Joseph Giampietro
Joseph Giampietro, also known as Josef Giampietro, was an Austrian actor, operetta singer, and comedian.
Life
Giampietro studied at the Technical University in Vienna and attended the conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music located there. He began his career in Budapest in 1886, continued in Bolzano and Merano, moved on to Salzburg in 1887, and then to Karlovy Vary in 1888. He held a prominent position in Vienna's theater scene, especially performing operetta at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna and the Theater an der Wien. In 1899, he was engaged at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and subsequently moved to the Neues Theater. Beginning in 1892, he was married to Ella Funk.In 1901, he performed the song "Und Meyer sieht mich freundlich an" at the Berlin cabaret Die bösen Buben, which was praised by Kurt Tucholsky as the "classical Berlin couplet". At the Metropol-Theater, he was the star of the "humoristic-satirical" annual revues written by Julius Freund with music by Victor Hollaender and Paul Lincke.
Giampietro did not shy away from new technical media for reproduction. He recorded gramophone records with songs from the revues and also appeared in films. A notable example is an early "sound picture" by German sound film pioneer Oskar Messter, in which Giampietro performed with Fritzi Massary.
He was buried in an honorary grave at the Hietzing Cemetery.
Career
Recordings
The first records by Joseph Giampietro were released as early as 1899 in Vienna on Berliner Records. He later recorded for Beka, G&T, Odeon, Zonophone, and Gramophone. He also recorded Edison cylinders in Berlin in 1906.Selected stage roles
- Hofmarschall Kalb
- Philipp Moser
- Gelbhofbauer
- Leonhard
- First Cuirassier
Revues at the Metropol-Theater, Berlin
- 1905: Die Herren vom Maxim
- 1906: Der Teufel lacht dazu
- 1908: Donnerwetter-tadellos!
- 1909: Hallo! – Die große Revue
- 1910: Hurra, wir leben noch!
- 1911: Die Nacht von Berlin
- 1912: Die Reise um die Erde in 40 Tagen