Name Dorothea Wendling | ||
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Died August 20, 1811, Munich, Germany | ||
(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. She sang the role of Sabina in the 1768 premiere of Ignaz Hofbauer's opera Adriano in Siria([[:es:Adriano en Siria (Holzbauer)|es).
In 1752 she married flautist and composer Johann Baptist Wendling. They had a daughter, Elisabeth Augusta (1752–1794). Her sister-in-law was Elisabeth Wendling (1746–1786). Elisabeth and Dorothea performed in the 1772 premiere of Johann Christian Bach's Temistocle. Dorothea Wendling died in Munich.
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