Ferdinand Esslair
Ferdinand Johann Baptist Eßlair (born February 2, 1772 in Esseg , Slavonia or Gotschdorf or Geppersdorf in Silesia ; † November 10, 1840 in Mühlau near Innsbruck ) was an Austro-German actor and theater director of Slavonian or Silesian origin. Many details from Esslair's biography are also unexplained in the new research literature.
Life
Eßlair first devoted himself to a military career before he discovered acting in Innsbruck in 1795. Soon afterwards he went to Passau , made a guest appearance in Munich in 1797 , in Prague the following year , and also played in Stuttgart , Augsburg , Strasbourg and Salzburg . He worked in Nuremberg from 1801 to 1806 , partly as director.
In Stuttgart, where he had been engaged since 1807, he married the actress Elise Müller and was engaged together with her for the court theater in Mannheim in the same year , then moved to the court theater in Karlsruhe in 1812 . In 1815 he came to Stuttgart as a director and in 1820 in precisely this capacity at the Hoftheater in Munich, where he was particularly valued, but was also in constant dispute with some critics, such as Moritz Gottlieb Saphir . Later, already retired, he continued to appear on all the well-known stages in Germany . He died on an art tour in Mühlau , now a district of Innsbruck.
Esslair primarily embodied the roles of heroes. His brilliant roles were: Karl Moor , Wilhelm Tell , Wallenstein , Macbeth , King Lear and others. Critics accused him of being applauded in his later life as an artist.
He was married three times. His first wife Ignatia geb. Fuchshuber died in 1806. In 1807 he married the actress Elise Müller, who was also engaged in Stuttgart and from whom he later divorced. Around 1818 he married the actress Friederike Ettmeier.
Eßlair's daughter Hedwig (* Nuremberg, April 12, 1804; † Breslau, March 7, 1897), his eldest daughter from his first marriage, fell in love with Franz Schubert's friend Franz von Schober during her engagement as an actress in Breslau in 1823/24 , but then married up At the behest of the father, the Silesian Baron Albert Johann Maximilian Friedrich von Ohlen and Adlerscron (1786–1860).
His nephew Max Eßlair was also a stage actor.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 242 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Joseph Kürschner : Eßlair, Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 384-386.
- Gisela Schwanbeck: Eßlair, Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 659 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eßlair Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 269.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Eßlair, Ferdinand . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 80 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann : JBF Eßlair; a biographical-characteristic sketch by the editor, in: Allgemeiner deutscher Theater-Almanach für das Jahr 1822, Braunschweig 1822, pp. 257-300.
- Helmina von Chézy : Eßlair in Vienna. By Helmine von Chezy, née Freyin von Klenke, Vienna 1824.
- Amadeus Wendt : About Wilhelm Tell, depicted by Eßlair. o. o. o. J.
- Karl Ferdinand Dräxler : Eßlair in Prague: A critical illumination of his guest performances at the boehm. standing stage in April 1826; including an appendix of the artist's living conditions. Prague: Enders, 1826.
- Eduard von Bauernfeld : From Old and New Vienna, Vienna 1873 (Collected Writings 12), p. 168 ff.
- Willy Meyer-Fürst: Ferdinand Esslair. (Diss. Munich) Emmendingen 1927.
- Joachim Freiherr von Ohlen, Walter Strahlendorf: Ferdinand Esslair Kgl. Bavarian court actor (1772–1840) Origin Biographical data, list of descendants and ancestors Fuchshuber / Seyboltstorff, Munich 1972 (Genealogia Boica 1).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elise Müller: Not to be confused with the pianist Elise Müller or with the soprano Marie Elisa Müller geb. Thau, who married the orchestra director Johann Michael Müller and was employed in Stuttgart from 1808–1809 and 1812–1827.
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SURNAME | Eßlair, Ferdinand |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eßlair, Ferdinand Johann Baptist (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German actor and theater director |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1772 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Esseg , Slavonia or Gotschdorf or Geppersdorf , Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1840 |
Place of death | Mühlau near Innsbruck |