Rallou Karatza
Princess Rallou Karatza , Greek Ραλλού Καρατζά , Romanian Rallou Caragea (* 1778 in Constantinople , † 1870 in Thornberg ) was a Greek actress, theater director, translator and participant in the Greek Revolution .
Life
Rallou came from the Phanariotic noble family of Caradja . As the daughter of Prince Ioannis Georgios Karatzas - ruler of Wallachia from 1812 to 1818 - Rallou Karatza enjoyed a first-class education; she spoke Greek, French, German and Turkish and had an excellent knowledge of literature, European music and theater. She developed a passion for the theater early on. She founded the first theater in Bucharest , known as Cişmeaua Roşie ('Red Fountain'). For this purpose she first set up a stage in the palace and formed an ensemble of students from the Greek school in Bucharest. She translated and staged plays from Western Europe: Hecabe by Euripides (1817), Brutus by Voltaire , The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller and The Italian Woman in Algiers by Gioachino Rossini . She propagated the ideas of the Enlightenment and the liberation of Greece.
She joined the Filiki Eteria , who sought the liberation of Greece from Ottoman rule. She had the talented actor Konstantinos Kyriakos- Aristia study acting with François-Joseph Talma in France at her own expense . In 1818 her father had to go into exile in order to escape the repression of the Ottomans. Rallou Karatza accompanied him to Italy and lived in Pisa . In 1829 she moved to Athens .
Rallou Karatza was married to Georgios Argyropoulos and had two children.
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Individual evidence
- ^ According to other sources in Athens , [1]
- ↑ Christine Fauré: Political and historical encyclopedia of women, New York 2003, p. 160 [2]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karatza, Rallou |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Καρατζά, Ραλλού; Caragea, Rallou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek actress, theater director, translator and participant in the Greek Revolution |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constantinople |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1870 |
| Place of death | Thornberg |