Joseph Rothe (1759 – 18 March 1808) was an Austrian operatic

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singer.

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Born in

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, from 1785 to 1787 Rothe worked at the Viennese court theatres and from 1792 to 1803 he was the tenant of the theatre in

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. Afterwards he moved to the Theater an der Wien. There he sang the role of the jailer Rocco at the premiere of Beethoven's '' Fidelio'' on 20 November 1805, as well as at the two performances of the second version of the opera on 29 March and 10 April 1806. He lived last in Vienna, where he died on 18 March 1808 at the age of only 49 years.''Wiener Zeitung'', Nr. 24 dated 23 March 1808, p. 1427
/ref> Rothe was married to the singer Clara Rothe (1763-1826), who belonged to the ensemble of the court theatres from 1785 to 1793, then worked in

as well as in the Theater an der Wien.

, ''Theatererinnerungen eines alten Burgschauspielers'', edited by Richard Daunicht, Berlin 1958, * ''Katalog der Portrait-Sammlung der k. u. k. General-Intendanz der k. k. Hoftheater. Zugleich ein biographisches Hilfsbuch auf dem Gebiet von Theater und Musik. Zweite Abtheilung. Gruppe IV. Wiener Hoftheater'', Vienna 1892, * Alexander Wheelock Thayer, ''Ludwig van Beethovens Leben'', edited by Hermann Deiters, volume 2, 3rd edition, Leipzig 1922, * Willy Hess, ''Das Fidelio-Buch'', Winterthur 1986

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rothe, Joseph 19th-century Austrian male actors 18th-century Austrian male opera singers Operatic basses 1759 births 1808 deaths People from Děčín District German Bohemian people Austrian people of German Bohemian descent

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