Siegmund Natzler
Siegmund Natzler (born September 7, 1862 in Vienna ; died August 12, 1913 there ) was an Austrian operetta singer ( baritone ), actor , director and theater director .
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Life
Siegmund Natzler, son of master tailor Ignaz Natzler and his wife Josepha geb. Funk, first worked as an accountant and correspondent in a wholesaler in Vienna, but then took up the acting profession. In 1883 he made his debut at the Gray Theater in Vienna . He then had engagements in Znaim , Laibach , Bad Ischl , Troppau , Graz and Augsburg . From the 1889/90 season until 1893 he was engaged as a young comedian at the Brno City Theater. In 1894 he was brought to the Carl-Theater in Vienna by theater director Karl Blasel , where he was widely acclaimed until 1900, especially in comic operetta roles. From 1902 to 1906 he worked as an actor - mainly engaged in operettas and singing - and chief director at the Theater an der Wien . He appeared in several world premieres of operettas by Franz Lehár and Edmund Eysler , including in October 1902 in Lehár's operetta The Tourist Guide and in February 1903 in Eysler's operetta Brother Straubinger . In the legendary world premiere of Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow , he sang the role of the Pontevidrian ambassador, Baron Mirko Zeta, on December 30, 1905 at the Theater an der Wien. As a director at the Theater an der Wien, he oversaw a large number of important operetta productions from those years, such as Lehár's Wiener Frauen in 1904.
Natzler's repertoire included operettas, Viennese antics , comical spoken pieces, but also classical drama. He appeared in operettas by Jacques Offenbach (General Bum-Bum in Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein ), Johann Strauss (valet Josef in Wiener Blut ), Carl Millöcker , Richard Genée (Muno in Der Seekadett ) and in the works of numerous other composers of the so-called " Silver Age of the Viennese Operetta ”.
In 1906 he founded the cabaret Die Hölle together with his brother Leopold Natzler .
Siegmund Natzler was his first marriage to the actress Ernestine Wolf, then his second marriage to the actress Ida Natzler , née until his death . Married young. He is the father of actor Reggie Nalder .
literature
- E. Marktl: Natzler Siegmund. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 42.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 5: Menni-Rappold. 4th, enlarged and updated edition. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , p. 3299.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth book of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien. Volume C 1858-64 entry 3239.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Natzler, Siegmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian operetta singer (baritone) and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1913 |
| Place of death | Vienna |