Which German composer, born in 1776, wrote the opera 'Undine'. he shares his name with an American 'Oscar' winning actor born in 1937?
"one of the best loved of all books for many 19th-century children. The first adaptation of ""Undine"" was E.T.A. Hoffmann's opera in 1814. It was a collaboration between E.T.A. Hoffman, who composed the score, and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué who adapted his own work into a libretto. The opera proved highly successful, and Carl Maria von Weber admired it in his review as the kind of composition which the German desires: 'an art work complete in itself, in which partial contributions of the related and collaborating arts blend together, disappear, and, in disappearing, somehow form a new world'. In"
"Undine (Hoffmann) Undine is an opera, with spoken dialogue, in three acts by the German composer and author E.T.A. Hoffmann. The libretto, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, is based on his own story ""Undine"". It received its premiere at the Königliches Schauspielhaus, Berlin on 3 August, 1816. ""Undine"" was Hoffmann's greatest operatic success and a major influence on the development of German Romantic opera. Carl Maria von Weber's enthusiastic review of the opera admired it as 'an art work complete in itself, in which partial contributions of the related and collaborating arts blend together, disappear, and, in disappearing, somehow"
"Krisztina Laki, Heikki Orama, Charles Ridder Busch, Ulrich Ress, Dora Koschak, Mani Mekler. Undine (Hoffmann) Undine is an opera, with spoken dialogue, in three acts by the German composer and author E.T.A. Hoffmann. The libretto, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, is based on his own story ""Undine"". It received its premiere at the Königliches Schauspielhaus, Berlin on 3 August, 1816. ""Undine"" was Hoffmann's greatest operatic success and a major influence on the development of German Romantic opera. Carl Maria von Weber's enthusiastic review of the opera admired it as 'an art work complete in itself, in which partial contributions"
"on a comedy by August von Kotzebue, and was a satire on the unintelligent and exaggerated admiration for the highest beauty in art expressed by the bourgeois gentilhomme. Of his other operas, ""Der Pole und sein Kind"", produced shortly after the Polish insurrection of 1831, and ""Undine"" (1845) are notable. Lortzing was popular in Berlin and after his death, a memorial statue was erected in the Tiergarten in Berlin. Albert Lortzing Gustav Albert Lortzing (23 October 1801 – 21 January 1851) was a German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German ""Spieloper"","
"Stahnsdorf near Berlin. For a list of Humperdinck's pupils, see . In 1965, British singer Arnold Dorsey named himself after the composer. The main belt asteroid 9913 Humperdinck, discovered in 1977, was named after the composer. Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) Engelbert Humperdinck (; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera ""Hansel and Gretel"". Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province in 1854. After receiving piano lessons, he produced his first composition at the age of seven. His first attempts at works for the stage were two singspiele written when he"
"been performed by many others. Lincke also composed the wedding dance played in the 1997 movie ""Titanic""; it is played while the ship is going down and in the dining room in earlier scenes. Paul Lincke Carl Emil Paul Lincke (7 November 1866 – 3 September 1946) was a German composer and theater conductor. He is considered the ""father"" of the Berlin operetta and holds the same significance for Berlin as does Johann Strauss for Vienna and Jacques Offenbach for Paris. His well-known compositions include """" (""Berlin Air""), the unofficial anthem of Berlin, from his operetta ""Frau Luna""; and ""The"
"One of the most famous German Romantic authors, E.T.A. Hoffmann, was also a music theorist and a composer in his own right and in 1816 he produced an opera, ""Undine"", in Berlin. Another important early Romantic opera was ""Faust"" by Louis Spohr (also 1816). Both Hoffmann and Spohr took the basic form of the ""Singspiel"" as their starting point but began to group the individual numbers into extended scenes. They also employed ""reminiscence motifs"", recurring musical themes associated with characters or concepts in the opera, which would pave the way for Wagner's use of the leitmotif. The major breakthrough in"
