Judas Thaddäus Gerl
Judas Thaddäus Gerl (born October 28, 1774 in Andorf ; † April 13, 1847 in Bayreuth ) was an Austrian opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Judas Thaddäus Gerl was trained as a choirboy in Salzburg, then studied natural sciences, but was already active as a bassist at the Kollegienkirche during his studies and became choir vicar there in 1795. In 1796 he became a Salzburg court bassist on probation, and from 1801 he also worked as a singer at the Salzburg theater. After the court orchestra was dissolved in 1805, he can be verified in 1808/09 as a bassist at the “Grand Ducal privileged Schaubühne” in Würzburg . He later gave up his stage career entirely and from 1818 lived as the royal palace administrator in Bayreuth, where he died on April 13, 1847.
The claim that he gave the first Sarastro in the world premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute is based on Ludwig Eisenberg 's confusion with Judas Thaddäus' older brother Franz Xaver Gerl (1764–1827). Even the first Papagena was not Judas Thaddäus' wife Franziska Kosteletzky, who did not stand out musically, but Franz Xaver's wife Barbara Gerl nee. Reisinger. Judas Thaddäus Gerl was never a member of Emanuel Schikaneder's theater company. He was also mistaken several times for Thaddäus Gerl, born in Straubing in 1766, who is not related to the Gerl family of musicians.
His son Johannes Gerl (1803–1873) became a singer, as did his granddaughter Helene Gerl (1847–1905).
literature
- Gerl, Squidward. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 426.
- Barbara Boisits: Gerl, 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 .
- Daniel Brandenburg: Gerl, Judas Thaddäus. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 5 (Covell - Dzurov). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1115-2 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century . List, Leipzig 1903, p. 1170 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
- Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Large singer lexicon . Volume 4. 4th edition. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , p. 1698 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Alfred Orel: Gerl, Thaddäus. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 4 (Fede - Singing Pedagogy). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1955, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 1800 (= digital library volume 60, pp. 27094–27096)
- Karl Maria Pisarowitz: A letter "Sarastros" and other new Gerl miscells. In: Acta Mozartiana. 10, ISSN 0001-6233 , pp. 38-42 (1963) .
Web links
- Judas Thaddäus Gerl in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Judas Thaddäus Gerl at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Judas Thaddäus Gerl in the German biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Maria Pisarowitz: A letter "Sarastro" and other new Gerl-Miszellen. In: Acta Mozartiana. 10, ISSN 0001-6233 , pp. 38-42 (1963) .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerl, Judas Thaddäus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerl, Squidward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Andorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1847 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |