Amélie Heussner Nikisch (28 December 1862 – 18 January 1938) was a Belgian soprano, actress, voice teacher, and composer.

[1] As a young woman, Heussner played soubrette roles in operas in Kassel and Leipzig.

Nikisch's work as a vocalist might be characterized as too finished for the appreciation of the general public", noted an American newspaper in 1891, "free from all the tricks and devices that are too frequently resorted to for effect and applause".

Her compositions included the operettas Prinz Adolar und das Tausendschönchen (1907, with Ilse Friedlaender),[5] Meine Tante, deine Tante (1909),[6] Daniel in der Löwengrube (1914, with Friedlaender),[7] and Immer der Andere (1915).

Her daughter Eleanora (Nora) Schindler married a Jewish actor, and fled Nazi persecution with help from the Nikisches' musical contacts, moving to the United States in 1941.