Rallou Karatza

Princess Rallou Karatza (Greek Ραλλού Καρατζά, Romanian: Rallou Caragea, * 1778 in Constantine Opel, † 1870 in Thornberg (now belonging to Leipzig ) ) was a Greek actress, theater director, translator and participant of the Greek Revolution.

Biography

Rallou came from the noble family of the phanariotischen Caradja. As the daughter of Prince Georgios Ioannis Karatzas - 1812-1818 ruler of Wallachia - Rallou Karatza enjoyed an excellent education; they spoke Greek, French, German and Turkish and had excellent knowledge in literature, European music and theater. She developed an early passion for the theater. She established the first theater in Bucharest, which was known as Cişmeaua Roşie (, Red Fountain '). She drew this, first a stage in a palace and formed an ensemble made ​​up of students of the Greek school in Bucharest. Translated and staged plays from Western Europe: Hecuba of Euripides (1817 ), Brutus of Voltaire, The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller and The Italian Girl in Algiers by Gioachino Rossini. They thus propagated the ideas of the Enlightenment and the liberation of Greece.

She joined the Filiki Eteria that sought the liberation of Greece from Ottoman rule. The talented actor Konstantinos Kyriakos - Aristia they let their money in France studying acting at François -Joseph Talma. 1818, her father had to go into exile to escape the repression of the Ottomans. Rallou Karatza accompanied him to Italy and lived in Pisa. 1829 she moved to Athens.

Rallou Karatza was married to George Argyropoulos and had two children.