Ludwig Kneiss (born

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, 11 November 1830 in – died

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, 25 April 1900) was a German bass,

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, and

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singer and stage actor.

Career

Kneiss played on several

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n stages from 1853 to 1863, in 1864 at the ''Munich Hoftheater'' (Munich court theatre), and for a short time in

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, before he got his actor's training at

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at the ''Münchner Aktientheater'' from 1865 to 1867. In the subsequent years, he was engaged by theatres in several German cities and in

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. In 1872, he went back to Munich, where he played at the Gärtnerplatztheater. One of his roles was "Grattabugia", the innkeeper in

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's operetta ''Die Fornarina''. Later he worked as secretary in the direction of the Gärtnerplatztheater and as librarian.Kneiss, Ludwig

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kneiss, Ludwig 1830 births 1900 deaths German operatic baritones German operatic basses German operatic tenors German male stage actors People from Südwestpfalz People from the Palatinate (region) 19th-century German male actors 19th-century German male opera singers