Richard Waldemar

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Bust in Richard Waldemar Park
Richard Waldemar: “I laughed! (Laughter Couplet) “(Adolf Spahn), before 1939

Richard Waldemar , actually Kramer , (born May 3, 1869 in Vienna ; † December 27, 1946 there ) was an Austrian operetta singer (baritone) and actor.

Life

Memorial plaque on the house at Praterstrasse 50 in Vienna

He attended middle school and came to the stage after a short career at the railroad. After attending a theater school, he had his first appearance in Opava in 1890 . This was followed by engagements in Wiesbaden and Munich . From 1893 he worked in his native Vienna: He performed in the Theater in der Josefstadt , in the Ronacher , in the Carl and Raimundtheater , in the Theater an der Wien , in the Apollo, Bürger and Johann Strauss Theater , in Danzer's Orpheum , in Colosseum, at the Weigl and also on smaller stages. At first mainly in the serious subject, later he played more and more as a comedian. He has made guest appearances at home and abroad. He spoke at RAVAG and acted in silent and sound films. Records have also been made with him.

Waldemar received the Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna in 1939.

In Vienna there is the Richard-Waldemar-Hof , Richard-Waldemar-Park , the Waldemardenkmal and the Waldemarweg .

Grave at Hietzinger Friedhof

He rests in an honorary grave in the Hietzinger Friedhof (group 12, number 144).

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Gertrud Buttlar (Ed.): City Museum Wiener Neustadt. Catalog. Publisher: City Museum Wiener Neustadt. Verlag Merbod, 1995, ISBN 3-900844-39-9 , p. 336.
  • Elisabeth Theresia Fritz, Helmut Kretschmer (ed.): Vienna, music history: folk music and Viennese song. (= History of the City of Vienna. Volume 6; Vienna, Music History. Volume 1). LIT Verlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-8258-8659-X , p. 85.
  • Berthold Leimbach: audio documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898-1945. Self-published, Göttingen 1991, DNB 911350551 .
  • Rainer E. Lotz (Ed.): German National Discography. Volume 4: Discography of German vocal recordings. Verlag B. Lotz, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-9802656-7-6 , p. 917.
  • Ernst Freiherr von Nadherny: Memories from old Austria. edited by Peter Panholzer with the assistance of Christiane Reich-Rohrwig. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78415-9 , pp. 224-225.
  • Norbert Rubey , Peter Schoenwald: Venice in Vienna. Turn-of-the-century theater and entertainment city. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1996.
  • Dagmar Spitznagl: Vienna-Margareten. (= The series of archive images). Sutton Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89702-473-X , p. 13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Waldemar in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at

Remarks

  1. ↑ On May 19, 1964, at the meeting of the Mariahilf district council , it was decided to dedicate the area of ​​the houses to be demolished at Hofmühlgasse 8, 10 and 12 to a park. - See: Mariahilf receives new park. Instead of the houses at Hofmühlgasse 8, 10 and 12, green spaces . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 20, 1964, p. 6 , columns 1 and 2 middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
personal data
SURNAME Waldemar, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kramer, Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian operetta singer (baritone) and actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1946
Place of death Vienna