Eduard Wlassack (1841-1904).

  • Profession: Intendant of the Imperial theaters in Vienna, lawyer, accountant
  • Residences:
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
  • Born: 09-11-1841 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 03-06-1904 Salzburg, Austria.
  • Buried: 00-00-0000

Eduard Wlassack (also Eduard Flassac) was a lawyer at the Vienna State Opera. He worked at the Regierungsrat and was from 1881 until 1893 manager and accountant at the Vienna Court Opera unter Leopold Friedrich von Hofmann. He had a lof of influence concerning promotions. He was a friend of Rosa Papier and was the main promotor of Gustav Mahler in Vienna. At its centenary in 1876 he wrote Die Chronik des Burgtheaters (Chronik des k. k. Hof-Burgtheaters. Wien 1876)

Medals:

  • Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse.
  • Kriegsmedaille (Österreich).
  • Großoffizier des Ordens der Krone von Rumänien.
  • Kommandeur des Ordens de Isabel la Católica mit dem Sterne.
  • Wasaordens.
  • Serbischer Takovo-Orden.
  • Persischer Sonnen- und Löwenorden.
  • Albrechts-Orden.
  • Ritterorden der hl. Mauritius und Lazarus.
  • Orden der Krone von Italien.
  • Kronenorden (Preußen).
  • Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden (Ritter).

Eduard Wlassack (1841-1904) Musik- end Theater Journal. 15-07-1892.

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