Louisabeth Röckel
Louisabeth Röckel , baptized as Elisabethe Louise , also Louisabeth Roeckel , married Louisabeth Mathes-Roeckel (born October 30, 1841 in Weimar , † April 21, 1913 in Kassel ) was a German actress .
Life
She was the daughter of Richard Wagner's friend August Röckel from his marriage to Caroline Lortzing (1809–1871), a cousin of Albert Lortzing . Her grandfather was the opera singer Joseph August Röckel , a friend of Beethoven, the brother-in-law of Johann Nepomuk Hummel .
She was educated in the Sophienstift in Weimar . She received her dramatic lessons from Emil Kaibel and Heinrich Franke , her singing lessons from Hans Feodor von Milde .
She made her debut in Weimar in 1858 in the title role of Heinrich von Kleist's drama Das Käthchen von Heilbronn , from where she made guest tours to Frankfurt am Main , Hanover , Halle , Magdeburg , Cologne , Heidelberg , Berlin and Königsberg . In 1863 she went to the court theater in Schwerin and finally made her debut on April 7, 1866 at the Burgtheater in Vienna , where she was supported in particular by Franz Dingelstedt .
On January 30, 1869, she married the chief inspector of the Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn , Heinrich Mathes, and appeared on stage for the last time on August 31, 1871. On April 1, 1879, she returned to the Burgtheater and worked there for a decade and a half.
Her son Eduard Mathes also devoted himself to the stage.
Schoolgirls (selection)
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 840, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Röckel, later Mathes-Röckel, Luisabeth . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 225 ( digitized version ).
- Catalog of the portrait collection of the kuk General-Intendanz of the kk Hoftheater. At the same time a biographical guide in the field of theater and music. Second division. Group IV. Wiener Hoftheater , Vienna 1892, p. 328
Web links
- Karl-Heinz Probst: With Richard Wagner on you and you , in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung , August 28, 2013
- The estate in the Bavarian State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Röckel, Louisabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roeckel, Louisabeth; Mathes-Roeckel, Louisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1913 |
| Place of death | kassel |