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Jenny Bürde-Ney (1826-1886) was a German operatic soprano. She performed many leading roles in prestigious opera houses, and later became a singing teacher.
Jenny Bürde-Ney (1826-1886) was a German operatic soprano. She performed many leading roles in prestigious opera houses, and later became a singing teacher.
Early life
The daughter of singer Katharina Ney-Segatta, Bürde-Ney was trained from an early age by her mother.Career
Operatic roles
In her first recorded major role in 1845 she sang the title role in Bellini's ''Norma'' in the city of Olomouc, now in the Czech Republic. Between 1847-1848 she was engaged in Prague, and between 1848-1850 in Lviv. After Lviv, she was invited to Vienna by the Wiener Hofoper, now the Vienna State Opera. During her time in Vienna she also made appearances abroad. She appeared as Leonora in the British premiere of Verdi's '' Il trovatore'' at Covent Garden, and also appeared at the same location with Karl Formes in ''Fidelio
''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with ...
'' in 1852.
After working in Vienna until 1853 (when her mother died) she moved to Dresden, where she developed into an artist of European reputation at the Dresden Königliches Opernhaus, which incidentally burned down shortly after her retirement. Her engagement in Dresden followed in the footsteps of the notable soprano Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, born Wilhelmine Schröder (6 December 180426 January 1860), was a German operatic soprano. As a singer, she combined a rare quality of tone with dramatic intensity of expression, which was as remarkable on the conce ...
.
Among her roles in Dresden were Pamina in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute
''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that inclu ...
''.
Teacher and church singer
Bürde-Ney retired from the opera stage in 1866, and became a singing teacher in Dresden. She also frequently sang at the Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony, now known simply asDresden Cathedral
Dresden Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dresden, previously the Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony, called in German Katholische Hofkirche and since 1980 also known as Kathedrale Sanctissimae Trinitatis, is the Catholi ...
.
Among her students were Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem
Anna Eufemia Carolina Gräfin von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem (1854–1941) was a German aristocratic novelist.
Early life
She was born in Ratibor, Upper Silesia, as the daughter of Count Alexander von Ballestrem (1806-1881) and his wife, Mathi ...
and .
Personal life
Bürde-Ney married the actor Emil Bürde in 1856. She died in 1886.References
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