Dorothea Wendling [SEP] voice type
Dorothea Wendling
(Maria) Dorothea Wendling, née Spurni (21 March 1736 – 20 August 1811) was a German soprano. Born in Stuttgart, she is remembered for being the singer for whom Mozart wrote the role of Ilia in "Idomeneo, re di Creta". She sang the role of Sabina in the 1768 premiere of Ignaz Hofbauer's opera "Adriano in Siria"().
In 1752 she married flautist and composer Johann Baptist Wendling. They had a daughter, (1752–1794). Her sister-
- Jean Wendling (born 1934), French footballer
- Johann Baptist Wendling (1723–1797), German flutist and composer, husband of Dorothea
- John Wendling (born 1983), American football player
- Karl Wendling (1875–1962), German violinist
- (1857–1918), German pianist
- Pete Wendling (1888–1974), American composer and pianist