Antonie Adamberger

Antonie "Toni" Adam Berger ( born December 31, 1790 in Vienna, † December 25, 1867 in Vienna) was an Austrian actress.

Life

The daughter of the tenor Valentin Adam Berger and actress Maria Anna Jacquet was formed after the death of her parents by the poet Heinrich Joseph von Collin and debuted - just 16 - year - on January 1, 1807 at the Burgtheater. She was immediately hired as a court actress and "took place as in naive, as in sentimental and some tragic roles great recognition. " Antonie Adam Berger quickly became the favorite of the Viennese public and convinced as Beatrice in the Bride of Messina, as well as as Desdemona and Emilia Galotti.

Beethoven composed specifically for Antonie Adamberger the songs of Clara for his incidental music to Goethe's Egmont, which was first sounded on June 15, 1810 at the Burgtheater. She later expressed repeatedly and very positive about their collaboration with the composer.

In 1812 Theodor Körner was appointed as a playwright Burgtheater. Antonie Adam Berger saw him for the first time on a sample of the comedy The Green Domino. That same year, the engagement between grains and their was held in February written by the poet in his drama Toni, where his fiancée later took over the lead role. Antonie Adam Berger belonged to the circle around Karoline Pichler, who wrote about their appearance in Toni:

" Toni ( Miss Adam Berger) gave this lead role and you could probably see that the poet's love had this character surrounded by a glorification of force, female dignity, spirit and generosity that was immediately the work of his passion and imagination, but nevertheless with the character of Antonia had many similar basic principles. "

Grains dedicated to her until his death in 1813 several poems and in addition to the drama Toni also the piece Zriny. Some years after his death left the Adam Berger 1817, the stage and married in the same year, the archaeologist Joseph Arneth. Two years later, their son Alfred von Arneth was born. In 1820 she became Empress Karoline Auguste voice on this and appointed by the Superior of the 1832 to Karoline pin, an educational institute for female child soldiers. Antonie Adam Berger died in Vienna in 1867. It rests in a grave of honor in Vienna's Central Cemetery (Group 14 A, number 49).

In 1805 a portrait of Adam Berger Joseph Hickel was born. Johann Maria Monsomo created a miniature portrait of her.

In 1894 (2nd district) was named the Adambergergasse for her in Vienna Leopoldstadt. After her husband's Arnethgasse is named in the 16th district Ottakring.