About Maria Anna Braunhofer
Lived 1748 – 1819 (aged 71). Maria Anna Braunhofer was an Austrian opera singer and composer.
Maria Anna Braunhofer (15 January 1748 – 20 June 1819) was an operatic soprano, who created several roles in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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 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 and was Giacinta in La finta semplice.
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Who was Maria Anna Braunhofer?
Austrian opera singer (1748-1819)
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Maria Anna Braunhofer was born on 15 January 1748.
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Maria Anna Braunhofer died on 20 June 1819.
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Maria Anna Braunhofer was an opera singer and composer.
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Maria Anna Braunhofer was Austrian.
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