Jenny Bürde-Ney

Jenny Bürde-Ney (December 21, 1824, Graz - May 7, 1886, Dresden) was a German operatic soprano.

[1] She performed many leading roles in prestigious opera houses, and later became a singing teacher.

The daughter of singer Katharina Ney-Segatta, Bürde-Ney was trained from an early age by her mother.

Her engagement in Dresden followed in the footsteps of the notable soprano Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient.

She also frequently sang at the Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony, now known simply as Dresden Cathedral.

Jenny Bürde-Ney, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1852
Portrait by Adolf Neumann after a photo by Hanns Hanfstängl (1867)