Maria Anna Braunhofer Explained

Maria Anna Braunhofer (15 January 1748 – 20 June 1819) was an operatic soprano, who created several roles in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.^[1]

She was the daughter of F. J. Braunhofer, organist at Mondsee. She trained as a singer in Venice (1761–64) at the expense of Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach^[2] and was employed at the Salzburg court. She created the part of Die göttliche Gerechtigkeit (Divine Justice) in Mozart's Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots^[3] and was Giacinta in La finta semplice.

References

• Book: Halliwell, Ruth. [{{google books|TUMyCTKlAr0C|page=110|plainurl=yes}} The Mozart family: four lives in a social context]. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 1998. 0-19-816371-1. 73; 93; 110–113 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Maria Anna Mozart: Facetten einer Künstlerin. 137. 9783990125625. 2019. Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. Eva Neumayr.
2. http://letters.mozartways.com/eng/info.php?IDI=P4078 The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
3. Book: Tenschert, Roland. 1931. Mozart. Ein Künstlerleben in Bildern und Dokumenten. Leipzig, Amsterdam. 28. German. 2010-04-17 .