Franz Xaver Vetter

Franz Xaver Vetter (* 1800 in Gmünd ; † July 1845 in Stuttgart ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

The son of the cantor Xaver Vetter was initially supposed to become a clergyman, but opted for the opera stage. First he sang in the Stuttgart choir. In 1820 he started his first engagement at the Augsburg Theater . In 1824 he was appointed first tenor by the artistic director of the Leipzig city theater, Karl Theodor von Küstner . In 1827 he was engaged in Darmstadt . After the grand ducal opera there was dissolved in 1830, he took up a position in Stuttgart as the first tenor of the court theater, which in 1832 led to a lifelong contract .

Küstner certified Vetter "... one of the most beautiful, strongest and rarest voices". Vetter's fame was spread across Germany; various guest performances led him a. a. 1832 to Berlin , Leipzig and Weimar and 1829 and 1833 to Vienna .

Vetter had been married to the tragic woman Wilhelmine Aschenbrenner-Miedke since 1828 .

In July 1845 he drowned himself in the Neckar .

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1066, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Heinrich Welti: Vetter, Franz Xaver . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 664.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Emil Kneschke: On the history of the theater and music in Leipzig . Published by Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1864, p. 90 ( online in Google Book Search [accessed May 24, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Cousin, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH	1800
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gmuend
DATE OF DEATH	July 1845
Place of death	Stuttgart

[Kneschke-1] A ^b Emil Kneschke: On the history of the theater and music in Leipzig . Published by Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1864, p. 90 ( online in Google Book Search [accessed May 24, 2020]).