Joseph Wilhelm Swoboda

Joseph Wilhelm Swoboda (1806–1882) was an operatic tenor, actor, and opera director from the Austrian Empire. He started his career as a stage actor in his native country during the 1820s. He began his opera career in 1836 in Neustrelitz, and after appearing at several German opera houses, became a leading and comprimario tenor at the Vienna Hofoper from 1849–1865. He then served as the director of that theatre from 1865–1875; after which he worked in the same capacity at the Deutsches Theater Budapest from 1875–1878.