Karl Friedrich Kruger
Karl Friedrich Krüger (born December 18, 1765 in Berlin , † April 21, 1828 in Vienna ) was a German actor and the brother of actress Caroline Demmer .
Life
Krüger's father was a musician in the royal chapel in Berlin. He himself made his debut on February 14, 1785 at the Court Theater in Berlin as Kosinsky in Schiller's drama Die Räuber . In 1786/87 he - with his sister - was engaged in Weimar , later in Magdeburg and Hanover , and in 1789 went to Amsterdam . In 1791 he returned to Weimar and worked there until 1793. At the Weimar first performance of Don Carlos on February 22, 1792, he played Domingo.
Further stations were again Amsterdam, Prague , Karlsbad , Chemnitz , Leipzig (1797–1799), Freiberg , Teplitz and from 1800 Brno .
In 1802 he went to the Vienna Burgtheater , to which he belonged until his death. He was considered an extremely versatile performer, who later also appeared as a comedian. Ignaz Franz Castelli writes about him:
“Krüger was an adornment of the Viennese court theater in both touching and comical ways. I have never seen old dudes like Hofmarschall Kalb and old Wallenstein in 'Player' represented with this truth. "
He was married to the actress Karoline Krüger , his sister-in-law was Franziska Romana Koch and his father-in-law Antonín Jiránek . Anna Feodorowna Krüger , also an actress, was his adopted daughter.
literature
- Franz Carl Weidmann , Carl Kruger . In: Archives for History, Statistics, Literature and Art , vol. 15, no. 14/15 from 2./4. February 1824, pp. 65-68; No. 16 of February 6, 1824, pp. 81–83 ( books.google.de )
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Krüger, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 271–274 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Kürschner: Krüger, Karl Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 231 f.
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Karl Friedrich Kruger . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 554 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Lining: Krüger Karl Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 300. (PDF; 193 kB)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ignaz Franz Castelli: Memoirs of my life. Found and felt, experienced and strived for . Vienna 1861, Volume 1, p. 216 ( books.google.de )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kruger, Karl Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kruger, Carl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and the brother of actress Caroline Demmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1828 |
| Place of death | Vienna |