Angelo Neumann
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Born | Josef Angelo Neumann 18 August 1838 Stampfen, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 20 December 1910 Prague | (aged 72)
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Josef Angelo Neumann (18 August 1838 – 20 December 1910)[1] was a German operatic baritone and theatre director. First a baritone at major opera houses in Europe, including the Vienna Imperial Opera, he was the managing director of the Leipzig Opera and the Estates Theatre in Prague. He is known as an early promoter of the stage works by Richard Wagner, namely the Ring cycle, which he presented with the sets and costumes of the world premiere at the Bayreuth Festival, first in Leipzig and then on a European tour.
Life
Neumann was born in
Opera director in Leipzig (1876–1882)
In 1876 he became managing director of the Leipzig Opera.[3] His direction began with a production of Lohengrin; further operas by Richard Wagner followed as well as performances of Verdi's Aida and Bizet's Carmen. In April 1878 the first external performance of the entire stage consecration festival Der Ring des Nibelungen took place in Leipzig after its premiere in 1876 at the Bayreuth Festival.[4] In 1881 he organized further performances of the Ring in Berlin.[5]
Director of the travelling Richard Wagner Theatre (1882–1883)
After acquiring the original stage sets and costumes (by
Opera director in Prague (1885–1910)
In 1885 Neumann became artistic director of the Estates Theatre in Prague, whose new building he organized as Státní opera Praha (State Opera).[3] In his second marriage he married the actress Johanna Török in 1887.[3] In 1894 he encouraged Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek to write the opera Donna Diana.
Neumann died in Prague at the age of 72.[3] A hall in today's Prague State Opera is named after him.
Publications
Various letters from Neumann to musicians and composers have survived. He wrote an autobiographical book focused on his memories of Wagner, Erinnerungen an Richard Wagner, published in Leipzig in 1907.[8]
References
- ^ Oppenheimer 1971.
- ^ Jost 1999.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kutsch & Riemens 2012, p. 3331.
- ^ Neumann 1907, pp. 55–83.
- ^ Neumann 1907, pp. 144–178.
- ^ Heinzle 2016.
- ^ Neumann 1907, p. 224.
- ^ Neumann 1907.
Cited sources
- Heinzle, Joachim (21 November 2016). Indianer-Häuptlinge in Walhall / Ein Mythos wird kostümiert (in German).
- Jost, Christa (1999), "Neumann, Angelo", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 19, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 139–140; (full text online)
- ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
- Neumann, Angelo (1907). Erinnerungen an Richard Wagner (in German). Leipzig: Verlag L. Staakmann.
- Oppenheimer, John F. (1971). Lexikon des Judentums (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag. p. 583. ISBN 3-570-05964-2.
External links
- Media related to Angelo Neumann at Wikimedia Commons