"(1990), listed below. Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him ""one of the most talented theatre men of his era"". Schikaneder was born in Straubing in Bavaria to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph"
"Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) Engelbert Humperdinck (; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera ""Hansel and Gretel"". Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province in 1854. After receiving piano lessons, he produced his first composition at the age of seven. His first attempts at works for the stage were two singspiele written when he was 13. His parents disapproved of his plans for a career in music and encouraged him to study architecture. Nevertheless, he began taking music classes under Ferdinand Hiller and Isidor Seiss at the Cologne Conservatory in"
"Undine (Lortzing) Undine is an opera in four acts by Albert Lortzing. The German libretto was by the composer after Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's story of the same name. There had been a revival of interest in Fouqué following the writer's death in 1843 to which Lortzing responded. Unlike Lortzing's earlier comedies, this work is a serious one, described as a ""romantische Zauberoper"" ('romantic magic opera'). A number of other operas and ballets have been based on Fouqué's version of the myth of the water spirit Ondine, including Tchaikovsky's ""Undina"", E T A Hoffmann's ""Undine"", Cesare Pugni's ""Ondine"" and"
"Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period. Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music and chamber music. His best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", the ""Italian Symphony"", the ""Scottish Symphony"", the overture ""The Hebrides"", his mature Violin Concerto, and his String Octet. His ""Songs Without Words"" are his most famous solo piano compositions. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism"
"Paul Lincke Carl Emil Paul Lincke (7 November 1866 – 3 September 1946) was a German composer and theater conductor. He is considered the ""father"" of the Berlin operetta and holds the same significance for Berlin as does Johann Strauss for Vienna and Jacques Offenbach for Paris. His well-known compositions include """" (""Berlin Air""), the unofficial anthem of Berlin, from his operetta ""Frau Luna""; and ""The Glow-Worm"", from his operetta ""Lysistrata"". Lincke was born on 7 November 1866 in the Jungfern Bridge district of Berlin. He was the son of magistrate August Lincke and his wife Emilie. His father played"
"Frederick Loewe Frederick Loewe (, originally German ""Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe"" ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988), was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including ""My Fair Lady"" and ""Camelot"", both of which were made into films. Loewe was born in Berlin, Germany, to Viennese parents Edmond and Rosa Loewe. His father was a noted Jewish operetta star who performed throughout Europe and in North and South America; he starred as Count Danilo in the 1906 Berlin production of ""The Merry Widow"". Loewe grew up in Berlin and attended"
"Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; – 6 November 1672) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He wrote what is traditionally considered to be the first German opera, ""Dafne"", performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints of some North American Lutheran churches on 28 July with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Schütz was born in Köstritz, the"
"Carlos"", and Shchelkalov in ""Boris Godunov"". In the United States, he created a sensation at the Metropolitan Opera in his debut title role as Wozzeck (sung in English), with Eleanor Steber singing Marie. Hermann Uhde Hermann Uhde (July 20, 1914 – October 10, 1965) was a German Wagnerian bass-baritone. He was born in Bremen and died on stage of a heart attack during a performance in Copenhagen. He studied in his hometown, where he gave his début in 1936. During the war, he sang in Munich and at the opera of The Hague (then occupied by German troops). He sang"
"Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars dedicated to him in 1995. He was buried in the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. Frederick Loewe Frederick Loewe (, originally German ""Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe"" ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988), was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including ""My Fair Lady"" and ""Camelot"", both of which were made into films. Loewe was born in Berlin, Germany, to Viennese parents Edmond and Rosa Loewe. His father was a noted Jewish operetta star who performed throughout Europe and"
