Johann Christian Krampe
Johann Christian Krampe ( June 14, 1774 in Schwerin - April 5, 1849 there ) was a German opera singer ( bass ), theater actor , director and director .
Life
Krampe appeared for the first time in a lovers' theater and in 1793 in the Rostock City Theater, where his powerful, sonorous bass voice immediately gave him a favorable engagement. Few beginners managed to be used in such important roles in opera and drama as he did. He was liked as a comedian and more, as a singer, because he had a happy “vis comica”, which, however, stayed away from any exaggeration.
From 1798 to 1802 he was a member of the Hamburg City Theater, engaged in Gdansk from 1802 to 1809 and followed a highly advantageous offer to Reval in 1810. There he was a member of the Elbingen Freemason Lodge Constantia for the crowned unit . The stage was under August von Kotzebue's direction. He chose Krampe as director and appointed him deputy director. After seven years of outstanding artistic activity, he wanted to be employed for life, but his longing for his homeland drove him to Germany.
He first made guest appearances on various larger stages and in 1821 took over a management for the first time. He was valued as a stage manager. So he led the Schwerin stage for ten years , and when it was raised to the court theater, he got a lifelong position as court theater director.
As an actor, he last appeared in Wismar in September 1835 as "Kammerrat Hippeldanz" in The Epigram . Deeply moved, he said goodbye to the audience and the audience to him. It was regretted that such an important comedian did not continue to put his artistic powers at the service of the stage. In 1843 he retired entirely.
As a performing artist, in addition to his work as a bass buffo, Krampe was particularly excellent in comical character roles, but he never leaned on famous role models.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Johann Christian Krampe . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 540 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
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| SURNAME | Krampe, Johann Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass), theater actor, director and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1849 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |