Johann Josef Spitzeder (c. 1795–1832) was a German actor and singer. A popular artist in his own right, he is today mostly remembered for being the father of confidence trickster and actress Adele Spitzeder.
Josef Spitzeder | |
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| Born | c. 1795 |
| Died | 13 December 1832 |
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| Spouse | Henriette Spitzeder |
Spitzeder's year of birth is unclear. According to the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950, Spitzeder was born on 2 September 1794 in Bonn.[1] His entry in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie quotes a contemporary source as saying that he was born in 1795, similarly in Bonn,[2] while the Directory of German Biography gives his birth year as 1796 and his place of birth as Kassel.[3]
He was educated by Joseph Weigl in Vienna where he got his start as an opera singer in 1816.[1][3] Also in 1816, he married Henriette Spitzeder (née Schüler), a talented soprano.[3] Both were hired together in 1819 to play at the Theater an der Wien where Spitzeder excelled in buffo roles.[1][3] The couple was engaged by the Königsstädtisches Theaterin Berlin in 1824.[1] After the death of his first wife during childbirth in 1828, he married the opera singer Betty Vio.[3] Spitzeder died on 13 December 1832 in Munich, shortly after being called to work at the Bavarian State Opera.[3][4]
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- Eisenberg, Ludwig Julius (1903). Ludwig Eisenberg's grosses biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Bühne im 19. Jahrhundert. Leipzig P. List.
- Historische Commission bei der königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften (1893). Spitzeder, Joseph. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 35 (1. ed.). Duncker & Humblot. p. 217. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- Höslinger, C.; Reitterer, H. (2007). "Spitzeder, (Johann) Josef (1794–1832), Sänger". In Bruckmüller, Ernst (ed.). Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon : 1815–1950. Vol. 13, Lfg. 59 - Spanner Anton Carl - Stulli Gioachino. Graz: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3-7001-0187-1. OCLC 162453643.
- Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (30 November 2011). Directory of German Biography. Vol. 9: Schmidt – Theyer. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-096629-9.