Karl Streitmann (8 May 1853 â€" 29 October 1937) was an Austrian stage
actor and operatic tenor.Born in Wien, Streitmann is said to have
started studying medicine, but then devoted himself to acting after
receiving instruction from Joseph Lewinsky [de].His debut took place
in Bratislava (as Geßler, Gringoire and Hamlet), then in Berlin
(inaugural role Franz Moor, 16 August 1878), Bydgoszcz, Toruń and
Sigmaringen. Afterwards at the Carltheater in Vienna and in Prague at
the Landestheater, where he sang Jose in Carmen and Tamino in The
Magic Flute. In the world premiere of The Gypsy Baron he performed
Barinkay and also took part in other operetta performances. He
completed a tour of North America: from Southampton he embarked on a
ship to New York, where he made his debut as a gypsy baron on 22
September 1889. Stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore,
Washington etc. followed. He also learned English, so that he was able
to perform with the prima donna Lillian Russell in Madison Square
Garden on 26 October 1891.His further activities took place at the
Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater in Berlin from 1901 to 1902,
again at the Carltheater in Vienna from 1902 to 1905, and he made
frequent guest appearances at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in
Berlin, the Hoftheater in Stuttgart and in Amsterdam. In 1908 at the
Theater an der Wein, he created the role of Alexius in Der tapfere
Soldat (The Chocolate Soldier). Karl Streitmann Top Movies & Young Movies