Viktor Léon
Victor Léon (* January 4, 1858 [ Note 1 ] in Szenitz at Pressburg, † February 23, 1940 in Vienna; actually Victor Hirschfeld, often Viktor Léon ) was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and author.
Life
Victor Hirschfeld, son of Rabbi Jacob Heinrich Hirschfeld ( January 20, 1819 in Sassin - 6th October 1902 in Vienna), studied philosophy at the Universities of Augsburg and Vienna and attended the Vienna Conservatory. After that he worked as a journalist. From 1877 to 1884 he published the magazine The housewife leaves for home and husbandry out before then, began to make a name in theater circles under his pseudonym Victor Léon, which he retained until his death. He was friends with Hermann Bahr and had close contact with the literary circle in Griensteidl.
In 1878 he made his debut with the Vienna Wrong path Sulkowsky Theatre, but remained unsuccessful as a theater writer. In 1881 he was dramaturg at the Theater in der Josefstadt, 1882 at the Carl Theatre and in 1883 at the Theater an der Wien. He wrote numerous plays, folk plays and essays, as well as, in part, together with his brother Leo Field, operetta libretti for composers such as Max von Weinzierl, Rudolf Raimann, Alfred Zamara and Johann Strauss ( son ) together. It was only in 1897, when he and the song wrote The Opera Ball with Henry of mountain forest and the composer Richard Heuberger, he achieved his breakthrough. Immediately followed by the successful operetta Wiener Blut and The Merry Widow. He often collaborated with Leo Stein and carried with him as an author to Lehár's successes in World. After mainly working as a journalist in the years 1884 to 1893 he was artistic director in 1894 and director in the theater in the Josefstadt and worked from 1897 as a director at the Carl Theatre, next he also gave acting lessons
He and his wife Ottilie, née Popper ( * April 10, 1869, † April 12, 1942 ), he had a daughter, Felicitas, Lizzi called. She married in 1907 the then still active as an actor and operetta singer Hubert Marischka. Lizzi himself suggested at that time before the Chinese ambiance of The Yellow Jacket, which was later famous as The Land of Smiles. But Lizzi died, barely thirty years old, after the birth of her third child Franz Marischka 1918 appendicitis. For this reason, Victor Léon dedicated the libretto for The Yellow Jacket his daughter. Léon himself survived both his daughter and his younger brother. His recent stage work, the monitoring of the performances of Lehár's The Prince child counts (also: The prince of the mountains ). , In 1932 after the "Anschluss" of Austria in 1938 he prohibition was imposed as a Jew. Most recently, he lived in Vienna Hietzing, Wattmanngasse 22 His honorary devoted grave is located at the Hietzing Cemetery (Group 12, Number 71 ).
Honors
1955 Viktor Leon alley was named in Vienna Hietzing after him.
Works
Folk plays
- Educated people, 1895
- Miss teacher, with Leo Field, 1905, obv.
- Wrong path, 1878, published as postillion d' amour, OBV.
- The big name, with Leo field and Robert Stolz, 1909, obv.
Opera, operetta libretti
- The Double 1886 (Music: Alfred Zamara )
- The Model, 1895 ( Music: Franz von Suppe discount)
- The strike of the forge, 1897 ( Music: Max Josef Beer )
- The Opera Ball, 1898 ( Music: Richard Heuberger )
- The tinkers, 1902 (music by Franz Lehár )
- The beauty of Fogaras, 1903 (Music: Alfred Grünfeld )
- Barefoot, 1904 ( Music: Richard Heuberger )
- The hubby, 1904 ( Music: Franz Lehár )
- The Merry Widow, 1905 (music by Franz Lehár )
- God bless, 1905 (Music: Leo Ascher )
- The jolly farmer, 1907 (music by Leo Fall )
- The divorced woman, 1908, ( Music: Leo Fall )
- The Prince's child, 1909, (music by Franz Lehár )
- The night express, 1913, (music by Leo Fall )
- I gave gold for iron, 1914 (music by Emmerich Kálmán ), libretto as PDF ( 25 MB)
- Viennese folk singer, 1919 ( Music: Robert Mahler )
- The Yellow Jacket, 1923 ( Music: Franz Lehár )
- La Barberina, 1928 (Music: Leo Ascher )
- The Prince of the Mountains, 1932 (music by Franz Lehár )