Josef Beck (singer)
Josef Beck , also Joseph Beck ( July 11, 1848 in Pest , Kingdom of Hungary - February 15, 1903 in Pressburg , Austria-Hungary ) was a stage actor , opera singer and theater director .
Life
He initially received singing lessons from his father Johann Nepomuk Beck and was supposed to study medicine, but he began training as a lithographer. Due to his father's successes, he finally turned to the stage.
On September 1, 1865, he made his comedian debut at the Olomouc City Theater (unsuccessful), so he went to the Karlovy Vary Theater. After further training he made his debut on March 19, 1869 as "Duke" in Lucretia Borgia , this time successfully. He then took singing lessons in Vienna with Otto Uffmann .
This was followed by engagements in Laibach, Frankfurt am Main and Cologne, from 1872 to 1874 in Salzburg and from 1874 to 1875 in Graz, the high point of his career. He then worked at the Berlin Court Opera and the Frankfurt Opera and in 1885 at the Deutsches Theater in Prague. In 1887 and 1888 he took on engagement in Bremen, from 1888 to 1890 sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He was a member of the Frankfurt Freemason Lodge Socrates for steadfastness .
After his father became increasingly mentally deranged, he largely ended his career to take care of him. In Preßburg he was employed again as a singer and director from 1895 to 1896. He died in 1903, before his father died in 1904.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Josef Beck . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 69 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Beck, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Josef Beck in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Josef Beck at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beck, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beck, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Theater actor, opera singer and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pest , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1903 |
| Place of death | Pressburg , Austria-Hungary |