Kupelwieser
Kupelwieser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Joseph Kupelwieser (1791–1866), Austrian playwright, librettist, dramaturge, and theatre director *Leopold Kupelwieser Leopold Kupelwieser (17 October 1796, Markt Piesting – 17 November 1862, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, often associated with the Nazarene movement. Life He was the son of Johann Baptist Georg Kilian Kupelwieser (1760–1813), co-owner of a ...

Joseph Kupelwieser
Joseph Kupelwieser (14 January 1791 – 2 February 1866) was an Austrian playwright, librettist, dramaturge and theatre director. Working at Vienna theatres for decades, he wrote the libretto for Franz Schubert's opera ''Fierrabras''. Biography Kupelwieser was born in Vienna, the son of Johann Kupelwieser (1760–1813), a tinware manufacturer with factories in Markt Piesting, Guntramsdorf and Vienna. From 1801 to 1802, Joseph attended the Akademisches Gymnasium and the Erziehungsinstitut (a boarding school) operated by Gaetano Giannatasio del Rio (1764–1828). He also studied briefly at the K.k. Akademie für Orientalische Sprachen, before becoming a soldier. He ran the factory of his father, which went bankrupt in 1822. In 1812, he married Anna Nödel, and they had at least five children. He was a member of the Unsinnsgesellschaft (''Nonsense Society'') from 1817, a group of painters, actors, writers and musicians (like Franz Schubert), who participated in revelries oste ...
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