Johann August Stöger
Johann August Stöger , actually Johann August Althaler , also Johann August Althaller (born June 20, 1791 in Stockerau or Ravelsbach , † May 7, 1861 in Munich ), was an Austrian theater director and singer (tenor).
Life
Stöger was born in 1791 as the son of the master mason Althaler (also spelled Althaller) in Stockerau or Ravelsbach in Lower Austria . In 1833 he married the actress Johanna, née Wimmer, widowed Liebich (1774–1849) and was the father of the singer Auguste Stöger (1836–1868).
After high school he completed a vocal training in Vienna and in 1810 became a member of the court opera choir . He began as a solo singer at the Brno City Theater in 1815 and moved to the Prague Estates Theater in 1816 , where he remained until 1821. There he sang a total of 30 roles, including Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and the Prince in Cendrillon ou la Petite Pantoufle de verre (Cendrillon [Cinderella] or the little glass slipper) by Nicolas Isouard . Here he also met the wife of his director Liebich, after whose death in 1816 he advised her on running the theater and left Prague with her in 1821. In 1823 he took over the management of the Estates Theater in Graz , which he merged with the Theater of Preßburg in 1825 . Among other things, he was the director of Ferdinand Raimund and Johann Nestroy on both stages .
In 1832 he leased the theater in der Josefstadt , where he was responsible for a number of premieres: 1833 Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) by Giacomo Meyerbeer , in 1834 both The Night Camp in Granada by Conradin Kreutzer and Raimund's Der Verschwender . In Vienna he became a member of the Ludlamshöhle artists' association .
From 1834 to 1846 he took over the Prague Estates Theater and from 1842 to 1844 he also directed his private New Theater on Rosengasse. From 1848 to 49, Stöger returned to the Josefstädter Theater as director, and from 1852 to 1858 he leased the Prague Estates Theater for the second time. Here he especially looked after the works of Meyerbeer and Richard Wagner . After a financial conflict with his co-director and successor Franz Thomé , who was also the founder of Schlaraffia , he moved to his daughter in Munich in 1860, where he died in 1861.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1001, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- J. Ludvová: Stöger Johann August. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 288 f. (Direct links on p. 288 , p. 289 ).
Web links
- Johann August Stöger in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
- Article in our city , municipality Stockerau
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Engele: The theater is burning at Austria Forum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stöger, Johann August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Althaler, Johann August (real name); Althaller, Johann August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater director and singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockerau or Ravelsbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1861 |
| Place of death | Munich |