Background
Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand was born on his father's estate at Teutendorf, in Mecklenburg, on the 27th of April 1812.
Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand
Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand was born on his father's estate at Teutendorf, in Mecklenburg, on the 27th of April 1812.
Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand studied first with his parents, then went in 1827 to Paris, where he continued his studies.
The outbreak of the revolution in 1830 caused Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand's return home, where he busied himself writing chamber- music and operetta until he was able to return to Paris.
There he produced Pierre et Cathirine, Rob Roy, La Duchesse de Guise, but made his first real success with Le Naufrage de la Miduse at the Renaissance Theatre in 1838.
Greater, however, was the success which attended Stradella (1844) and Martha (1847), which made the tour of the world.
Of his concert-music only the Jubelouverture is now ever heard.
His strength lay in the facility of his melodies.
From 1856 to 1863 he was director (Intendant) of the Schwerin opera, but in the latter year he returned to Paris, where in 1869 he produced L' Ombre.