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Henrietta " Jetty " Treffz ( German: [tʁɛfts]; 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. Biography.
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. Background. Henrietta Chalupetzky was the only child of a Viennese goldsmith and studied music in Vienna, adopting her mother"s maiden name, Treffz, for professional purposes. Career.
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 · 22 May, 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 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 ...
Karnevalsbotschafter. Karnevalsbotschafter (Carnival's Ambassador) op. 270 is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in the autumn of 1862 during his honeymoon with his first wife Henrietta Treffz in Venice. It was first performed at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Vienna's Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Friends of Music in ...
The Franklin School, located at 13th and K Street at Franklin Square, was designed by Adolf Cluss, a highly influential and celebrated German-born American architect who designed numerous public buildings in Washington, D.C., in the 19th century. The Franklin School is 148 feet long and.
