!!!Duššek Duschek, geborene Hambacher, Josepha

Dušek (Duschek, nee Hambacher), Josepha, baptised in Prague (Czech Republic), March 6, 1754, 
d. Prague (Czech Republic), Jan. 8, 1824. Singer (soprano), pupil and 
wife of pianist and composer Franz X. D. (1731-1799); concert and 
oratorio singer admired above all by F. Schiller and L. Mozart for her 
expressive power and musicality. W. A.  Mozart wrote the concert 
aria "Bella mia fiamma, addio" (KV 528) for her in 1787; D. was the 
first to sing  Beethoven´s "Ah perfido" (probably also written 
for her) and was also the first to play Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don 
Giovanni" (1787).



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