Josef or Joseph Derossi or de Rossi (6 August 1768 – 18 December 1841) was an Austrian actor. He is notable as the first manager of the
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
The is a theatre building and company in Düsseldorf. The present building with two major auditoria was designed by the architect and built between 1965 and 1969. It opened in 1970.
History
The theatre dates back to 1747 when during the ...
in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
from 1818 onwards.
Life
He began his career in 1786 playing lover roles and
stock character
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roles.
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18th-century Austrian male actors
Male actors from the Austrian Empire
1768 births
1841 deaths
19th-century theatre managers