Friederike Funk

Funk La Grua (14 November 1796 - after 1863[1]) was a German operatic soprano and Royal Saxon Kammersinger in Dresden.

Born in Meissen, the daughter of a postmaster from her hometown received her vocal training from Johann Aloys Miksch in Dresden from 1813.

Afterwards, accompanied by her brother and at the behest of the Saxon king[2] she spent two years in Italy to perfect her voice.

In the autumn of 1818, now engaged at the Italian and German Operas in Dresden, she sang the title role in Rossini's Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, and in 1822 Agathe in Weber's Der Freischütz.

[8] Emmy La Grua received singing lessons from Pauline Garcia and Caroline Ungher-Sabatier.