Karl Jenke

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Karl Jenke , also Carl Jenke , ( March 29, 1809 in Grünberg in Silesia - May 6, 1886 in Munich ) was a German theater actor , comedian , theater and opera director as well as artistic director and set designer .

Life

He spent his youth with traveling theater companies until he was able to get a job at the court theater in Kassel in 1832 . There he worked in comical roles until 1834, when he came to Karl Immermann in Düsseldorf, under whose energetic and energetic artistic direction the ambitious young man grew up.

Jenke also participated in the entire Immermann era up to 1837 and from there went to the court theater in Oldenburg . Here he actually developed into a well-known character comedian who later also appeared in serious character roles with great distinction.

Jenke, who was a popular guest at the court theaters in Vienna , Munich , Weimar , Stuttgart and Berlin, also took a highly commendable part in the management of the Oldenburg court theater, which he ran as an independent director from 1854 to 1857, subsidized by the court .

From 1857 to 1862 he was an actor-director in Wiesbaden , from 1862 to 1863 an opera director in Rotterdam and on October 1, 1863, tired of wandering around, he accepted an appointment at the Munich Court Theater, where he was also soon appointed director. Here he worked under the protection of art-loving princes until October 1, 1879, on which day he retired, showered with awards.

He received unmistakable evidence of his particular popularity on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as an artist on December 11, 1874. This day of honor was a happy celebration for the popular artist and his numerous admirers.

For the last time in his life he took the stage on the occasion of the German model guest performance in Munich in July 1880 as "Deveroux" in Wallenstein .

In addition to his outstanding effectiveness as an actor, he also made himself known outside of Munich for his stage facilities. Of these we should mention by name: Byron's "Manfred" (music by Schumann, performed for the first time in Munich on February 19, 1869). His new arrangements of some Shakespeare plays were also imitated in early theaters.

He was married to Veronika Meißelbach , his two daughters Antonia Jenke and Emma Jenke were also theater actresses. Antonia worked in Mannheim, Emma in Breslau. Both retired from the stage early on and married.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ludwig Eisenberg : Karl Jenke . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 480 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).

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personal data
SURNAME Jenke, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jenke, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, comedian, theater and opera director as well as artistic director and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünberg in Silesia
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1886
Place of death Munich