François-Joseph Talma

François -Joseph Talma ( born January 15, 1763 in Paris, † October 19th 1826 in Paris) was a French actor.

Life

Talma began his theatrical career in the public April 1787 at the Théâtre Français as silk in Mahomet of Voltaire and two years later became associate this theater. Later he founded the Théâtre de la République, where he celebrated great triumphs, guested in the provinces and in London and Brussels.

The truth of his representations, the naturalness of the game and the fidelity with which he first of the historical costume instead of the modern French made ​​use of, established a new era in the dramatic art in France. Napoleon Bonaparte had Talma often in its environment, so in 1808 in Erfurt and Dresden in 1813. In 1812 he is said to have had a love affair with Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte. Talma's second wife was Caroline Vanhove, one of the most famous actresses of her time.

Important roles (selection)

• Silk - Mahomet the Prophet ( Voltaire)
• Orestes - Iphigenia in Tauris (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe )
• Vendôme - Adélaide du Guesclin (Voltaire)
• Hamlet - Hamlet ( William Shakespeare)
• Regulus - Regulus ( Heinrich Joseph von Collin )
• Charles IX. - Charles IX ou Saint- Berthélemy ( Marie -Joseph Chenier )
• Sulla - Lucio Silla (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Works

• Réflexions sur Lekain et sur ​​l'art théâtral. Editions Desjonquières 2002, ISBN 2-8432-1044-5 ( Repr ed d Paris 1825)