Dorothea Wendling

(Maria) Dorothea Wendling, née Spurni (21 March 1736 – 20 August 1811) was a German soprano. Born in Stuttgart, she is remembered for being the singer for whom Mozart wrote the role of Ilia in Idomeneo, re di Creta.[1] In Mannheim, she also created the roles of Giunia in Niccolò Jommelli's and Mattia Verazi's Caio Fabrizio (1760), the title roles in Tommaso Traetta's Sofonisba (1762) and Gian Francesco de Majo's Ifigenia in Tauride (1764), both on librettos by Verazi, as well as Cleofide in de Majo's Alessandro (1766, on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio), Emirena in Ignaz Holzbauer's Adriano en Siria (1768, Metastasio), Marzia in Niccolò Piccinni's Catone in Utica (1770, Metastasio), Aspasia in Johann Christian Bach's Temistocle (1772, Metastasio), Giunia in his Lucio Silla (1775, libretto by Giovanni de Gamerra) and the title role in Holzbauer's La morte di Didone (1779, Metastasio).[2]

In 1752 she married flautist and composer Johann Baptist Wendling.[3] They had a daughter, Elisabeth Augusta (1752–1794). Her sister-in-law was Elisabeth Wendling (1746–1786). Dorothea Wendling died in Munich.

References

  1. ^ Abert, Hermann. "Hofdienst in Salzburg". W. A. Mozart (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. p. 765 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Schneider, Magnus Tessing, "Dorothea Wendling's Dramatic Profile and Mozart's Ilia" in Mozart in Salzburg and Beyond: New Perspectives (conference papers), edited by Simon P. Keefe (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Steglein Publishing, 2024), pp. 193–214. ISBN 9798989429912
  3. ^ Karl-Josef Kutsch; Leo Riemens (2003). "Wendling, Elisabeth". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). Vol. 4 (4th ed.). Munich: K. G. Saur. col. 5012.


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