Julius Cornet
Anton Josef Michael Julius Cornet (born June 15, 1793 in Innichen , Tyrol , † October 20, 1860 in Berlin ) was an Austrian opera singer ( tenor ) and theater director.
Life
In 1802 Cornet joined the Wilten Abbey church choir ( Premonstratensian ) as a choir boy . After his voice broke, he went against the wishes of his family to Vienna to where law to study. Parallel to his studies he also took singing lessons with Antonio Salieri and with his support he was later able to debut successfully in Italy.
Back in Austria, Cornet first sang at the Graz Opera . From there he moved to Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann's ensemble at the opera house on Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig and later Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt hired him to Hamburg . In 1832 Cornet returned to Braunschweig and took over the management of the opera house there until 1836. He then went on a study trip to Paris , where he met Daniel-François-Esprit Auber and rehearsed his opera Die Stumme von Portici with him .
Back in Germany Cornet celebrated great success in the role of Masaniello ( Die Mute von Portici ) and together with August Lewald Cornet translated the libretto . With effect from April 1, 1841, Cornet was deputy director of the Hamburg City Theater for one year and shared its management with Julius Mühling . He then headed the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna . Then he was appointed artistic director of the Victoria Theater in Berlin. He held this office until the end of his life.
Julius Cornet was married to a Countess Waiting life for the first time. On June 21, 1825, he married the opera singer Franziska Kiel for the second time . With her he had a daughter, the future opera singer Adele Passy-Cornet , whose child was Anna Prasch-Passy .
Roles (selection)
- Masaniello - La muette de Portici ( Daniel-François-Esprit Auber )
- Daniel Robinson - The Brewer of Preston ( Adolphe Adam )
- George Brown - La dame blanche ( François-Adrien Boieldieu )
- Bricklayer - Bricklayer and locksmith (Daniel-François-Esprit Auber)
- Fra Diavolo - Fra Diavolo (Daniel-François-Esprit Auber)
- Belmonte - The Abduction from the Seraglio ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
- Zampa - Zampa ou la fiancée de marbre ( Ferdinand Hérold )
Works (selection)
- as an author
- The opera in Germany . Hamburg 1849
- as translator
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici
- Adolphe de Leuven : Le brasseur de Preston . Hamburg 1839
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Cornet, Julius . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 3rd part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, pp. 3–5 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Kürschner: Julius Cornet . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 500 f.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 165, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Cornet, Julius. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 155.
- Eduard Widmoser: South Tyrol from A-Z . Südtirol-Verlag, Innsbruck 1982, ISBN 3-87803-005-3 (here especially vol. 1, p. 270)
- Michael Jahn : The Vienna Court Opera from 1848 to 1870. Personnel - performances - program. (= Publications of the Institute for Austrian Music Documentation 27). Tutzing 2002. ISBN 3-7952-1075-5
Remarks
- ^ The ADB writes St. Kanzian in Kärnthen , the ÖBL Innichen and Eisenberg St. Candido (Tyrol) . This is the Italian name for Innichen .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornet, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cornet, Anton Josef Michael Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (tenor) and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Innichen , Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1860 |
| Place of death | Berlin |