Luise Neumann

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Luise Neumann; Lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber 1840

Luise Neumann , occasionally Louise Neumann , (born December 7, 1818 in Karlsruhe , † October 17, 1905 in Rabensburg ) was a German actress.

Life

Neumann was a daughter of the actor couple Amalie Haizinger and Carl Neumann ; the future actress Adolfine Neumann (1822-1844) was her younger sister. She received her first artistic lessons from her mother and was able to make her debut on April 25, 1835 at the city theater in Breslau as "Walpurgis" in Carl Loewes Goldschmieds Töchterlein .

In the same year Neuman received an engagement at the court theater in her hometown. Already on October 16, 1839, she was there for the first time on stage as "Christine" in Königin at the age of 16 . From there she went to Vienna at the Hoftheater and made her debut there very successfully in Der aufrichtige Freund as "Hannchen". Until her marriage to Karl Reichsgraf von Schönfeldt (1828–1886) (who was ten years her junior ) on January 14, 1857, she remained connected to the court theater; She gave her official farewell performance on December 19, 1856 in the role of Lorle and Leonore in the village and town of Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800–1868).

reception

Luise Neumann was the audience's favorite. Even critics like Heinrich Anschütz and Ludwig Speidel left no doubt about it in their reviews for years. One focus of her artistic work was the subject of naive and sentimental lovers and the exclamation Voila, une actrice! (“That's an actress!”) Is rumored by Émile Zola .

Her grandson was Carl von Schönfeldt, who became known as a quiz master at ORF in Austria under the pseudonym Rudolf Hornegg .

Roles (selection)

Quote

Heinrich Anschütz in his memoirs of 1866:

In her outward appearance, Louise Neumann was well equipped for her profession through the gifts of nature. Her features were regular, very pleasant by a predominantly friendly and cheerful tone, and enlivened by a brilliant eye from which spirit and moral purity spoke and which was capable of every expression; the shapely mouth moved delicately and showed the most beautiful teeth. The figure was only of medium size, was of pleasant, round shape, and all these details became the most enchanting ( sic! ) Whole with a gift that only nature in the cradle bestows, with the grace of expression .

literature

Web links

Commons : Luise Neumann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ E (dith) Wohlgemuth:  Schönfeldt (Schoenfeld), Karl (Filipp Hilmar Adolf) Reichsgf. von (1828–1886), officer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 79 f. (Direct links on p. 79 , p. 80 ).
  2. ↑ KK Hof-Burgtheater. (...) village and city. In:  Burgtheater theater ticket , December 19, 1856, p. 2. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wtz
personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Luise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neumann, Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1905
Place of death Rabensburg