| 1801 |
23 October:
Albert Lortzing born in Berlin. |
| 1812 |
Johann Gottlieb
Lortzing, father of Albert, gave up his tannery and made his debut as an
actor in Breslau. |
| 1813 |
Albert and
his parents in Bamberg. |
| 1814 |
Albert and
his parents in Strasbourg. |
| 1817 |
Travels
with Josef Derossi, who directed the ABC-Theater in Aachen, Bonn, Cologne,
Düsseldorf and Elberfeld. |
| 1819 |
First
appearance of Albert Lortzing on the stage as "Jugendlicher Liebhaber"
in comic plays and as Tenor and Baritone in opera's. |
| 1824 |
30
January: Marriage Albert Lortzing with Rosina Regina Ahles (b 10-12-1800,
d. 14-06-1854) |
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Singspiel:
"Ali Pascha von Janina". |
| 1825 |
Albert,
Rosina and his parents appear together on stage in the first performance
of the translation by Schlegel of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. |
| 1826 |
Albert
and his wife were engaged for the Detmold Hoftheater, which also played
in Münster, Osnabrück and Bad Pyrmont (in summer). |
| 1828 |
15
November: First performance of "Die Himmelfahrt Jesu Christi". |
| 1830 |
19
December: First performance of "Die Jagd", after J.A. Hiller in Detmold. |
| 1832 |
Performance
of four Singspiels, written and assembled from other composer's music by
Lortzing: "Der Pole und sein Kind" (f.p. 11-10-182, Osnabrück), Der
Weihnachtsabend, with three of Lortzing's children in the cast (f.p. 21-12-1832
in Münster), "Szenen aus Mozarts Leben" (with only music by Mozart)
and "Andreas Hofer". |
| 1833 |
Lortzing
and his wife with Friedrich Ringelhardt in Leipzig. Lortzing played the
leading role in "Der Schachmaschine", with R. Wagner's sister Rosalie. |
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Lortzing
became a member of the "Tunnel Society", a lower-middle-class society,
where he met Heinrich Laube and Karl Herloßsohn. His arrangement
from Mozart's "Zauberflöte-overture" was written for his friends of
the "Tunnel". |
| 1834 |
Lortzing
became a member of the lodge: "Balduin zur Linde", where he made friends
with Philipp Reger and with Philipp Düringer, who became his first
biographer. |
| 1837 |
20
February: First performance of "Die beiden Schützen" in Leipzig. The
success of this work made Lortzing famous as a composer. |
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22
December: First performance of "Zar und Zimmermann". |
| 1840 |
23
January: First performance of "Hans Sachs" in Leipzig |
| 1841 |
2
December: Johann Gottlieb, Lortzing's father, died. |
| 1844 |
Ringelhardt
retired from the Leipziger Stadttheater. The new director, Carl Christian
Schmidt appointed Lortzing to "Kapellmeister". He began his new career
as a conductor with a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni on 10 August. |
| 1845 |
21
April: first performance of "Undine" in Magdeburg, 25 April: first performance
in Hamburg, under Lortzing's direction. |
| 1846 |
Back
in Leipzig, Lortzing was dismissed from his post. Franz Pokorny invited
him to the "Theater an der Wien", where he became Kapellmeister, together
with Franz von Suppé. |
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8
December: Charlotte Sophie, Lortzing's mother, died. |
| 1848 |
Lortzing
wrote his Revolutionary opera, Regina. It was never produced in his lifetime,
due to the liberal subject. |
| 1850 |
April:
Kapellmeister at the Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelmstadt Theater. However, this
engagement would terminate on 1 February 1851. |
| 1851 |
20
January: "Die Opernprobe", Lortzings last opera, performed in Frankfurt
am Main. Lortzing lay ill in bed, unable to pay his doctor's fees. |
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21
January: Lortzing died in Berlin. |
