Karoline Jagemann
Caroline Hunt man of Heygendorff (full name: Henriette Karoline Friedericke Jagemann of Heygendorff ) (* January 25, 1777 in Weimar, † July 10, 1848 in Dresden) was one of the finest tragic actresses and singers of her time.
Life
She was the daughter of the scholar and librarian Christian Joseph Hunt Man (1735-1804) and sister of the painter Ferdinand Hunt Man ( 1780-1820 ).
She received in 1790 in Mannheim under Augustus Iffland and Heinrich Beck acting and singing lessons, debuted in 1792 as Oberon in the opera by Paul Wranitzky at the city's National Theatre and was hired in 1797 as a court singer in Weimar.
Hunt was one man with soprano Henriette Eberwein, the tenor Carl Melchior Jakob von Moltke and bassist Karl Stromeier the " Weimar Quartet ". In 1798 she appeared in Berlin, 1800 in Vienna, and later in Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Leipzig.
With Duke Karl August of Saxe- Weimar -Eisenach, they met together in the house of Christiane Friederike von Loewenstern ( 1761-1847 ). Christiane Friederike von Gersdorff was since 1781 the wife of the Duke of Saxony- Weimar Council and Livonian Hofgerichtsassessors Paul von Loewenstern ( 1752-1842 ) and made by Carl of stone on Mount Cook ( 1765-1837 ), in his absence, the parties fines for the Duke, who the evenings because spends much states what Dlle. Hunt for man einfindet. According to Carl von Stein the Hunt man had a strong party of the Löwenstern for themselves.
So you became the mistress of the Duke, who for the "Dame of Heygendorff " appointed in 1809 and left her the estate Heygendorf. Your begotten by the Grand Duke 's son Karl was officially awarded the title of Heygendorff on May 16, 1809 and recorded he and his children in the Grand Duke of Saxon nobility.
The pessimistic philosopher and declared misogynist Arthur Schopenhauer fell in 1809 as a young man unhappy in the eleven years older than actress and wrote for it his only handed down love poem.
In the same year Caroline Hunt man of Heygendorff was appointed opera director and took over after plotting against Goethe and 1817 whose retreat had from the theater operation, the sole management of the court theater, since 1824 as a senior director.
After the death of Duke Karl August (1828 ) to Caroline of Heygendorff withdrew from the stage and lived the last years with her son in Dresden. In Weimar she had after the death of the Duke no support in the higher society more. The once directed against Goethe intrigue her now fell to the load. She died in Dresden and was buried in the family grave Heygendorff on the Trinity Cemetery.
Roll
Her major roles included the " Elizabeth " in " Mary Stuart " (1800 ) and the " Beatrice" in the "Bride of Messina " (1803 ).
Actually, the role of the " Maid of Orleans " fell into its compartment. Duke Karl August but did not see his mistress as strongly-worded Virgin on the stage and made sure that Schiller's play was performed only after some delay with another, lesser-known heroine.