Friedrich Eunicke

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Friedrich Eunicke

Friedrich Eunicke ( March 6, 1764 in Sachsenhausen - September 12, 1844 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Friedrich Eunicke, son of a cantor, received his first music lessons from his father. He was unable to study theology due to lack of funds and therefore joined the Köllnische Currende Choir as prefect in Berlin. His tenor voice gave him the reputation of margravial chamber singer in Schwedt in 1786, where he took the stage for the first time and married the actress Henriette Schüler in 1788 . In 1788 Eunicke came to Mannheim for engagements, 1789 to Mainz, 1792 to Bonn, 1793 to Amsterdam to the German Opera and 1795 to Frankfurt am Main. In 1796 the war riots drove him to Berlin, where he found employment with the National Theater and sang as the first tenor until his retirement in 1823.

With musical knowledge he was also active as a composer. As early as 1792 a piano reduction for Mozart's “Magic Flute” was published by Simrock in Bonn and by Boßler in Darmstadt. Several of his songs came out in print, as he composed some chants for the Berliner Liedertafel, of which he was a member. Eunicke died very old in Berlin on September 12, 1844. He was buried in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder parishes , where his wife Therese followed him.

From 1797 he was married to Therese Eunicke , née Schwachhofer . With this he had the daughters Johanna (1798-1856) and Katharina , who also became actresses.

  • Henriette Schüler, Eunike's first wife

  • Therese Schwachhofer, Eunicke's second wife

  • The daughter Johanna

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SURNAME Eunicke, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Sachsenhausen
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1844
Place of death Berlin