Johann Michael Weinkopf

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Johann Michael Weinkopf (born September 15, 1780 in Kirchberg am Walde , † March 8, 1862 in Vienna ) was an Austrian singer (bass) and actor .

Life

Weinkopf initially belonged to the ensemble of the Theater an der Wien and played the role of Minister Don Fernando at the premiere of Beethoven's opera Fidelio on November 20, 1805, as well as in the two performances of the second version of the opera on March 29 and April 10, 1806 .

From June 15, 1807 to 1809 and from 1814 to November 30, 1821, he was a member of the Vienna Court Theater.

In later years Weinkopf was choirmaster of the boys' choir at the court opera theater, cathedral singer with St. Stephan and conductor at the court parish church of St. Michael .

Around 1835 he ran a “music and singles institution” in the small Michaelerhaus (today Michaelerplatz 6).

literature

  • Catalog of the portrait collection of the kuk General-Intendanz of the kk Hoftheater. At the same time a biographical guide in the field of theater and music. Second division. Group IV. Vienna Court Theater . Vienna 1892, p. 350
  • Alexander Wheelock Thayer : Ludwig van Beethoven's life , edited in German by Hermann Deiters . Volume 3. Leipzig 1917
  • Willy Hess : Das Fidelio-Buch , Winterthur 1986

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Appelt: Monastic material culture of the late Middle Ages. International Congress Krems an der Donau, September 18-21, 1978 . Vienna 1980, p. 109 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Franz B. Fray: General action committee almanac for the Austrian imperial state . Vienna 1835, p. 888 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Weinkopf, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer (bass) and actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchberg am Walde
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1862
Place of death Vienna