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Walzel, Camillo Pseudonym: F. Zell
© Copyright Camillo Walzel, photo, around 1880 Walzel, Camillo (pseudonym: F. Zell), b. Magdeburg (Germany), Feb. 11, 1829, d. Vienna, March 17, 1895. Feuilletonist and librettist; father of Oskar Walzel. Lived in Vienna from 1847; from 1871, together with R. Genée, developed the text form for the classic Viennese operetta; 1884-1889 artistic director of the Theater an der Wien. Works: Libretti for J. Strauß, the Younger: Cagliostro in Wien, 1875; Eine Nacht in Venedig, 1883. - For F. von Suppé: Fatinitza, 1876; Boccaccio, 1879. - For K. Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent, 1882; Gasparone, 1884. - Comedies.
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