Johanna Elisabeth Döbricht

Considered by her contemporaries as the finest German female singer of her era, she was referred to as "Die Döbrichtin" by her admirers.

[2] Her father Daniel Döbricht (1650–1694) was an opera singer in the court of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and the kapellmeister at the Weissenfels Capelle.

[1] Johanna left Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel to join the roster of resident singers at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg, Germany where she had her initial success on the opera stage.

On 17 February 1711, she starred in the world premiere of Christoph Graupner's opera Telemach, which was first performed for the opening of newly built Staatstheater Darmstadt.

[1] In her old age Döbricht was depicted on canvas by German portrait painter Johann Christian Fiedler.