Sabine Heinefetter, marital name ''Sabine Marquet'' (19 August 1809, in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

– 18 November 1872, in

Achern Achern (; gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Achre) is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 18 km southwest of Baden-Baden and 19 km northeast of Offenburg. Achern is the fourth largest town in the distric ...

) was a German operatic soprano.

Life

After a stage training she sang for the first time 1824/25 in front of an audience in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. In 1826 she sang Pamina in ''

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 ...

'' at the

Staatstheater Mainz The Staatstheater Mainz (Mainz State Theatre) is a theatre in Mainz, Germany, which is owned and operated by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Situated on the Gutenbergplatz, the complex comprises two theatres which are connected by an undergrou ...

. She moved to

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

where she was further taught by

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...

. In Paris she sang alongside

Maria Malibran Maria Felicia Malibran (24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality ...

and

Franziska Sontag Franziska Sontag (née Martloff or Markloff) (2 January 1787/89 – 10 April 1865) was a German operatic soprano and stage actress. Life Martloff was born in Heddernheim on 2 January 1787 or 1789. She was the daughter of an electoral official ...

in the

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...

. In 1829 she returned to Germany. On guest tours she appeared successfully at the

Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August S ...

, 1832 at

La Scala La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...

and since 1833 at the

Königsstädtisches Theater Königsstädtisches Theater was the name of different theater buildings in Berlin in the 19th and 20th century. The first Königsstädtisches Theater was built by Carl Theodor Ottmer in , a former settlement neighboring Berlin that is today par ...

in Berlin. She belonged to the latter for two years. In 1835 Heinefetter was engaged for half a year at the

Morettisches Opernhaus The Morettische Opernhaus (also Moretti-Theater) was the most frequently performed opera house in Dresden from the end of the 18th century, in the era of Carl Maria von Weber and until the construction of the first Königliches Hoftheater Dr ...

. Since 1842 the soprano lived retired in

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...

, and married in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

in 1853. Heinefetter died at age 63 during a stay in the lunatic asylum. She had five sisters: * Eva Heinfetter (ca 1810–unknown), Opera singer * Fatime Heinefetter (unknown–after 1842), Opera singer * Kathinka Heinefetter (1819–1858), Opera singer * Klara Stöckl-Heinefetter (1816–1857), Opera singer * Nanette Heinefetter (life data unknown), Opera singer as well as a brother,

Johann Baptist Heinefetter Johann Baptist Heinefetter (2 April 1815 – 4 November 1902) was a German Romantic painter. Life Heinefetters was born as the child of Jewish parents in Mainz. From the union of his father Christian Heinefetter (born 1772) and his mother Chris ...

(1815–1902), who became a painter.

Hommage

In April 2016, the square in front of the

was renamed "Geschwister-Heinefetter-Platz.

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Heinefetter Sabine
on Jewish Encyclopedia
Sabine Heinefetter
on Munich University
Heinefetter Sabine
on Operissimo {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinefetter, Sabine German operatic sopranos 1809 births 1872 deaths Musicians from Mainz 19th-century German women opera singers 19th-century German Jews Jewish opera singers

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