Nestroy, Johann, 1801-1862

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Johann Nestroy (December 7, 1801 - May 25, 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions and his work reflects the new liberal spirit then spreading throughout Europe. Nestroy was born in Vienna, where he was a law student from 1817 to 1822, before abandoning his studies to become a singer. He joined the Theater am Kärntnertor, beginning with Sarastro in The Magic Flute on 24 August 1822. After a year of singing in Vienna, he went to Amsterdam where he appeared in baritone roles for two years at the local German Theatre. From 1825 to 1831 he accepted engagements to sing and act in Brünn, Graz, Pressburg, Klagenfurt, Vienna and Lemberg. He then returned to his native Vienna and started to write and continued to perform. Nestroy's career as a playwright was an immediate success: his 1833 play Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus was a major hit. He soon became a leading figure in Austrian culture and society. Nestroy succeeded Ferdinand Raimund as the leading actor-dramatist on the Volkstheater, the Viennese commercial stage or 'people's theatre'. Nestroy wrote nearly eighty comedies between the 1830s and the 1850s. He died in Graz, Austria.
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creatorOf Nestroy, Johann, 1801-1862. Nestroy album, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf CentreStage Theatre Archives. On the Razzle / by Tom Stoppard ; adapted from Johann Nestroy's einen Jux will er sich machen ; directed by Edward Gilbert, 1983 - performance file. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Nestroy, Johann, 1801-1862. Einen Jux will er sich machen : Posse mit Gesang in vier Aufzügen, ca. 1844, 1888-1890. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
Harvard Theatre Collection of figurines Houghton Library
referencedIn Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943. Collection of designs by artists associated with Reinhardt, 1903-1934 (inclusive). Houghton Library
creatorOf Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). The Talisman / by Johann Nestroy ; translated by Max Knight and Joseph Fabry ; additional lyrics by Heinar Piller ; directed by Heinar Piller, 1972 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph). The Talisman / by Johann Nestroy ; translated by Max Knight and Joseph Fabry ; additional lyrics by Heinar Piller ; directed by Heinar Piller, 1972 - production photos. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Zimbalist, Efrem. Two stories : opera in 3 acts / Efrem Zimbalist. Curtis Institute of Music, John de Lancie Library
creatorOf Zimbalist, Efrem. [Two stories. Act II / Efrem Zimbalist]. Curtis Institute of Music, John de Lancie Library
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Birth 1801-12-07

Death 1862-05-25

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