Johann Hoffmann (theater director)
Johann Hoffmann (born March 22, 1803 in Vienna , † September 13, 1865 ibid) was an Austrian singer ( tenor ) and theater director .
Life
As the son of a civil servant, he joined the Viennese magistrate in 1820 as a trainee. In addition, however, he also took singing lessons from the brother of the famous dancer Fanny Elßler . In 1826 he made his debut in the title role of the opera “Der Klausner am wüsten Berge” at the Kärntnertortheater . Here he embodied great tenor roles such as Titus , Othello , Fra Diavolo and Oberon . As a singer he went through the following engagements: Aachen (1829), Berlin (1829), St. Petersburg (1835) and Riga (1838). From 1840 to 1844 he took over the management of the theater there. From 1846 to 1852 he was director of the Estates Theater in Prague and from 1852 to 1855 of the National Theater in Frankfurt am Main . In 1855 he bought the theater in der Josefstadt for 126,000 guilders , which he directed until 1865. He also had the famous theater architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer built the Thalia Theater , which opened in 1856. Here in 1856 the first performance of Richard Wagner's “Tannhäuser” took place. After severe financial losses, Hoffmann closed the theater in der Josefstadt on May 10, 1865. During the last months before his death he was still playing in folk plays in the Thalia Theater.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hoffmann, Johann (VII.) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 172 ( digital copy ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 442, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : The spiritual Vienna. Lexicon of artists and writers, reports on Viennese architects, sculptors, stage artists, graphic artists, journalists, painters, musicians and writers . Vienna: Daberkow 1889-1892
- Walter Kleindel: The great book of the Austrians. 4500 person representations in words and pictures, names, dates, facts. With the collaboration of Hans Veigl . Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau 1987
- Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. Biographical and bibliographical manual . Vienna: F. Kleinmayr. 1953
- Franz Hadamowsky : Vienna - theater history. From the beginning to the end of the First World War . Vienna [u. a.]: Jugend & Volk 1988,
- Karl Glossy: Theater history exhibition of the City of Vienna 1892 . Vienna: Verlag der Bibliothek des Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien 1892, p. 176
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Hoffmann (Krainz-Hoffmann), family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
- Joseph Kürschner: Hoffmann, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 605.
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SURNAME | Hoffmann, Johann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian singer (tenor) and theater director |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1803 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1865 |
Place of death | Vienna |