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Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (German: [ˈnɛstrɔɪ̯]; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath.
May 21, 2024 · Johann Nestroy was one of Austria’s greatest comic dramatists, and a brilliant character actor who dominated the mid-19th-century Viennese popular stage. After a career as an opera singer (1822–31) in several European cities, Nestroy returned to Vienna and began writing and acting.
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Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy war ein österreichischer Dramatiker, Schauspieler und Opernsänger. Sein Werk ist der literarische Höhepunkt des Alt-Wiener Volkstheaters.
Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842) (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang ("farce with singing"), by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy.
This is a complete list of the plays of the Austrian singer-actor-playwright Johann Nestroy (1801–1862). Genres. Out of the 83 recorded works of Nestroy, a total of some 56 were designated as some form of Posse, meaning a farce or 'broad comedy', including 32 Possen mit Gesang (farce with singing).
TitleGenreSubdivisionsMusicDreissig Jahre aus dem Leben eines ...Lokales Zauberspiel with dance, song and ...2 actsAdolf Müller and Franz RoserNagerl und HandschuhNeue Parodie3 actsAdolf MüllerZampa der Tagdieb oder die Braut von ...Parodie3 actsAdolf MüllerDer konfuse ZaubererOriginal Zauberspiel mit Gesang3 actsAdolf MüllerOne of Austria’s greatest comic dramatists and a brilliant character actor, Johann Nestroy dominated the popular stage in Vienna in the mid-19th century. Long popular in his homeland, Nestroy’s witty and cynical comedies are little known outside Austria and Germany.
Professor Yates brings a unique combination of qualities to the daunting task of writing a modern biography of Johann Nestroy: a lifetime’s scholarly companionship of his subject, documented in a long list of publications, from his early Nestroy: Satire and Parody in Viennese Popular Comedy () up to this latest work; decades of experience as co-...
