Johann Baptist von Zahlhaas

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Johann Baptist Ritter von Zahlhaas , called Neufeld , ( September 28, 1787 in Vienna - December 30, 1870 ibid) was an Austrian theater actor , singer ( bass ), poet , translator , librettist , theater director and director .

Life

Zahlhaas, brother of the actor Carl von Zahlhaas , went to the theater at an early age under the name "Neufeld" and became a member of the Hofburgtheater . In August 1817 he came to Leipzig, where he played all kinds of character and father roles until 1821. He was also active there as a theater poet, librettist, translator and singer of small bass parts.

He couldn't take it anywhere for long. So he worked in Mannheim in 1821 and 1822, made guest appearances (presumably) in the winter of 1821/22 with Wilhelm Gerstel in Dessau, became co-director of the Bremen theater alongside Franz Mejo in 1822 and although he was widely acclaimed, he left this sphere of activity and became after guest appearances in February / March 1825 Court actor in Dresden until 1829, from there he made guest appearances in May 1826 at an old place of work in Bremen.

In April 1829 he had guest appearances in Leipzig and from July 1829 at the Hoftheater Darmstadt . In 1830 he wanted to leave Germany and move to Paris, but was hired in Brussels and Düsseldorf. In September / October 1832 he gave a guest performance at the Hofburgtheater and was director at the Nuremberg Theater from 1833 to 1834.

After that he lived u. a. in Leipzig (1834–1836), Berlin and Oldenburg, before he became director from January 1, 1842, and from April 1, 1842 to 1844 director of the Sondershausen Court Theater. In Sondershausen he also plays hero fathers and character roles.

He then lived in Lucka near Altenburg, before finally living in Vienna, where he also died.

Zahlhaas made himself known less as a performing artist than as a theater poet, his tragedies and historical plays were popular. His dramatic works were mainly characterized by sharp character drawing, lively dialogue and thorough knowledge of the theatrical effect.

Zahlhaas made a special contribution to the German stage with the translation and adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear and Calderon's Das Leben ist ein Traum .

He was probably married twice, once to a woman whose name was unknown. From this marriage his daughter Johanna emerged, who became known as an actress under the name Johanna Gabillon . The reason for the end of the marriage (death, divorce) is not known. On August 6, 1823, he married Henriette Charlotte Erhard in Bremen. His second (?) Daughter Rieke was a foster child with Caroline von Weber in Hosterwitz during his time in Dresden .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The WEGA is 1819 to
  2. ↑ The Vega is only until May 1821 to
  3. ↑ The WeGA states 1822 as the beginning of the engagement, he is said to have only become co-director in 1823.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baptismal register Vienna Schotten, tom. XLIII, fol. 28. In: Matricula. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Death book Vienna St. Rochus, tom. XX, fol. 165. Retrieved January 11, 2020 . ; deviating from this, the advertisement in Allgemeine Theater-Chronik , organ for the general interest of the German theaters and their members, Schaarschmidt & Volckmar, Leipzig 1871, p. 16, digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D85-C36KiiecC~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3DPA16~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D

This article is based on a public domain text from Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the 19th Century , 1903 edition.

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SURNAME Zahlhaas, Johann Baptist von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zahlhaas, Johann Baptist Ritter von (full name); Neufeld, Johann Baptist von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater actor, singer (bass), poet, translator, librettist, theater director and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1870
Place of death Vienna