Maria Anna/Anna Marie "Nanny" Adamberger (23 October 1752 – 5 November 1807), born Jaquet, was an

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n actress. She was played ''ingénue'' roles in comedies and originated the role of Madame Vogelsang in ''

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'' ("The Impresario") by

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Career

Adamberger received her training from her father, actor Karl J. Jacquet (1726–1813). She started playing in the ''Theater nächst der Burg'' ("Theatre Next to the Castle") in 1760, at the age of 8, and became a member of the company in 1768, aged 16. After playing some

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roles and not being satisfied with the success she achieved in them, she decided to only perform in

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She became known known as an excellent ''

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'' playing the roles of

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or lively and whimsical young women in comedies and achieved considerable success and fame. In 1786, she originated the spoken role of Madame Vogelsang in Woflgang Amadeus Mozart's ''

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'' ("The Impresario"), playing opposite of her husband as Monsieur Vogelsang. She retired in 1798, aged 46, her last role being that of Gurli in ''Indianer in England'' ("Indians in England"). Adamberger remained a favourite of audiences throughout her whole career, and contemporary Viennese poets such as

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wrote many poems praising her. She was one of the first actors whose picture was included in the ''Ehrengalerie'' ("Gallery of Honour") of the company, depicting her in her role as Rofine in
Der Jurist und der Bauer
' ("The Lawyer and the Peasant"). Ernst Brandes wrote about her that "it would not be possible" to play a mischievous peasant woman or a naughty city girl in a "truer and more endearing" way. He described her as charming with a "gracefully built" body and a pleasant face, her facial expressions as admirable. She also had a technique for delivering confessions that her character did not want to make: she bit down on the words in a very natural way. According to Mener, she belonged "only in '' Lustspiels''"'','' a specifically German and

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type of comedy as opposed to the French courtly comedies of

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and the coarser genres of ''

Posse mit Gesang ''Posse mit Gesang'' ("farce with singing", plural: Possen) is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'. It is also som ...

'' ("face with singing") and '' Schwank''. He also asserted that whoever saw her play in ''Lustspiels'' "forgot that there could be anything outside of the comedy" and that she could "entertain the mind, move the heart and delight the soul". He agreed that she was "unique, peculiar, inimitable and charming".

Personal life

Maria Anna or Anna Marie "Nanny" Jaquet was born on 23 October 1752 in

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as the daughter of

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actor Karl J. Jaquet (1726–1813). She had a younger sister,

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(1760–1786). From an early age, her father wanted her to become an actress and trainer her himself. She married the operatic

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(Josef) Valentin Adamberger "Valentino Adamonti" (1743–1804) in 1781 and had one daughter with him, actress Antonie "Toni" von Arnet (born Adamberger) (1790–1867), born on 31 December 1790. She was widowed in 1804 and died on 5 November 1807 in Vienna, aged 55.

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