Johanna Hitzelberger

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Maria Johanna Hitzelberger , also Johanna Bamberger ( June 30, 1783 in Würzburg - October 15, 1849 in Frankfurt / Main ) was a German opera singer ( alto ).

Life

Hitzelberger, the daughter of the opera singer Sabine Hitzelberger (1755–1815) and the flautist Franz Ludwig Joseph Hitzelberger (before 1769 – after 1802) received singing lessons from her mother. In 1800 she went to the Munich court theater and was appointed chamber singer after a short time.

After her marriage to the violin virtuoso Joseph Christian Bamberger , she withdrew into private life.

Hitzelberger's siblings were Catharina Elisabeth Hitzelberger (1777–1795), Kunigunde Hitzelberger (1778–1795) and Regina Lang (1788–1827), their children Sabine Bamberger (1803 – after 1828) and Eva Bamberger (born 1811). All of them were also singers.

Her sister Regina's son, the actor Ferdinand Lang (1810-1882) was her nephew (married on October 19, 1810 with the violinist Theobald Lang (1783-1839)), her niece Josephine Caroline Lang (1815-1880) was a composer . Their son, in turn, the Protestant theologian, music writer and music philosopher Heinrich Adolf Köstlin (1846–1907), was her great-nephew.

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  1. Data according to BMLO, uncertain