Dorothea Wendling
German operatic soprano
Died when: 75 years 152 days (904 months)Star Sign: Aries
(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 Holzbauer's opera , based on Metastasio's libretto of that name.
In 1752 she married flautist and composer Johann Baptist Wendling.They had a daughter, (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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