Emanuel Schikaneder

Emanuel Schikaneder

male, deceased (1812)
Emanuel Schikaneder, born Johann Joseph Schikaneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, and singer. He is famous as the librettist of...
Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck

male, deceased (1921)
Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera, "Hänsel und Gretel" (1893). Humperdinck was born at Siegburg, in the Rhine p...
Albert Lortzing

Albert Lortzing

male, deceased (1851)
Gustav Albert Lortzing was a German composer. Born in Berlin to parents who both were actors, at the age of 19 Lortzing began to play the role of...
Johann Adam Hiller

Johann Adam Hiller

male, deceased (1804)
Johann Adam Hiller was a German composer and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of...
Heinrich Marschner

Heinrich Marschner

male, deceased (1861)
Heinrich Marschner (Zittau, 16 August, 1795-Hannover, 16 December, 1861), was a German composer of 23 operas and singspiels who was a rival of Carl...
Georg Benda

Georg Benda

male, deceased (1795)
Georg Anton [Jiří Antonín] Benda was a Bohemian-German kapellmeister and composer. Born in Staré Benátky, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Benda was 19 wh...

Franz Xaver Süssmayr

male, deceased (1803)
Franz Xaver Süßmayr (English: "Franz Xaver Suessmayr"; b. 1766 in Schwanenstadt, d. September 17 1803 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer. He was bo...
Conradin Kreutzer

Conradin Kreutzer

male, deceased (1849)
Conradin Kreutzer or Kreuzer (Messkirch in Baden, November 22, 1780- Riga, December 14, 1849, Riga) was a German composer and conductor. His works...
Christian Gottlob Neefe

Christian Gottlob Neefe

male, deceased (1798)
Christian Gottlob Neefe (5 February 1748 - 28 January, 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. Neefe was born in Chemnitz, Saxony....
Franz Xaver Gerl

Franz Xaver Gerl

male, deceased (1827)
Franz Xaver Gerl (1764-1827) was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera...