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Henrietta "Jetty" Treffz (German:; née Chalupetzky; 1 July 1818, in Alsergrund – 8 April 1878, in Hietzing) was best known as the first wife of Johann Strauss II and a well-known mezzo-soprano appearing in England in 1849 to great acclaim.
Henrietta “Jetty”. Chalupetzky. Treffz. Recital Singer, Folk Figure. A well-known mezzo soprano of her day, she is better remembered as the first wife and operatic muse of Johann Strauss II. Drawn to music early, she studied in Vienna, taking her mother's maiden name for the stage.
May 22, 2018 · Here it is, finally: a full biography of Jetty Treffz (1818-1878), first wife of Johann Strauss and responsible for bringing the composer to the Theater an der Wien and to the world of operetta. The results? Everything from Fledermaus and Zigeunerbaron to Eine Nacht in Venedig and, ultimately, Wiener Blut. It’s surprising that no one has ...
Henrietta Treffz. Henrietta "Jetty" Treffz was best known as the first wife of Johann Strauss II and a well-known mezzo-soprano appearing in England in 1849 to great acclaim.
Henriette Treffz, Lithographie von August Prinzhofer, 1846. Jetty Treffz [ ˈjɛti ], verheiratet Henriette Strauß-Treffz (* 1. Juli 1818 [1] in der Josefstadt bei Wien; † 8. April 1878 in Hietzing bei Wien) war eine österreichische Opernsängerin ( Sopran) und die erste Frau von Johann Strauss Sohn .
Strauss married the singer Henrietta Treffz in 1862, and they remained together until her death in 1878. Six weeks after her death, Strauss married the actress Angelika Dittrich. Dittrich was not a fervent supporter of his music, and their differences in status and opinion, and especially her indiscretion, led him to seek a divorce.
It is that by which a celebrated public singer chooses to be known, although Treffz is only her family name by the maternal side. Henrietta de Th **** d, her proper designation, was born at Vienna, on the 28th. June, 1826; her father, a Polish gentleman, was an officer in the Austrian service, and her mother was the daughter of the beautiful ...
