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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.
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy war ein österreichischer Dramatiker, Schauspieler und Opernsänger. Sein Werk ist der literarische Höhepunkt des Alt-Wiener Volkstheaters.
Sep 7, 2017 · Johann Nestroy: Umsonst, BR 1967, Regie: Michael Kehlmann. Mit Peter Weck, Helmut Qualtinger, Fritz Eckhardt, Oskar Sima u.a.
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).
One 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.
Johann Nestroy war das zweitgeborene Kind des Hof- und Gerichtsadvokaten Johann Nestroy (1763–1834) und Maria Magdalena Constantin (1781–1814). Drei seiner insgesamt sieben Geschwister überlebten das Kleinkindalter nicht.
