Karl Melchior Jakob Moltke

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Karl Melchior Jakob Moltke , also Carl Melchior Jacob Moltke , ( July 3, 1783 in Garmsen near Hildesheim - August 9, 1831 in Erfurt ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Moltke spent his childhood in Hoheneggelsen and attended the Andreanum grammar school in Hildesheim after his 10th birthday . After the early death of his mother (1794) he lacked the money, so he went to grammar school in Braunschweig . Besides, he had to earn the necessary funds himself. He received support from Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand , who paid him a music and a French teacher.

Intended by his father to study theology, he soon devoted himself only to music and was appointed prefect to the choir of the Braunschweig Katharinenschule . After finishing school, he became a music teacher for wealthy families. Initially penniless due to the war ( Fourth Coalition War (?)), He went to the Braunschweig Theater , where he made his debut on September 3, 1807 as " Tamino ".

Weimar Court Theater, around 1800

After that, at Goethe's call, he moved to the Weimar Court Theater , where he stayed until his death. There he was appointed chamber singer in 1815 . Moltke was part of the Weimar Quartet together with Karoline Jagemann , Henriette Eberwein and Karl Stromeier . His best-known and most important leading roles included Max in Der Freischütz , Almaviva in The Barber of Seville , Achilles in Iphigenie in Aulis , George in John of Paris and the bricklayer in Masons and Locksmiths .

His grandfather was the theologian and poet Paul Gerhardt ., His son Gustav Carl Moltke and his daughter-in-law the theater actress Nina Bellosa .

student

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon, Biographical and Bibliographical Handbook. Second volume. Klagenfurt / Vienna 1960, p. 1510.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Melchior Jakob Moltke in the WeGA

Remarks

  1. ↑ life data according to Kosch
  2. ↑ According to Ludwig Eisenberg (see individual records ) he is said to have already played children's roles there.
personal data
SURNAME Moltke, Karl Melchior Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moltke, Carl Melchior Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Garmsen near Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1831
Place of death Erfurt