Ignaz Saal
Ignaz Saal (born July 26, 1761 in Geiselhöring ; † October 30, 1836 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian opera singer ( bass ) and actor .
Life
In 1777, Saal graduated from the electoral high school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) as a seminarist at the Domus Gregoriana . In the same year he made his debut at the theater in Munich and went to Pressburg in 1781 . From March 1, 1782 to November 30, 1821 he was a member of the Viennese court theater and carried the title Imperial Court Actor. In addition, from July 1, 1795, he was part of the ensemble of the imperial court orchestra .
Saal was friends with Haydn and Mozart and on April 29th and 30th, 1798, played the bass part at the world premiere of the oratorio The Creation . At the world premiere of the oratorio Die Jahreszeiten on April 24, 1801 he also sang the bass solo.
Together with Johann Michael Vogl and Carl Weinmüller , he selected Beethoven's opera Fidelio for a benefit performance in 1814 and thus encouraged the composer to fundamentally revise the work. The premiere of this third, final version took place on May 23, 1814 in the Kärntnertor Theater . Here, Saal embodied the Minister Don Fernando.
His last apartment was at Brandstatt No. 632, where he died at the age of 75 "on the Schlagfluss" (stroke).
A street is named after him in his hometown Geiselhöring.
family
His wife was the singer and actress Anna Maria Saal (1762–1808). Their daughter Therese Saal (1782–1855) was also a member of the court theater from 1801 to 1805 and later married the art collector Franz Gawet (1765–1847). The son Franz Saal (around 1782–1862) belonged to the court theaters from 1808 to 1811 and last worked in Brno .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hall, Ignaz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 1 ( digital copy ).
- Max Dietz: Hall, Ignaz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 770.
- Catalog of the portrait collection of the kuk General-Intendanz of the kk Hoftheater. At the same time a biographical guide in the field of theater and music. Second division. Group IV. Wiener Hoftheater , Vienna 1892, p. 343.
- Alexander Wheelock Thayer : Ludwig van Beethoven's life , edited in German by Hermann Deiters , Volume 3, Leipzig 1917.
- Willy Hess : Das Fidelio-Buch , Winterthur 1986.
Web links
- Ignaz Saal at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 157.
- ↑ Ludwig von Köchel , Die Kaiserliche Hof-Musikkapelle in Vienna from 1543 to 1867 , Vienna 1869, p. 93 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- ^ Wiener Zeitung , No. 252 of November 3, 1836, p. 1400 (digitized version) .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hall, Ignaz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian opera singer (bass) and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geiselhöring |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1836 |
| Place of death | Vienna |