Franz Sontag

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Portrait and handwriting of Franz Sontag

Franz Anton Sonntag (born January 27, 1783 in Mainz , † March 28, 1819 there ) was a German singer and actor .

Life

Sontag was the son of the elector's court servant Martin Sonntag and his wife Anna Maria Apollonia Pasaquay from Dinkelsbühl. He married his colleague, the actress Franziska Martloff, and had two daughters with her; Henriette and Nina , who later also did well at the theater. Between 1805 and 1812 Sontag was engaged at the Koblenz Theater.

Roles (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. City Archives Mainz, family register 1760-1900, Family number 3075
  2. Franz Sontag's life data in the Austrian music dictionary in the article on Henriette Sontag

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century . List, Leipzig 1903.