Margarethe Bernbrunn

Margarethe Carl, lithograph by Josef Eduard Teltscher , 1826

Margarethe Bernbrunn , b. Lang , stage name Margarethe Carl (born September 10, 1788 in Munich ; † July 16, 1861 in Bad Ischl ) was a German singer, actress and writer who also worked under the pseudonym Adalbert Prix .

Life

Margarethe Bernbrunn received her training as a soprano with Franz Danzi , whose best pupil she was. In Munich she appeared for the first time in 1805 in the role of Elvira in Peter von Winter's opera The Interrupted Festival of Sacrifice . In November 1807 she was called to the Stuttgart Opera House , where she quickly became the darling of the public.

In 1808 she met Carl Maria von Weber in Stuttgart , who fell in love with her. She became the fixed point of his life and he went into debt in order to finance her way of life or to adapt his way of life to hers. Together they performed in a travesty on Marcus Antonius based on the music of Carl Maria von Weber - Margarethe Bernbrunn played Antonius in the play Antonius, while Carl Maria von Weber took on the role of Cleopatra . On June 4, 1808 Weber wrote his piece Grande Polonaise in E flat major, op. 21 J. 59 , which the composer signed with "composto per uso della mia cara amica ML", that is, dedicated to Margarethe Lang, who was still unmarried at the time. Due to personal misconduct, Carl Maria von Weber and his father were banished from Württemberg by King Friedrich and Prince Ludwig , so that contact with Margarethe Bernbrunn was also broken off. While Weber was forced to stay in Mannheim, his opera Silvana was premiered in Frankfurt am Main on September 16, 1810 , in which Margarethe Bernbrunn was the first soprano alongside Weber's later wife Caroline Brandt . Later she joined u. a. in Joseph Weigl's and Ignaz Franz Castelli's lyrical opera Die Schweizerfamilie in the role of Emmeline, where she a. a. Giacomo Meyerbeer saw.

From Frankfurt am Main Margarethe Bernbrunn returned to Munich, where she was soon appointed royal Bavarian court opera singer. In Munich in 1813 she married the actor and theater director Karl Andreas Bernbrunn, who performed under the name Carl Carl and in whose ensemble she appeared from then on. This is how she came into contact with women writers of her time, such as B. Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer , who was under contract at the Carl Carls Theater between 1828 and 1830.

family

Bernbrunn was the daughter of the actress Marianne Lang (1764-1835) and the horn player Martin Lang (1755-1819). Her siblings were the violinist Theobald Lang (1783–1839), the bassoonist Franz Xaver Lang (1791–1862) and Josefa Lang (1791–1862). Her brother-in-law was the dancer and comedian Karl Flerx .

Works

• Palmerin or the accolade. Romantic play in 3 acts, freely based on the French. 1825.
• The madhouse in Dijon, or: madness and crime. Play in 3 acts, freely based on the French. 1831.
• The avenging mask. Play in 4 acts. 1832.
• The mountain king, or: Hopsa, the savior from magic gangs (magic fairy tale in 2 acts with music; 1832)
• The ruins of Rodenstein, or: The Midnight Ghost Train. Great romantic drama in 4 acts. From the author of the madhouse at Dijon [Margarethe Carl]. Without location or publisher information 1834.
• The playhouse in Langenschwalbach, or: The Demant-Ring. 1836.
• The refugee's carriage. Play in 4 acts. 1837.
• The Adventure in Venice, or: The German in Moscow Romantic drama in 4 acts, freely based on the French. 1838.
• Lord and servant, or: the mysterious house. Drama in 5 acts, freely based on the French. 1839.
• The three dangerous nights, or: the slave market in Saint-Pierre. Acting in 6 sections, freely based on the French. 1840.
• The gift of taking for oneself, or: Artour de Montpensier (Vaudeville in 3 acts, freely based on the French; 1843)
• Modern bustle. Character painting in 5 acts. By Adalbert Prix after Alexandre Dumas . Lell, Vienna 1855.
• The stock exchange. Contemporary painting in 5 acts. Based on the French by Francois Ponsard. Klopf, Vienna 1856. ( digitized version )
• Everything through conquest. Comedy in 3 acts. After the French of the Ernst Legouvé von Adalbert Prix. Lell, Vienna 1855.
• Mona Lisa, or The Adventure in Florence. Drama in 5 acts. After d. Franz. Of Messrs. Paul Foucher u. Régnier by Adalbert Prix. Lell, Vienna 1856
• Charlotte of Moutarcy. Drama in five acts. By Adalbert Prix after Louis Bouilhet . Lell, Vienna 1857. ( digitized version )
• Beware of women! Comedy in three acts. By Adalbert Prix after Philippe Dumanoir . Lell, Vienna 1858. ( digitized version )
• The devil, or: the blind woman of Paris. Drama in 5 acts. After the French of Messrs Delacour and L. Thiboust von Adalbert Prix. Lell, Vienna undated
• The wonder belt, or: The confused love stories. Farce with singing in two acts. Vienna, no year. ( Digitized version )
• The blind and the hunchback. Drama in 5 acts. Loosely based on the French by Anicet-Bourgois and A. Dennery, by Adalbert Prix. Bloch, Berlin undated
• The devil, or: the blind woman of Paris. Drama in 5 acts. According to the French of Delacour [d. i. Alfred Charlemagne Lartigue] a. L. Thilboust. From Adalbert Prix. Lell, Vienna undated
• Honor and money. Comedy in 5 acts. After F. Ponsard, freely edited by Adalbert Prix in the meter of the original. Without indication of location or publisher. ( Digitized version )
• Lily in the valley. Drama in five acts. According to the French of Messrs Theodor Barbière a. A. Beauplan by Adalbert Prix. Lell, Vienna undated
  • Journal: Wiener Telegraph. A sheet for the people, entertaining, instructing, communicating the most interesting things of the time. From Adalbert Prix. Vienna 1849. ( digitized version )

literature

• Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Slaughterer. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , ( Repertories on the History of German Literature 9), p. 23.
• Susanne Kord: A look behind the scenes. German-speaking playwrights in the 18th and 19th centuries . Metzler, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-476-00835-5 , ( Results of Women's Research 27), (At the same time: Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss.), P. 333f.
• Joseph Kürschner:  Lang, Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 596-598.
• W. Edgar Yates : Letters from theater director Carl Carl and his wife Margarethe Carl to Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (Ed. With B. Pargner, 2004)
• W. Edgar Yates: "The talented wife of the director". Margarethe Carl between Hugo and Vaudeville. With an unpublished letter from Margaretha Carl . In: Nestroyana. Leaflets of the International Nestroy Society 28, 2008, 3/4, ISSN  1027-3921 , pp. 162-181.

Web links

• Literature by and about Margarethe Bernbrunn in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erich Reipschläger: Schubaur, Danzi and Poissl as opera composers: A contribution to the history of the development of German opera on Munich soil . H. Wegner, Berlin 1911, p. 66.
2. ^ Rupert Hughes: The Love Affairs of Great Musicians . Volume 1. Eveleigh Nash, London 1905, p. 161.
3. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns: Carl Maria von Weber in his works . Schlesinger, Berlin 1871, p. 75.
4. ↑ Variant: The madhouse in Dijon. Play in four ackles based on le Feou by Mr. Antony des Beraud and Alexis von Adalbert Prix. Manuscript in the possession of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim
5. ↑ No copy can be found
6. ↑ In addition: Men are created . Ariette from the magical fairy tale Der Bergkönig, or Hopsa, the savior from magical gangs by Margaretha Carl, music by Adolf Müller der Aeltere. Diabelli, Vienna without a year.
7. ↑ No copy can be found
8. ↑ No copy can be found
9. ↑ No copy can be found
10. ↑ No copy can be found