Heinrich von Othegraven

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Heinrich von Othegraven actually Martin Ludwig Servatius Hubert von Othegraven (born May 21, 1821 in Aachen , † March 26, 1899 in Magdeburg ) was a German theater actor , director and director .

Life

Othegraven was the son of Johann Karl Ludwig von Othegraven (1797–1860) and Maria Anna Bennent (1805–1876).

He began his stage work at the city theater of his hometown in 1837, where he made his debut under the name of "Count" as a student in "Faust". After finishing school he initially served as an officer in the Prussian army. before he came to Düren, where he appeared for the first time as “Eugenio” in “Preciosa” - a role in which he is said to have excelled - followed by engagements in Breslau, Cologne, Danzig, Hamburg, Kiel, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Mainz , Rostock, Würzburg and in the Theater an der Wien.

From 1853 until he moved to Hamburg, he was the technical director of the Leipzig summer theater. In 1871 he was director of the Bolzano City Theater.

From 1871 to 1880 he was director of the National Theater in Innsbruck, where he was also the head director, and in 1886 withdrew entirely from stage life. He had set up his residence in Magdeburg.

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 739 f., (Digital copy)
  • Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon, Biographical and Bibliographical Handbook. second volume, Klagenfurt / Vienna 1960, p. 1713.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death register of the Magdeburg-Altstadt registry office No. 524/1899.
  2. ↑ L. Lassar: German stage almanac. 1885, p. 149.
  3. ^ Friedrich Macco : Aachener Wappen und Genealogien, A contribution to the heraldry and genealogy of Aachener, Limburgischer and Jülich families. Volume 2, Aachen 1907/1908, p. 54 (digitized version)
  4. ^ Emil Kneschke: On the history of the theater and music in Leipzig. 1864, p. 140.
  5. ^ Emil Kneschke: On the history of the theater and music in Leipzig. 1864, p. 158.
  6. ↑ Illustrated calendar. Yearbook of the events, aspirations and advances in the life of nations and in the fields of science, arts and crafts. Volume 26, 1871, p. 75.
personal data
SURNAME Othegraven, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Othegraven, Martin Ludwig Servatius Hubert von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, director and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1899
Place of death Magdeburg