Friedrich Demmer (singer, 1803)
Friedrich Demmer ( April 19, 1803 in Hamburg - 1859 in Passau ) was an Austrian opera singer ( tenor ) and stage actor .
Life
Demmer came to Austria with his parents at an early age and was trained in acting by his father, the actor Christian Demmer . He made his debut in Graz in 1819 and was engaged there. In 1822 he got an engagement at the Theater am Kärntnertor , went to Graz in 1823 , in 1832 with Johann August Stöger to the Theater in der Josefstadt and in 1834 with Stöger to Prague , where he made his debut on May 4th as Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro . He died in Passau in 1859 while retiring from the Prague Theater .
His uncles were the opera singers and actors Joseph Demmer and Carl Demmer .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 182, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Friedrich Demmer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Oesterreichischer Theater-Almanach , ed. by Franz A. Werner and JH Grim, vol. 1, Prague-Vienna 1839, pp. XI – XIII
- ↑ Steirische Zeitschrift für Geschichte , Volumes 1–3 (1903), p. 120
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Demmer, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (tenor) and stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1859 |
| Place of death | Passau |