Heinrich Anschütz
Johann Heinrich Immanuel Anschütz ( born February 8, 1785 Luckau, † December 29, 1865 in Vienna ) was a German - Austrian actor.
Life
Heinrich Anschütz was the son of a former soldier of the Director of Luckauer orphanage; the later court actor Eduard Anschütz was his brother. 1794 the family moved to Leipzig, where he first went to the theater. He saw the Dresden court actor Society under Franz Sekonda. Anschütz attended high school in St. Augustine Grimsby (formerly Prince's School ). In 1804 he entered the University of Leipzig to study law. In addition, he regularly visited the Goethe Theatre in Bad Lauchstaedt and the Weimar Court Theatre ( under the direction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ).
Especially the guest performances by and with Ferdinand Eßlair, August Iffland and Pius Alexander Wolff brought Anschütz to abandon his studies and to become an actor. After Anschützs own statements, he was also very influenced by the theater director Friedrich Ludwig Schröder.
With 22 years Anschütz could debut in 1807 in Nuremberg at the Stadttheater; in the role of Adolf of Klingberg ( "The two Klingberg " by August von Kotzebue ). Anschütz 1810 married the singer Josephine chain ( * 1793 in Bamberg), which in 1817 again divorced him. Until 1811 Anschütz worked in Nuremberg and was then engaged for two years at the theater to Gdansk.
1814 Anschütz went to Breslau and was the local theater until 1821 under contract. From there they picked Anschütz at the Burgtheater in Vienna, where he excelled as an actor and also worked as a director for many years. In 1818 he married his second wife in Vienna, the actress Emilie Butenop (* 1795, † June 17, 1866 in Vienna ), daughter of Acting Director Karl Heinrich Butenop. With her he had four children, the actress Emilie Marie Auguste Koberwein, the playwright Roderich Anschütz and the opera singer Alexander Anschütz and a daughter named Rosa Johanna Wilhelmine (b. 1830). In Vienna Anschütz was also a member of the literary society The Ludlamshöhle, where he among other things, with Castelli, Grillparzer and Salieri came into contact.
Anschütz describes in his memoirs a memorable encounter with Beethoven, which was held in Dobling in the summer of 1822. The composer grabbed it spontaneously Anschütz ' suggestion on to compose incidental music to Macbeth. The project was not realized. As on the occasion of Beethoven's funeral on March 29, 1827 Franz Grillparzer wrote a grave speech, this explicitly Anschütz wanted as a speaker. Anschütz has, however, the speech is modified and the conclusion.
In 1857 Anschütz celebrate its fiftieth anniversary artist anniversary with the active participation of the audience; his forty years as part of the Burgtheater ensemble in 1861 celebrated in style. the Austrian playwright Friedrich Halm wrote on the occasion of this anniversary, a widely acclaimed poem about Heinrich Anschütz.
Anschütz was a Freemason; He is listed among the members of the 1848 briefly existing Viennese Masonic Lodge to St. Joseph's first warden.
On June 4, 1865 Anschütz was seen for the last time on the stage; in the role of musician Müller. Six months later, he died at the age of 80 years on 29 December 1865. His grave is located in Vienna's Protestant Cemetery Matzleinsdorf ( tomb 70).
In 1894 in Vienna, Rudolf -Fuenfhaus ( 15th district ) was named the Anschützgasse after him.
Roll
- Adolf of Klingberg ( "The two Klingberg ," August von Kotzebue )
- King Lear ( William Shakespeare)
- Erbförster ( " The Erbförster " Otto Ludwig)
- Götz von Berlichingen ( " Götz von Berlichingen " Johann Wolfgang von Goethe )
- John Falstaff ( " The Merry Wives of Windsor", William Shakespeare)
- Master Anton ( " Maria Magdalena ", Friedrich Hebbel )
- Frhr. of ATTINGHAUSEN ( " William Tell, Friedrich Schiller)
- Marquis de Posa ( " Don Carlos, Friedrich Schiller)
- Musician Müller ( " Intrigue and Love ", Friedrich Schiller)
Autobiography
- Heinrich Anschütz, memories from his life and work. Vienna 1866