Josef Bletzacher
Josef Bletzacher ( August 14, 1835 in Schwoich , Tyrol - June 16, 1895 in Hanover ) was an Austrian opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Bletzacher, son of a primary school teacher and organist in Zell im Zillertal , attended the Franciscan high school in Salzburg , where he also sang in the archbishop's choir. After graduating from high school, he began studying law at the University of Vienna . In 1859 the Sardinian War interrupted his studies, in which he took part as first lieutenant of the 1st Tyrolean sniper company. After his return he did not resume his law studies, but studied singing with Gustav Gunz and Eduard Holub in Vienna. He received the finishing touches from Julius Stockhausen .
In 1861 he made his debut at the Stadttheater Würzburg as "Komtur" in Don Giovanni . In 1862 he went to the court theater in Hanover , where he stayed until 1893. There he was valued as a stage and concert singer. He was a co-founder of the German Actors' Cooperative . At the premiere of the oratorio Odysseus by Max Bruch on February 8, 1873 in front of 1,250 spectators in Barmen , he stepped in for Julius Stockhausen at short notice . He has appeared as a guest singer in Berlin, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Bremen, Schwerin and Kassel, among others.
During a visit to the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 , Bletzacher discovered the name of the hitherto unknown composer of the Christmas carol Silent Night, Holy Night in a music book in the American pavilion and published an article on this in the journal Die Gartenlaube .
Publications
- Song book of the German and Austrian Alpine Association: with an appendix , Adolph Nagel, Hanover 1887
- Story of a German song. In: The Gazebo . Leipzig 1891 ( deutschestextarchiv.de ).
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Verlag Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 105 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Josef Bletzacher at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ In Hanover…. In: Signals for the musical world . Volume 53, 1895, p. 600.
- ^ Max Hochdorf: Die deutsche Bühnengenossenschaft: fifty years of history, written on behalf of the Cooperative of German Stage Members. G. Kiepenheuer, Potsdam 1921, p. 79 f.
- ↑ Christopher Fifield: Max Bruch: His Life and Works. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk 2005, ISBN 1-84383-136-8 , p. 135 ( preview ).
- ^ Karl Zillinger: Salzburg Christmas. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-95400-206-1 , p. 106 ( preview ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bletzacher, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwoich , Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1895 |
| Place of death | Hanover |