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Adolph L'Arronge

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Adolph L'Arronge

Birth
Hamburg, Germany
Death
24 May 1908 (aged 70)
Kreuzlingen, Bezirk Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
Burial
Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany GPS-Latitude: 52.495144, Longitude: 13.3915718
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Adolph L’Arronge was a German stage writer, theater director, theater critic and conductor.
He studied music at the Leipzig Conservatory and worked as a theater band master u. a. in Cologne, Königsberg, Würzburg and Stuttgart. In 1866 he became director of the Kroll Opera in Berlin. At the same time, he created his first works as a stage writer. From 1869 to 1872 he was theater editor of the Berlin court newspaper. From 1874 to 1878 he led the Lobe Theater in Wroclaw. In 1881 he bought the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater in Berlin, which he ran as a German theater from 1883 after two years of renovation.
With the concept of mixing popular folk pieces with sophisticated classics, he led the theater to success and earned the reputation of being the most successful theater director and stage author of the Wilhelmine era. In 1894 he leased the house to Otto Brahm, in 1905 it was taken over by Max Reinhardt.
Adolph L’Arronge was a German stage writer, theater director, theater critic and conductor.
He studied music at the Leipzig Conservatory and worked as a theater band master u. a. in Cologne, Königsberg, Würzburg and Stuttgart. In 1866 he became director of the Kroll Opera in Berlin. At the same time, he created his first works as a stage writer. From 1869 to 1872 he was theater editor of the Berlin court newspaper. From 1874 to 1878 he led the Lobe Theater in Wroclaw. In 1881 he bought the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater in Berlin, which he ran as a German theater from 1883 after two years of renovation.
With the concept of mixing popular folk pieces with sophisticated classics, he led the theater to success and earned the reputation of being the most successful theater director and stage author of the Wilhelmine era. In 1894 he leased the house to Otto Brahm, in 1905 it was taken over by Max Reinhardt.


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