Robert Reinagl Dies at Age 57

The Burgtheater actor Robert Reinagl, also known from TV series like "Vienna Blood" and "SOKO Donau", has passed away. This was announced by the Burgtheater. According to the announcement, Reinagl died on October 30 surrounded by his family at the age of 57 after a long illness. He was also active as a Viennese song singer and speaker.

"Robert Reinagl will be remembered by all of us for his humor, his incorruptibility, his attention to detail and language, his way of naming things, and his unwavering strength in recent months, his composure, and his deep friendship," the statement said. "He was a pillar one could rely on; a person who worked with passion and heart and became a true friend to many of us," said Burgtheater director Stefan Bachmann.

"Robert was part of this house for 25 years and over 20 years in the works council, always loyal, fair, and with a wonderful humor that made even difficult situations easier," praised Dietmar König, chairman of the Artistic Works Council, the deceased.

Dozens of Productions with Reinagl

Reinagl was born in Vienna in 1968. He had been a member of the Burg ensemble since 2000 and appeared in nearly 50 productions. In addition, he participated in numerous festival productions, such as at the Reichenau Festival, the "steirischer herbst", and the Salzburg Festival. As a singer, he was mainly active in Viennese music, for example with Andy Radovan, the New Viennese Concertschrammeln, Tommy Hojsa, and with his own trio "Geschwister Mondschein".

Reinagl also worked regularly as a speaker for radio, television, and audiobooks and frequently gave readings. In recent years, he was increasingly seen in film and television - in various genres such as Christian Broda in "Murer - Anatomy of a Trial", in "Tatort", in the comedy "Hals über Kopf", and in "Klammer - Chasing the Line". He was also a lecturer for speech design at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.

Reinagl began at the "Vienna Ensemble" under Karl Welunschek. In 1989, he played Anton in Nestroy's "Liebesg'schichten und Heiratssachen" at George Tabori's theater "Der Kreis". Many other productions with Welunschek followed. Furthermore, he worked at the Landhaus Theater Klagenfurt, he was Max in the premiere of Zdenka Becker's "Safari" at the St. Pölten stage im Hof (1996), in Graz he played Glatzen-Per in "Ronja Räubertochter" by Astrid Lindgren (1997). Until 1999, he had an engagement with the Vereinigte Bühnen Graz. In 1998, he ventured into musicals as the Oracle in "Aladdin" at the Graz Opera. Additionally, during this time, he created his first Viennese song evenings.

"The Natives of Maria Blut" and "Liliom" last productions

Reinagl debuted at the Burgtheater as Helenus in William Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" (2000). He worked with numerous directors, including participating in Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac", Georg Büchner's "Leonce and Lena", Johann Nestroy's "Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder" and Gert Jonke's "Chorphantasie", a co-production with "Graz 2003 - European Capital of Culture". In 2010, he appeared as the confessor in Ödön von Horváth's "Tales from the Vienna Woods".

Furthermore, over the past 15 years, he worked with Lucia Bihler, Barbara Frey, Katie Mitchell, Claus Peymann, Peter Stein, and repeatedly with Martina Gredler. His last productions were the premiere of "The Natives of Maria Blut" by Maria Lazar directed by Lucia Bihler and "Liliom" by Ferenc Molnár directed by Philipp Stölzl.

Ö1 will broadcast in memoriam on November 2nd in the series "Menschenbilder" a detailed portrait of Reinagl. In the broadcast originally planned for November 9th, which was recorded just a few weeks ago, the actor talks "about his illness and impending death, but also about a fulfilling professional life and a successful partnership with singer Monika Schwabegger, who also speaks in the broadcast," as the radio station announced on Thursday.

(APA/Red)

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