Wilhelm Karczag
Wilhelm Karczag (born August 28, 1857 in Karcag , Hungary , Austrian Empire , † October 11, 1923 in Baden near Vienna ) was a Hungarian theater director and writer .
Life
Wilhelm Karczag came to Vienna in 1894 and leased the renovated Theater an der Wien in 1901 , which at that time was still a guest theater. He soon put operettas on the program and had great success with Franz Lehár's Wiener Frauen . Works by Kálmán and Eysler were performed under his direction . Girardi , Fischer and Ernst Tautenhayn stood out among the actor-singers . Karczag also leased the Raimundtheater with Wallner and bought the municipal theater in 1917 . This meant that all major Viennese operetta stages were in one hand.
There is a memorial relief for Wilhelm Karczag in Vienna 8. Laudongasse 36 ( Adolf Schärf -Heim “Vindobona” on the site of the city theater).
He rests in an honorary grave in the Hietzinger Friedhof (group 38, row 1, number 1) in Vienna, at the side of his wife Julie Kopacsy-Karczag . In 1955 Karczaggasse in Vienna- Donaustadt and in 1981 Wilhelm-Karczag-Weg in Vienna- Hietzing were named after him.
literature
- Karczag Wilhelm. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 232 f. (Direct links on p. 232 , p. 233 ).
Web links
- Entry on Wilhelm Karczag in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karczag, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karcag , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1923 |
| Place of death | Baden near Vienna |