Julius Hopp

Julius Hopp (18 May 1819 – 28 August 1885) was an Austrian composer, conductor, arranger and translator.

Life and career

Born in Graz, Empire of Austria, the son of the actor and poet Friedrich Hopp, Lucius became known in the 1860s and 1870s through his adaptations of Jacques Offenbach's operettas, which were mainly performed in the Theater an der Wien, where Hopp was Kapellmeister. He composed parodies, antics and folk plays and appeared as a translator of French operas and operettas. In particular Hopp's sparkling adaptations of the operettas of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) ensured the success of these works on Viennese soil and brought riches to theatre entrepreneurs whereby Hopp, due to his modesty, but not entirely through his own fault,^[1] did not enjoy that shower of gold.^[2]

Of Hopp's own works - despite their richness of melody - Das Donauweibchen and Morilla were only moderate successes. "Margaret and Mitten," on the other hand, had countless performances.^[2]

As the last of his theatre performances Hopp worked at the Theater in der Josefstadt until 1880. After he had become hard of hearing and unable to work at that time, the days of naked misery came for him.^[1] Hopp died at age 66 on 28 August 1885 in the Niederösterreichische Landesirrenanstalt am Brünnlfeld [de] in Vienna Alsergrund; he was buried on 31 August 1885 at Wiener Zentralfriedhof.^[3] The costs of the corpse burial were covered by Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann [de] (1822-1885), General Director of the two Viennese court theatres.^[1]

Work

Premiere of the opera Morilla in Elbing, 1886

Oesterreichs Flüsse (libretto: Carl Paul), allegorical festival, UA 1854
Der Bräutigam in Hemdärmeln oder Vetter Fritz (libretto: Karl Julius), Posse mit Gesang, UA 1854
Eine Vorstadt-G'schicht' (libretto: O. F. Berg), Life picture with singing and dancing, UA 1858
Ein Wiener Kind (libretto: Therese Megerle), Folk play with singing, UA 1858
Bruder und Brüderln (libretto: Karl Stein), Character portrait with singing and dancing, UA 1858
Im Dorf (libretto: Therese Megerle), Rural character painting with song and dance, UA 1858
Ein gebrochenes Wort (Das Erbtheil der Waise) (libretto: Therese Megerle), play with singing and dancing, UA 1859
Zwei Mann von Heß^[4] (libretto: Anton Langer), Original life picture with singing, UA 1860
Anna die schöne Kellnerin (libretto: H. Riedl), Character portrait with singing and dancing, UA 1860
Fesche Geister von anno dazumal (Das Kind des Regiments) (libretto: O. F. Berg), popular work with singing, UA 1862
Margrethl/Margarethl und Fäustling^[5] ... (own libretto), parodistic burlesque with music and dance, UA 1862
Ein Deutschmeister (libretto: Karl Swiedack), operetta, UA 1863
Auroras Geheimniß (libretto: Julius Megerle), Character painting with singing, dancing and ghostly apparitions, UA 1863
Eine leichte Person (libretto: O. F. Berg), Posse, UA 1863
Er nimmt auf seine Frau Geld auf (Libretto: Franz Biringer), Singspiel mit Tanz, UA 1864
Herr Arthur Gareißl (libretto von A. Bahn), Posse mit Gesang, UA 1864
Der halbe Mensch (libretto: O. F. Berg), Image of the people's life, UA 1864
Der Postillion von Langenlois libretto: Julius Bittner), burlesque Posse mit Gesang, UA 1864
Ein Wiener Findelkind^[6] (libretto: Therese Megerle), pictures from popular life mit Gesang, UA 1864
Die fesche Godel (libretto: Ferdinand Heim), sketches from the folk life with singing, UA 1865
Das Donauweibchen und der Ritter vom Kahlenberg (libretto: J. Hopp and Paul Krone), romantic-comic operetta, 1866
Auf einem Vulkan (libretto: Alois Berla), Charakterbild mit Gesang, UA 1867
Der Freischütz (own libretto), Posse mit Gesang und Tanz, UA 1867
Morilla (own libretto), Operetta, UA 1868
Gräfin Pepi oder: Zwei bekannte Persönlichkeiten (libretto after Gräfin Guste by David Kalisch), Posse in one act, UA 1871
Hamlet (own libretto), comic-parodic operetta, UA 1874

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Theatre and Art News. Julius Hopp †. In: Die Presse (1848–1896), Nr. 237/1885 (XXXVIIIth year), 29 August 1885, p. 11 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/apr.
^ ^a ^b Theater- und Kunstnachrichten. Julius Hopp †. In: Die Presse (1848–1896), 29 August 1885, p. 10 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/apr.
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^ Zwei Mann von Hess : Walzer für das Pianoforte nach Motiven aus dem gleichnamigen Lebensbilde von Anton Langer on WorldCat
^ Residenz-Theater ... Fäustling und Margareth'l : Parodie-Burleske in 5 Bildern von Justus Sixtus ; Musik von Julius Hopp on WorldCat
^ Die fesche Godl: Skizzen aus dem Wiener Volksleben mit Gesang in drei Abtheilungen und sechs Bildern on WorldCat

External links

Medien von und über Julius Hopp in the German National Library catalogue
Works by and about Julius Hopp in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)

[apr|29|08|1885|11-1] Theatre and Art News. Julius Hopp †. In: Die Presse (1848–1896), Nr. 237/1885 (XXXVIIIth year), 29 August 1885, p. 11 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/apr.

[apr|29|08|1885|10-2] Theater- und Kunstnachrichten. Julius Hopp †. In: Die Presse (1848–1896), 29 August 1885, p. 10 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/apr.

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[4] Zwei Mann von Hess : Walzer für das Pianoforte nach Motiven aus dem gleichnamigen Lebensbilde von Anton Langer on WorldCat

[5] Residenz-Theater ... Fäustling und Margareth'l : Parodie-Burleske in 5 Bildern von Justus Sixtus ; Musik von Julius Hopp on WorldCat

[6] Die fesche Godl: Skizzen aus dem Wiener Volksleben mit Gesang in drei Abtheilungen und sechs Bildern on WorldCat

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