Franz Pácal
Franz Pácal , Czech František Pácal , ( December 24, 1866 in Leitomischl - October 19, 1938 in Prague ) was a Bohemian opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Since the son of a brewer showed great musical abilities as a boy, his parents chose him for a musical career. He attended the Prague Conservatory to study violin. After four years he was forced to earn his own living and joined a regimental band.
During this time he decided to take up the stage career. He took lessons from several capable singing teachers, later also from Gustav Walter, and after having worked at the Bohemian National Theater from 1887 to 1892, he joined the choir of the Cologne City Theater. Then he came to Bremen from 1893 to 1894, where he sang choir solo parts and to Graz from 1894 to 1895, where he was equally busy. In 1895 he joined the Association of the Court Opera Theater in Vienna, and two years later his fate would come true. In the “Tell” performance on April 19, 1897, behind the scene, “Ruodi” was singing, a voice that had not yet been heard in the house, when the fisherman landed and joined the quartet in the foreground of the stage , one recognized in the singer a chorister whose youthful, blooming, heroic figure had often attracted attention in the front row of the choir. Since then he has been employed in larger roles. He remained employed in Vienna until 1905, then until 1909 at the Prague National Theater, then until 1911 at the Riga Opera and then until 1913 at the Poznan City Theater.
During the First World War he was a senior employee of the grain office in Prague.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Franz Pácal . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 743 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Christa Harten / Uwe Harten : Pácal Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 278 f. (Direct links on p. 278 , p. 279 ).
Web links
- Franz Pácal on the pages of the Wiener Symphoniker
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pácal, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pácal, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bohemian opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leitomischl |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1938 |
| Place of death | Prague |