"on 29 April 1972 at the age of 82. His ""Soldaten"" was performed in Nantes in 2001. Works cited Manfred Gurlitt Manfred Gurlitt (6 September 1890 – 29 April 1972) was a German opera composer and conductor. He studied composition with Engelbert Humperdinck and conducting with Karl Muck. He spent most of his career in Japan. Manfred Ludwig Hugo Andreas Gurlitt was born in Berlin on 6 September 1890 to the art dealer Fritz Gurlitt (1854-1893) and Annarella Gurlitt (1856-1935). The Gurlitt family included many who distinguished themselves in the arts. Manfred was the cousin of musicologist Wilibald Gurlitt (1889-1963)"
"Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him ""one of the most talented theatre men of his era"". Schikaneder was born in Straubing in Bavaria to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph (died at age"
"Holl. Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a German actor, popular in 1920s film in Hollywood. He was the first Oscar recipient, honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 1929 ceremony. To date, he is still the only German to have won the Best Actor Oscar. Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F. W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, including 1930's ""The Blue Angel"", with Marlene Dietrich. ""Der blaue Engel"" was meant as a vehicle for Jannings to score a place for himself in"
"Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a German actor, popular in 1920s film in Hollywood. He was the first Oscar recipient, honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 1929 ceremony. To date, he is still the only German to have won the Best Actor Oscar. Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F. W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, including 1930's ""The Blue Angel"", with Marlene Dietrich. ""Der blaue Engel"" was meant as a vehicle for Jannings to score a place for himself in the"
"general in """" (1991). Hues is one of the few foreign actors who has lost his accent to the extent that many people in his own country are unaware he is from Germany. Matthias Hues Matthias Hues (born 14 February 1959) is a German-born, naturalized American actor and martial artist. He was born in Waltrop, Germany, to Dr. Josef Hues and Maria Humperdinck Hues who still resides in Germany. Maria is the niece of Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the opera ""Hansel and Gretel"". After graduating from school, Hues moved to Paris to enter hotel management. Once there he joined a"
"Albert Lortzing Gustav Albert Lortzing (23 October 1801 – 21 January 1851) was a German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German ""Spieloper"", a form similar to the French ""opéra comique"", which grew out of the ""Singspiel"". Lortzing was born in Berlin to Johann Gottlieb and Charlotte Sophie Lortzing. They had abandoned their leather shop and travelled through Germany as itinerant actors, founding the Berlin theatre company ""Urania"", and turning their amateur passion into a profession. The young Lortzing's first stage appearance was at the age of 12, entertaining the audience with"
"""Requiem for a Young Poet"", the text is used to progress the piece by overlapping texts from various sources. He created his own musical stance using the metaphor ""the spherical form of time"". Bernd Alois Zimmermann Bernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918, Bliesheim, Rhine Province – 10 August 1970, Königsdorf (Frechen); full name ""Bernhard Alois Zimmermann"") was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera ""Die Soldaten"", which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. As a result of his individual style, it is hard to"
"Hans Werner Henze's ""Undine"". The opera was first performed at the Nationaltheater in Magdeburg, on 21 April 1845 The knight Hugo von Ringstetten, having won a tournament, has been given a quest by Bertalda, the daughter of the Duke. She wants him to explore the enchanted forest. Hugo and his squire Veit have been forced by bad weather and floods to take refuge in a fishing village, and have been living there for some months. Hugo has fallen in love with the beautiful Undine, the foster daughter of the fisherman Tobias and his wife Marthe, and plans to marry her."
"Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 1786 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber's operas ""Der Freischütz"", ""Euryanthe"" and ""Oberon"" greatly influenced the development of the ""Romantische Oper"" (Romantic opera) in Germany. ""Der Freischütz"" came to be regarded as the first German ""nationalist"" opera, ""Euryanthe"" developed the ""Leitmotif"" technique to an unprecedented degree, while ""Oberon"" may have influenced Mendelssohn's music for ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" and, at the same time, revealed Weber's lifelong interest"
"Gustav Hinrichs Gustav Ludwig Wilhelm Hinrichs (later Anglicized to Hinricks) (10 December 1850 - 26 March 1942) was a German-born American conductor and composer. He immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty, conducting opera in San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia where he founded his own opera company. His compositions include an opera and an accompanying score to the 1925 silent film ""The Phantom of the Opera"". Gustav Hinrichs was born in Grabow near Ludwigslust, Germany to August Hinrichs and Sophie ""née"" Havekoss. He studied music, first with his father, and later with Marxsen in Hamburg. At"
"""Le nozze di Figaro"", the title role in Pyotr Tchaikovsky ""Eugene Onegin"", Rodrigo in Giuseppe Verdi's ""Don Carlos"", Iago in Verdi's ""Otello"", Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's ""Tosca"", Sixtus Beckmesser in Richard Wagner's ""Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"", the title role in the ""Boris Godunov"" and the Jochanaan in Richard Strauss's ""Salome"". Hans Herbert Fiedler Hans Herbert Fiedler (November 10, 1907 in Triest – February 14, 2004 in Munich) was a German operatic bass and actor. He is best known today for portraying the role of Moses in the original 1954 production of Arnold Schoenberg's ""Moses und Aron"". Fiedler studied Germanistics (German"
"include Arthur Russell, Robert Bonfiglio, Michael Daugherty, Aaron Jay Kernis, Peter Lieberson, Tobias Picker, Kenneth Lampl and James Romig. Charles Wuorinen Charles Peter Wuorinen (, born June 9, 1938) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. His catalog of more than 270 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, and chamber music, as well as solo instrumental and vocal works. Salman Rushdie and Annie Proulx have collaborated with him. Wuorinen's work has been described as serialist, but he has come to disparage that term as meaningless. Wuorinen was born on the Upper West"
"and the town where he grew up, by a memorial plaque and both Köslin and Stettin had streets bearing his surname. As composer, he achieved great success with his oratorio ""Winfried"" (1888), ""Otto der Grosse,"" (1890) ""Krösus,"" (1890) ""Die Jungfrau von Orleans,"" (1893) ""Golgatha,"" (1903) ""Das Licht"" (1907), and the opera ""Harald und Theano"" (Hanover, 1893). Karl Adolf Lorenz Karl Adolf Lorenz (13 August 1837 – 3 March 1923) was a German conductor, composer, and music pedagogue. Born in Köslin, his family moved to Stettin where he attended the Marienstiftsgymnasium (a school) for 16 years. During those 16 years, Lorenz"
"Charles Wuorinen Charles Peter Wuorinen (, born June 9, 1938) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. His catalog of more than 270 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, and chamber music, as well as solo instrumental and vocal works. Salman Rushdie and Annie Proulx have collaborated with him. Wuorinen's work has been described as serialist, but he has come to disparage that term as meaningless. Wuorinen was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. His father, John H. Wuorinen, was chairman of the history department at"
"Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having ""the Lubitsch touch"". Among his best known works are ""Trouble in Paradise"", ""Ninotchka"", ""The Shop Around the Corner"" and ""To Be or Not to Be"". In 1946, he received an Honorary Academy Award for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture. Ernst Lubitsch was born on January 29, 1892 in"
"inspired by African music. He also directed the first staged performance of ""Orfeo"" in the United States, on May 11, 1929. He was married to Margaret Fatman, a member of the Lehman family and granddaughter of Meyer Lehman, co-founder of Lehman Brothers; they had two children: Peter Josten and Eileen Josten Lowe. Werner Josten Werner Erich Josten (June 12, 1885 in Elberfeld, Germany – February 6, 1963 in New York City) was a German-born composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Munich with Rudolf Siegel and in Geneva with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and emigrated to the United States in 1920"
"Klaus Badelt Klaus Badelt (born 12 June 1967) is a German film composer, known for his collaborations with Hans Zimmer, helping to write scores for dozens of critically acclaimed films including ""The Thin Red Line"", ""The Prince of Egypt"", ""Gladiator"", and """". Independently, he is known for his work on Hollywood blockbuster films such as ""Equilibrium, , Basic,"" and ""TMNT,"" and for his work in French cinema. Badelt was born in Frankfurt, West Germany. He started his musical career composing for movies and commercials in his homeland. In 1998, Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer invited Badelt to work at Media"