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Herbert Waniek
Herbert Waniek (17 October 1897 – 11 May 1949) was a Vienna actor, stage actor, theatrical producer and impresario. After 1943, he also began to build a parallel reputation as an opera director. As a young man, he dabbled in journalism, as a commentator on developments in drama. Life Herbert Waniek was born in Vienna. His father, :de:Rudolf Waniek, Rudolf Waniek, was in business as a household goods supplier: Rudolf Waniek held an Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment, "Imperial Warrant" as a supplier to Franz Joseph I of Austria, The Court. The son undertook his military service in the context of the First World War; first at Innsbruck, then on the Italian Front (World War I), Italian front, before being transferred to a desk job at the Ministry for War in Vienna. By 1917, he was contributing to the expressionist journal "Ver!", and in 1918, he started to receive acting lessons from Ernst Arndt (actor), Ernst Arndt, a leading member of Vienna's Burgtheater, Court Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
