Henriette Sontag

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Henriette Sontag (1806 - 1854) was a German operatic soprano, born at Coblenz.

Sontag made her début at an age of 15. She had a brilliant career twice over. She was the soprano soloist in the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

In 1824 she sang at Leipzig in Der Freischütz and Wuryanthe, in the latter creating the title rôle. Her success was immediate, and in 1824 she went to the Königstädter Theater, Berlin. Two years later she sang the part of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Seviglia, in which her coloratura power gave her a distinct triumph over Catalani.

In 1827 she was engaged at the Paris Italian opera, and a year later married Count Rossi. She sang in all the musical centres of Europe, and in 1852 visited the United States where she performed in concert with Camilla Urso.

In 1854 she was engaged for the Italian opera in Mexico, but was stricken there with cholera and died, aged 48.

[edit] Publications

• W. Berger, Berühmte Frauen (Berlin, 1904)

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.