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Angelo Neumann
Josef Angelo Neumann (18 August 1838 – 20 December 1910) was a German operatic baritone and theater director. First a baritone at major opera houses in Europe, including the Vienna Imperial Opera, he was the managing director of the Leipzig Opera and the Estates Theatre in Prague. He is known as an early promoter of the stage works by Richard Wagner, namely the ''Ring'' cycle, which he presented with the sets and costumes of the world premiere at the Bayreuth Festival, first in Leipzig and then on a European tour. Life Neumann was born in Stampfen. He developed his interest in singing at an early age and received training as an opera singer. After engagements as a baritone in Berlin, Cologne, Krakow, Ödenburg, Bratislava and Gdansk, he came to the Vienna Imperial Opera in 1862, where he remained active until 1876. During these years he made his first acquaintance with Richard Wagner and his work. With his first wife Pauline Aurelie, ''née'' von Mihalovits, he had a son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stupava, Malacky District
Stupava (german: Stampfen; hu, Stomfa) is a town in western Slovakia. It is situated in the Malacky District, Bratislava Region. Etymology The name is derived from Proto-Slavic ''stǫpa'' ( sk, stupa) - a wooden bowl carved from a tree trunk, but also the name of various crushing and pressing tools. Geography The town is located in the Záhorie lowland, under the Little Carpathians, around north of Bratislava at an altitude of 182 metres. It has 15, 095 inhabitants as of 2021 and has a land area of . Apart from the core part of the city, Mást (german: Maaßt, hu, Mászt), located just south of the core part of the city, is another part of Stupava. It has been initially a separate village with Croats in Slovakia, ethnic Croatian majority, which was formally annexed by Stupava in 1953. History However, traces of habitation go back to the Bronze Age, and the first known inhabitants were the Celts. The Romans built a military station as a part of the near Limes Romanus on the Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |