Franz Costa
Franz Costa ( September 12, 1861 - after October 1941 in Berchtesgaden ) was an opera singer ( tenor ), theater and silent film actor .
Life
Costa began his stage career in 1893 at the Lessing Theater, was engaged at the Adolf Ernst Theater in Berlin in 1894 and in Düsseldorf in 1896. In 1897 he came to Mainz. There he made the transition to opera, worked there as a singer for two years, came to the Hoftheater in Wiesbaden in 1899 and joined the Association of the Grazer Landestheater in 1900, where he made his debut as "Tannhäuser".
Further stations were at the Riga Opera House (1902–1904), the Stuttgart Court Opera (1904–1905) and the Nuremberg City Theater (1905–1910 and 1911–1913).
He then lived in Wiesbaden and Frankfurt am Main and performed as an operetta singer until the mid-1920s. He also acted in some silent films.
He spent his retirement in Berchtesgaden, where he was still registered in October 1941.
Costa was married twice, first with the soprano Sultana Cziuk (1871–1935), then with the contralto Ottilie Fellwock (1877 – after 1913).
Filmography
- 1919: The yellow juggler
- 1920: Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1921: Bloody traces
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 165, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Franz Costa in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Franz Costa at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Franz Costa at The German Early Cinema Database
- Franz Costa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Franz Costa at filmportal.de
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| SURNAME | Costa, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Opera singer (tenor), theater and silent film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1861 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1941 |
| Place of death | Berchtesgaden |