Johann Christoph Kaffka

Johann Christoph Kaffka , actually Johann Christoph Engelmann , (* 1754 in Regensburg , † 1815 in Riga ) was a German composer , violinist and opera singer .

Life

Kaffka received violin lessons from his father Joseph Kaffka and studied music theory with Joseph Riepel . From 1777 he was a singer at the theaters in Breslau, Saint Petersburg and Dessau. In 1803 he established himself as a bookseller in Riga.

He was married to the actress Therese Rosenberg .

Stage works

The Gypsies , comedy (libretto by Heinrich Ferdinand Möller after Miguel de Cervantes , La gitanilla ), 1778
Antonius and Cleopatra , duo drama with singing (libretto: Bernhard Christoph d'Arien ), 1779
The Apple Thief or The Treasure Digger , operetta (Libretto: Christoph Friedrich Bretzner ), 1780
Rosemund , musical drama (libretto: Christoph Friedrich Bretzner), 1782
The angry army or Das Mädchen im Thurme , operetta (libretto: Christoph Friedrich Bretzner), 1782
The Guk Kasten or Das Beste komt zuezt , comic operetta, 1782
How to bounce old foxes , Operetta (based on Molière ), 1782
Pleading and hearing , serious Singspiel, 1783
The blind husband , operetta (libretto: Johann Friedrich Jünger ), 1788
The Talisman or The Rare Mirror , romantic-comic opera (libretto: Christoph Friedrich Bretzner), 1789

literature

Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1893, vol. 5, p. 261  f.
Helmut Scheunchen : Lexicon of German Baltic Music. Harro von Hirschheydt publishing house, Wedemark-Elze 2002. ISBN 3-7777-0730-9 . Pp. 121-123

Web links

List of stage works by Johann Christoph Kaffka based on the MGG at Operone
Johann Christoph Kaffka at Operissimo

Individual evidence

^ Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 171, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Kaffka, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Engelmann, Johann Christoph (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer, violinist and opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH	1754
PLACE OF BIRTH	regensburg
DATE OF DEATH	1815
Place of death	Riga

[1] Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 171, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).