was the captain of the Danube steamship. From 1884 to 1889 he was artistic director of the Theater an der Wien . Alexandrine von Schönerer and Franz Jauner were co-directors . Audience favorite Alexander Girardi kept the house full.

Camillo Walzel, one of the best arrangers of French pieces, and Richard Genée formed a congenial team in the world of operetta. When both died within a quarter of a year in 1895, the Viennese mused: “They even did that together”.

Grave of Camillo Walzel

His summer villa (in the Zellgasse named after the artist) and his family crypt are located at his favorite stay in Weissenbach an der Triesting in Lower Austria. Together with the painters Franz Lefler and Heinrich Lefler , he organized the summer festival in Weissenbach an der Triesting at the suggestion of Adolph Freiherr von Pittel in the last third of the 19th century.

His son Oskar Walzel was a literary scholar and university professor.

Labeled compilation of a photo (guest of Adolph Freiherr von Pittel ) and contemporary caricatures.

Works

Libretti :

for Richard Genée

• The midshipman , 1876, (with Richard Genée )
• Nanon , 1877, (with Richard Genée )

for Karl Millöcker

• Countess Dubarry , 1879, (with Richard Genée )
• Apajune, the Aquarius, 1880, (with Richard Genée )
• The Beggar Student , 1882, (with Richard Genée )
• Gasparone , 1884, (with Richard Genée )
• The Vice Admiral, 1886, (with Richard Genée )

for Johann Strauss

• Cagliostro in Vienna , 1875, (together with Richard Genée )
• The Merry War , 1881, (with Richard Genée )
• One Night in Venice , 1883, (with Richard Genée )

for Franz von Suppè

• Fatinitza , 1876, (with Richard Genée )
• Boccaccio , 1879, (with Richard Genée )
• Donna Juanita , 1880, (with Richard Genée )
• The Gascogner, 1881, (with Richard Genée )

for Carl Zeller

• Die Fornarina, 1879, (together with Richard Genée and Moritz West )
• The Carbonari, 1880, (together with Moritz West )

Fonts

• Camillo Walzel: Danube rides. I. Passau - Linz. II. Linz - Vienna. III. Vienna - plague. With an electricity card and the official tariffs of the first k. k. pr. Danube Steamship Company. Rosner, Vienna 1875.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Walzel, Camillo . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 53rd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1886, pp. 49–54 ( digitized version ).
• Ludwig Eisenberg (Ed.): The spiritual Vienna. Daberkow, Vienna 1889–1893.
• Constantin von Wurzenbach : cell, F. . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1890, p. 310 ( digitized version ).
• Alfons Brammertz: home book of the market community Weissenbach an der Triesting - from then to today. Weissenbach market town, Weissenbach an der Triesting 1986.
• Günther Tolar : What a theater! The history of the Theater an der Wien. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-8000-3394-1 .
• Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 5: Ru - Z. Kremayr & Scheriau u. a., Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 .
• Peter Aichinger-Rosenberger, Christian Benedik: Lower Austria south of the Danube. Volume 2. M to Z. Schroll, Vienna a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-85028-365-8 ( Dehio manual ).
• Barbara Boisits: Walzel, Camillo (pseud. Friedrich Zell). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .

Web links

Commons : Camillo Walzel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Camillo Walzel † . In: Pester Lloyd . Abendblatt of March 18, 1895, p. 2, top left
2. ↑ † Camillo Walzel . In: New Free Press . Abendblatt of March 18, 1895, p. 1, bottom right

Remarks

1. ↑ Since he usually uses the abbreviated form “F. Zell ”, it is disputed whether the“ F ”stands for“ Franz ”or“ Friedrich ”.