Karl Streitmann

Karl Streitmann (8 May 1853 – 29 October 1937) was an Austrian stage actor and operatic tenor.

Karl Streitmann (1886)

Life

Born in Wien,[1] Streitmann is said to have started studying medicine, but then devoted himself to acting after receiving instruction from Joseph Lewinsky.

His debut took place in Bratislava (as Geßler, Gringoire and Hamlet), then in Berlin (inaugural role Franz Moor, 16 August 1878), Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Sigmaringen. Afterwards at the Carltheater in Vienna and in Prague at the Landestheater, where he sang Jose in Carmen and Tamino in The Magic Flute. In the world premiere of The Gypsy Baron he performed Barinkay and also took part in other operetta performances. He completed a tour of North America: from Southampton he embarked on a ship to New York, where he made his debut as a gypsy baron on 22 September 1889. Stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington etc. followed. He also learned English, so that he was able to perform with the prima donna Lillian Russell in Madison Square Garden on 26 October 1891.

Honorary dedicated grave in the cemetery of the Feuerhalle Simmering

His further activities took place at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater in Berlin from 1901 to 1902, again at the Carltheater in Vienna from 1902 to 1905, and he made frequent guest appearances at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, the Hoftheater in Stuttgart and in Amsterdam. In 1908 at the Theater an der Wein, he created the role of Alexius in Der tapfere Soldat (The Chocolate Soldier).[2]

He died impoverished[3] in Vienna. His dedicated grave of the city of Vienna is located in the urn grove of the Feuerhalle Simmering (division 6, ring 3, group 3, number 47). In 1955 the Streitmanngasse in Vienna-Hietzing was named after him.[4]

Between 1882 and 1884 Streitmann was married with the actress Louise Übermasser[5] as well as from 1904[6] with the singer Gisela Noë. His sister Rosa Streitmann was also an operatic soprano, and his aunt was Rosa Csillag.[7]

Filmography
  • 1913: Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau.[8]

Further reading
  • C. M. Gruber: "Streitmann Karl". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 13, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5, p. 394 f. (Direct links to "p. 394", "p. 395")
  • Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 1011 ff., (Karl Streitmann is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
  • Alexander Rausch, Monika Kornberger: Streitmann, Geschwister in the Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; printed edition: Volume 5, Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8.

References
  1. Birth register of the Jewish Community Vienna, tome. B, No. 1471; Streitmann himself and with him some sources stated his year of birth as 1858.
  2. "Theater und Vergnügungen: Theater an der Wien", Neue Freie Presse, 14 November 1908, accessed 10 September 2020
  3. "The end of an artist's career". Salzburger Volksblatt. 1937-10-30. p. 16. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. "Karl Streitmann gestorben". Der Tag. 1937-10-30. p. 6. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. "Matrikel Karolinenthal, Okresní správa politická Karlín, signature OSPKAR O, fol. 12". Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. Magistrat Wien, Z 6598/04, noted in the book of marriage of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien-Innere Stadt, No. 283/1904.
  7. Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Paul List publishing house, Leipzig 1903, p. 1013, (Karl Streitmann is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
  8. Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau on IMDb
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