Friedrich Jonas Beschort
Friedrich Jonas Beschort , also Jonas Friedrich Beschort (born January 14, 1767 in Hanau , † January 5, 1846 in Berlin ) was a singer ( tenor ) and actor from the Schröderschen and Ifflandschen schools.
Life
Beschort first appeared as a singer in Worms in 1786 , was engaged by Friedrich Ludwig Schröder in Hamburg in 1790 and came to Berlin in 1796. Since 1818 he sang no more, from then on only worked as an actor and director. He was a very popular actor of lover and hero roles, later also of comic character roles. At his 50th stage anniversary in 1836 he received from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. the gold artist medal. He retired in 1838 and died nine days before his 79th birthday on January 5, 1846 in Berlin.
Rudolph Genée characterized Beschort:
“Beschort was not a particularly brilliant person, but he was an extremely valuable member of the theater, not only because of his versatility, but also because of his education and the diligence with which he worked out all the roles."
In his review of the performance of Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris , in which Beschort played the role of Pylades, Garlieb Merkel wrote in the Haude and Spenersche Zeitung on December 27, 1802:
“Herr Beschort as Pylades spoke and played masterfully. In general, he has the light and yet firm demeanor which noble characters of this kind demand, entirely in his power, but nowhere has he applied and shown it more beautifully than here. Everywhere he represented the well-conceived, free, but at the same time strong sense, which is receptive to the deepest feelings, but does not lose itself in any of them "
Beschort was married to the singer ( soprano ) and actress Therese Beschort, née Zuber, (* 1765, † probably also 1846, 1819 at the earliest). Together they had two daughters, Eleonore Wilhelmine Ottilie Beschort (* 1812, † 1881), founder of what is now the Am Urban Clinic in Berlin-Kreuzberg , and the actress Elisabeth Silvia Mathilde Beschort (* 1814, † 1862). The graves of Friedrich Jonas Beschort and his two daughters have been preserved; they are in the Trinity Cemetery I in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Roles (selection)
- Shrewsbury - Maria Stuart ( Friedrich Schiller )
- Don Manuel - The Bride of Messina ( Friedrich Schiller )
- Riccaut - Minna von Barnhelm ( Gotthold Ephraim Lessing )
- Perin - Donna Diana ( Agustín Moreto )
- Polonius - Hamlet ( William Shakespeare )
- Count Almavira - The Barber of Seville ( Paesiello ) ( Beaumarchais )
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 88 f.
- August Förster: Beschort, Friedrich Jonas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 554.
Web links
- Information about Beschort on the website of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
- Friedrich Jonas Beschort in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Portraits in the digital portrait index
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolph Genée: Hundred Years of the Royal Drama in Berlin . Hofmann, Berlin 1886, p. 71.
- ^ Klaus Gerlach: An experimental poetics. Texts on the Berlin National Theater , Hanover 2007, p. 147.
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , pp. 223-224.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beschort, Friedrich Jonas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beschort, Jonas Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Singer (tenor) and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1846 |
| Place of death | Berlin |