!!!Matras, Josef

b. Vienna, March 1, 1832, 
d. Vienna, Sept. 30, 1887, popular singer and actor. At first 
waiter who sometimes sang Viennese songs for his guests, M. became 
member of the Kwapil popular singer's society in 1852. Until 1855 at 
various travelling stages. Together with J.  Fuerst M. founded a 
popular singer's society in 1858. 1862 at the "Fuersttheater" in the 
Vienna Prater, then until 1879 at the "Carltheater" as comedian 
(mostly in Nestroy pieces) and in operetta parts where he formed a 
very successful trio of comedians together with K.  Blasel and W.  
Knaack. From 1882 to his death in a mental institution afflicted with 
an incurable mental illness.

!Literature
OeBL; ADB.



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