Josef Tichatschek

Joseph Alois Tichatschek ( born July 11, 1807 in Weckelsdorf in Bohemia; † 18 January 1886 in Dresden) was an opera singer (tenor ).

Life

1827 Tichatschek began in Vienna initially studied medicine, but soon devoted himself more to the study of music. In 1830 he found refuge in the choir of Kärntnertortheatre in Vienna. At the same time he studied singing with the Italian tenor Giuseppe Ciccimarra ( 1790-1836 ). From 1833 onwards, he already sang their own little games. In 1834 he received an engagement as first tenor in Graz. In 1837 he took after a very successful stint in Dresden a position at the Dresden Opera, and has also a singer in the choir of the Catholic Hofkirche in Dresden. He was the artistic and very successfully since 1842 working at the Dresden opera as conductor Richard Wagner together with the singer Wilhelmine Schröder- Devrient. In particular, in Richard Wagner's Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin Tichatschek was celebrated as a singer by the audience and the critics. He gave numerous guest appearances throughout Europe. In 1870, he stepped on the stage.

Also of his life spent Joseph Tichatschek in Dresden. After his death, he found his final resting place in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden. According to him the Tichatscheckstraße located in the Dresden districts Pieschen Trachau was named.

Joseph Tichatschek

Tichatschek with the Schröder- Devrient in the world premiere of Tannhäuser (1845 )