Joseph Rothe (1759 â€" 18 March 1808) was an Austrian operatic bass
singer.Born in Česká Kamenice, from 1785 to 1787 Rothe worked at the
Viennese court theatres and from 1792 to 1803 he was the tenant of the
theatre in Brno.Afterwards he moved to the Theater an der Wien. There
he sang the role of the jailer Rocco at the premiere of Beethoven's
Fidelio on 20 November 1805, as well as at the two performances of the
second version of the opera on 29 March and 10 April 1806.He lived
last in Vienna, where he died on 18 March 1808 at the age of only 49
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