Johann Anton Friedrich Reil

Johann Anton Friedrich Reil (born February 2, 1773 in Ehrenbreitstein , † July 22, 1843 in Penzing near Vienna ) was a German-Austrian actor and writer.

Life

After his first engagements in Brno, Ljubljana, Innsbruck and Regensburg from 1801 - with a four-year break (Stuttgart) - Reil worked primarily as an actor at the Vienna Burgtheater , but also as a playwright , librettist and topographical writer.

Dramatic and Topographical Writings (selection)

• The rockslide (libretto for Joseph Weigl ), Vienna 1812.
• The first of May (comedy), Vienna 1816.
• Baal's fall, or Daniel in the lion's pit (libretto for Joseph Weigl), Vienna 1820.
• The walk to the Eisenhammer (libretto after Friedrich Schiller for Conradin Kreutzer ), Vienna 1837.
• Wolfgang Häusler (Ed.): The Wanderer In the Waldviertel: A Diary for Friends of Austrian Areas (1823). Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-215-04426-9 .
• The Emperor's Danube Country. royal Patrimonial rule in the Obermannhartsberg district in Lower Austria. Described geographically and historically. Vienna 1835 ( online in the Google book search).
• Literature by and about Johann Anton Friedrich Reil in the catalog of the German National Library

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Reil, Johann Anton Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1873, pp. 196–198 ( digitized version ).
• Till Gerrit Waidelich: The image of Switzerland in Austrian music of the 19th century. Appendix: The landslide near Goldau, a Singspiel in three acts (Vienna 1812). In: New Year's Gazette. General Music Society Zurich, 2006, ISBN 3-905075-13-X .

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Anton Friedrich Reil  in the German Digital Library