Friedrich August Andreas Woltereck
Friedrich August Andreas Woltereck ( 1797 in Braunschweig - 1866 near Hamburg ) was a German opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Woltereck, the son of a coppersmith, entered the stage of his hometown in 1815 because of his recognized bass voice, rich in metal. He received such applause that just a year later he was engaged at the Hoftheater in Hanover.
He was sponsored by Adolph Friedrich, Duke of Cambridge , who financed him singing lessons from the Italian Bolaffi. In 1818 he married Katharina Ritter (d. 1866) in Hanover.
After his patron returned to England, he felt compelled to leave Hanover and so, after several years of service, he came to Leipzig, but stayed there for only one year and in 1820 answered a call to Hamburg.
There he developed a significant artistic activity and saw himself at the zenith of his work. He never left Hamburg and stayed there until he decided in 1840 to leave the stage entirely. He said goodbye as "Tsar" in the Tsar and carpenter of Lortzing.
From then on he devoted himself to a civil profession (wine merchant) and had the satisfaction of seeing that he was missing. He died unexpectedly on his estate in 1866. His artistic work in Hamburg was never forgotten.
His daughter Karoline Woltereck (1818–1866) worked as a soubrette and actress in Hamburg and Dresden and married the actor Gustav Raeder (1811–1866). His son Friedrich Woltereck (1826–1915) worked as an actor and theater director.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1149, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Friedrich August Andreas Woltereck in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Friedrich August Andreas Woltereck at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Friedrich August Andreas Woltereck in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woltereck, Friedrich August Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1866 |
| Place of death | near Hamburg |