Author · Austria
Johann Nepomuk Nestroy
Died in 1862
Johann Nepomuk Nestroy (1801-1862), son of a Viennese lawyer, abandoned law for singing: after a first concert as a bass in 1818, he made his debut at the Court Opera in 1822 in the role of Sarastro, then sang in Amsterdam from 1823 to 1825. Gradually moving to speaking and comic roles, he wrote more than eighty plays in which he acted himself. His improvisations led in 1826 to the police breaking his engagement at Brünn. Karl Kraus, in an essay of 1912, made him the first German satirist in whom language reflects on things.
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- TheatreDer böse Geist LumpazivagabundusJohann Nepomuk Nestroy · 1833not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain