Margarethe Carl was the stage name of Margarethe Bernbrunn (10 September 1788 – 16 July 1861), a German soprano and actress.

Life

Born Margarethe Lang in Munich, in the Electorate of Bavaria, she was the daughter of horn player Martin Lang (1755–1819) and actress and opera singer . She was trained as a soprano by Franz Danzi and was regarded as his best student. She made her debut in Munich in 1805 as Elvira in

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's opera ''

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''. She moved in 1807 to the

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. She met Carl Maria von Weber in 1809, who fell in love with her.Rupert Hughes: ''The Love Affairs of Great Musicians''. Band 1. Eveleigh Nash, London 1905, p 161. She later appeared in Munich where she became a singer of the court opera. In 1824, she married actor and theatre director Karl Andreas Bernbrunn, who appeared on stage as Carl Carl. She died in Bad Ischl aged 72.

Family

Her siblings were the violinist

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(1783-1839), the bassoonist

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(1791-1862) and (1791-1862). Her brother-in-law was the dancer and comedian .

Works

* ''Palmerin oder der Ritterschlag'' (Romantisches Schauspiel in 3 Akten, frei nach dem Französischen; 1825) * ''Das Irrenhaus zu Dijon, oder: Wahnsinn und Verbrechen'' (Schauspiel in 3 Akten, frei nach dem Französischen; 1831) * ''Die rächende Maske'' (Schauspiel in 4 Akten; 1832) * ''Der Bergkönig, oder: Hopsa, der Retter aus Zauberbanden'' (Zaubermärchen in 2 Akten mit Musik; 1832) * ''Das Spielhaus zu Langenschwalbach, oder: Der Demant-Ring'' (Romantisches Schauspiel in 4 Akten; 1836) * ''Der Reisewagen des Flüchtlings'' (Schauspiel in 4 Akten; 1837) * ''Das Abenteuer in Venedig, oder: Der Teutsche in Moskau'' (Romantisches Schauspiel in 4 Akten, frei nach dem Französischen; 1838) * ''Herr und Diener, oder: Das geheimnisvolle Haus'' (Schauspiel in 5 Akten, frei nach dem Französischen; 1839) * ''Die drei gefahrvollen Nächte, oder: Der Sklavenmarkt in Saint-Pierre'' (Schauspiel in 6 Abteilungen, frei nach dem Französischen; 1840) * ''Die Gabe, für sich einzunehmen, oder: Artour de Montpensier'' (Vaudeville in 3 Akten, frei nach dem Französischen; 1843)

Literature

* Elisabeth Friedrichs: ''Die deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Metzler. Ein Lexikon''. Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, , p 23. * Susanne Kord: ''Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen. Deutschsprachige Dramatikerinnen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert''. Metzler, Stuttgart 1992, , p 333f. * * W. Edgar Yates: ''Briefe des Theaterdirektors Carl Carl und seiner Frau Margarethe Carl an Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer'', 2004) * W. Edgar Yates: ''"Die talentvolle Gattin des Directors". Margarethe Carl zwischen Hugo und Vaudeville. Mit einem unveröffentlichten Brief Margaretha Carls''. In ''Nestroyana. Blätter der Internationalen Nestroy-Gesellschaft'' 28, 2008, 3/4, , .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carl, Margarethe 1788 births 1861 deaths Musicians from Munich People from the Electorate of Bavaria German operatic sopranos 19th-century German women opera singers