Franziska Koch
Franziska Koch may refer to: * Franziska Romana Koch Franziska Romana Koch, née Gieraneck, Giwraneck, Giraneck, Jiránek (1748–1796) was a German ballet dancer, soprano, and actress. First a dancer as the member of the theatre company Kochische Gesellschaft, she also trained her voice and worke ... (1748–1796), German ballet dancer, soprano and actress * Franziska Koch (cyclist) (born 2000), German cyclist {{hndis, Koch, Franziska ...
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Franziska Romana Koch
Franziska Romana Koch, née Gieraneck, Giwraneck, Giraneck, Jiránek (1748–1796) was a German ballet dancer, soprano, and actress. First a dancer as the member of the theatre company Kochische Gesellschaft, she also trained her voice and worked at the court theatre of Weimar. Anton Schweitzer composed the opera '' Alceste'' for her, and its librettist Christoph Martin Wieland celebrated her performance in the title role in a poem. She later worked in Gotha, and finally in Leipzig as a member of Bondini's company, where she retired in 1787. Life Born in Dresden, the daughter of composer Antonín Jiránek, Franziska made her debut as a ballet dancer in 1765 at the ', owned by Heinrich Gottfried Koch. In 1766 she married Friedrich Karl Koch (1740–1794), a dancer and ballet master whom she had encountered there. From 1769 onward, she changed her career from ballet dancer to opera singer. In 1771, Koch went to Weimar with her husband as part of the Seyler Theatre Company, where ...
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