Karl Oberhoffer

Karl Oberhoffer , also Oberhofer , ( June 4, 1811 in Vienna - February 21, 1885 in Karlsruhe ) was an Austrian opera singer ( baritone ).

Life

His beautiful voice was first noticed when he sang in the church choir of his hometown. Good friends advised him to turn to opera, which he did. First he got himself an engagement at the Court Opera Theater in Vienna. However, since he only found employment there in small roles, he went to Berlin, where he successfully worked as a baritone at the Königstädtisches Theater . He shared his successes with Franziska Sontag and Josef Spitzender and everyone regretted his departure in 1841. In that year he accepted a call to the Hofbühne in Karlsruhe, where he worked artistically until August 1, 1876. In that year he ended his stage career and received the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion . However, he continued to perform as an oratorio singer . Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy called him the best singer of "Paul" on the occasion of the music festival in 1844 in Zweibrücken.

Oberhoffer was married to Pauline, nee Edle von Jancowicz (1808–1871). The later Prussian infantry general Franz von Oberhoffer (1838–1920) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Karl Oberhoffer . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 733 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
KJ Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern 1993, second volume: MZ. ISBN 3-907820-70-3 , Sp. 2149 f.
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1909. Third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1908, p. 565.

Web links

Karl Oberhoffer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon

Individual evidence

^ General musical newspaper. November 13, 1833, p. 2 , accessed June 20, 2020 .
^ Baptismal register Vienna St. Augustin, tom. V, fol. 104 (birthday is undisputed, different information on the place of birth in the death register entry ("unknown") and in Eisenberg ("Tyrol")).
↑ Karlsruhe main death register for the year 1885, No. 200.
^ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Karlsruhe 1880, p. 100.
^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 67-68, no. 3085.

personal data
SURNAME	Oberhoffer, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oberhofer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	February 21, 1885
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[1] General musical newspaper. November 13, 1833, p. 2 , accessed June 20, 2020 .

[2] Baptismal register Vienna St. Augustin, tom. V, fol. 104 (birthday is undisputed, different information on the place of birth in the death register entry ("unknown") and in Eisenberg ("Tyrol")).

[3] Karlsruhe main death register for the year 1885, No. 200.

[4] Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Karlsruhe 1880, p. 100.

[5] Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 67-68, no. 3085.