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Opernplatz 1
(Opernhaus)

Dichter und Komponisten

Poets and Composers

Various sculptors
1850-52

Description

On the altan of the Opera House are twelve sandstone statues of poets and composers.

TERENZ.

Publius Terentius Afer (195/185-159 BC), better known in English as Terence, playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent (Wikipedia).

Sculpted by Heinrich Hesemann

MOLIERE.

Molière stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Paris 1622 - id. 1673), French playwright and actor (Wikipedia).

CALDERON.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (Madrid 1600 - Madrid 1681), Spanish dramatist, poet and writer (Wikipedia).

WEBER.

Carl Maria von Weber (Eutin 1786 - London 1826), German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic (Wikipedia).

Sculpted by Georg Hurtzig

BEETHOVEN.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonn 1770 - Wien 1827
German composer and pianist (Wikipedia).

MOZART.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg 1756-Wien 1791), prolific and influential composer of the Classical era (Wikipedia).

GOETHE.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Frankfurt am Main 1749-Weimar 1832), German writer and polymath; considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture (Wikipedia)

SCHILLER.

Friedrich von Schiller (Marbach am Neckar 1759 - Weimar 1805), German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright (Wikipedia)

Sculpted by Carl Dopmeyer

LESSING.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Kamenz 1729 - Braunschweig 1781), German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic (Wikipedia)

Sculpted by August Hengst

SHAKESPEARE.

William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon 1564 - id. 1616), English poet and playwright (Wikipedia).

Sculpted by Ernst von Bandel

GOLDONI.

Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (Venezia 1707 - Paris 1793), Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice (Wikipedia).

Sculpted by Ernst von Bandel

SOPHOKLES.

Sophocles (c. 497/6 BC - winter 406/5 BC) one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived (Wikipedia).

Sculpted by Heinrich Hesemann

Sculptors

Joseph Ernst von Bandel (Ansbach 1800 - Neudegg bei Donauwörth 1876 ), German architect, sculptor and painter (See his bust and statue).
Carl Dopmeyer (Springe 1824 - Hannover 1899), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
August Hengst (Hannover 1796 - Hannover 1868), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Christian Heinrich Hesemann (Hannover 1814 - Hannover 1856), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Georg Hurtzig (Hannover 1812 - Hannover 1865), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 52°22'23" - E 9°44'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens157; Photograph: 3 April 2014
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