Camillo Walzel

Camillo Walzel, also known under the pseudonym F. Zell ( born February 11, 1829 in Magdeburg, † March 17 1895 in Vienna) was with Richard Genée one of the librettists of the golden age of operetta.

Life and work

From 1847 lived Walzel in Vienna. Prior to his career as a librettist, he was Danube steamship captain. From 1884 to 1889 he was artistic director of the Theater an der Wien. Co-directors were Alexandrine of Schönerer and Franz Jauner. Crowd favorite Alexander Girardi made ​​for a full house.

Camillo Walzel, one of the best editors French pieces, and Richard Genée made ​​in the world of operetta a congenial team. " Even the have s' worried together ": When both 1895 died within a quarter, pondered the Viennese.

His Summer Villa ( in cell alley named after the artist) and his family tomb located, at his favorite stays in Weissenbach an der Triesting in Lower Austria. Together with the painters Franz Lefler Heinrich Lefler and he organized at the instigation of Adolph Freiherr von Pittel in Weissenbach an der Triesting in the last third of the 19th century Summer Festival.

His son Oskar Walzel was a literary scholar and university professor.

Pseudonym

Since he usually used his pseudonym in the abbreviated form " F. Zell", it is debatable whether the "F" for " Franz" or " Friedrich" is.

Works

Libretti:

Richard Genée

  • The midshipman, 1876, (together with Richard Genée )
  • Nanon, 1877, (together with Richard Genée )

For Millöcker

  • Countess Dubarry, 1879, (together with Richard Genée )
  • Apajune, the Aquarius, 1880, (together with Richard Genée )
  • The Beggar Student, 1882 (together with Richard Genée )
  • Gasparone, 1884, (together with Richard Genée )
  • The Vice- Admiral, 1886 (together with Richard Genée )

For Johann Strauss

  • Cagliostro in Wien, 1875, (together with Richard Genée )
  • The Merry War, 1881 (together with Richard Genée )
  • A Night in Venice, 1883, (together with Richard Genée )

Franz von Suppe

  • Fatinitza, 1876, (together with Richard Genée )
  • Boccaccio, 1879, (together with Richard Genée )
  • Donna Juanita, 1880, (together with Richard Genée )
  • The Gascon, 1881 (together with Richard Genée )

Carl Zeller

  • The Fornarina, 1879, (together with Richard Genée and Moritz West)
  • The Carbonari, 1880, (together with Moritz West)

Swell

  • Austrian Biographical Encyclopaedia
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