Adam Milaszewski ( December 11, 1827 , Burshtyn - September 25, 1893 , Krakow ) - Polish theatrical figure, director, theater actor.
Adam Milashevsky | |
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polish Adam Miłaszewski | |
Date of Birth | December 11, 1827 |
Place of Birth | Burshtyn , the Austrian Empire (now Ivano-Frankivsk region , Ukraine ) |
Date of death | September 25, 1893 (65 years old) |
Place of death | Krakow , Austria-Hungary |
Citizenship | |
Profession | actor , director , theater director |
Biography
At first A. Milashevsky was engaged in commerce. In 1848 he went to Lviv , where he became secretary of the Galician politician , Prince Yablonovsky. In 1850 he made his debut as an actor in the city’s Old Theater (now the Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Maria Zankovetska ), and in subsequent years performed on stages in Lviv, cities of Galicia and Vienna .
In 1854 - actor and director of the Old Theater in Krakow . In the same year he made his debut on the stage of the Warsaw Government Theater. He participated in the performances of a mobile troupe in Poznan and the cities of Galicia.
From 1856 to 1860 he led the theater in Zhytomyr . Then he performed in Mogilev , Vitebsk and Minsk , and in 1862-1863, with his theatrical group in several cities of eastern Galicia. At this time, the members of his troupe were famous actors Vincent Rapatsky and Helena Modjeevskaya .
In 1863, A. Milaszewski became the director of the Old Theater in Krakow , in 1864 he headed the Skarbek Theater in Lviv . Thanks to him, the period of the Polish-language performance of the world operatic repertoire, which had previously been “written” in German, began [1] . In Lviv, A. Milashevsky put on stage more dramas and tragedies, engaged in improving the financial situation of the theater, introduced several operettas into the repertoire. Milashevsky was an energetic administrator , but was considered insufficiently educated and artistically cultivated, which led to an increase in tension within the team. In 1872, he was forced to leave the theater in Lviv.
After that, Milaszewski went to Warsaw , where he tried to open a private Polish theater. At the beginning of 1873 he went to St. Petersburg , but did not receive the consent of the Russian authorities to open the theater. Then he moved to Krakow.
In 1881, he again became director of the Skarbek Theater in Lviv, receiving a six-year contract. Despite the good repertoire and performances of stars of the stage, such as, Jan Krulikovsky , Vincent Rapatsky and even Sara Bernard , the interest of the Lviv public in his productions was low. Therefore, in the end, he left the Lviv Theater.
In 1886, Milaszewski settled in Krakow, worked as a bank clerk. For some time he was a deputy of the Kraków Town Magistrate. He died in Krakow. He was buried in the Rakovitsky cemetery .