Johann Valentin Adamberger

Adamberger, Johann Valentin (b. Rohr bei Rottenburg, Lower Bavaria, 22 Feb 1740; d. Vienna, 24 Aug 1804) studied singing with Valesi and began bis career in Venice. He was engaged by the German Company in Vienna and sang Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Herr Vogelsang in Der Schauspieldirektor by Mozart. In Jun 1783 Mozart also wrote for him the aria Per pieta, non ricercate, K.420, 'A te, fra tanti affanni', in K.469, and Misere! o sogno, K.431 (425b). A member of the masonic lodge Zur gekrönten Hoffnung ('Crowned Hope'), he sang in Mozart's Die Maurerfreude, K.471. In 1780 he married Maria Anna Jaquet (1752-1804) of the Burgtheater in Vienna, who sang the role of Madame Krone in Der Schauspieldirektor (1786). Their daughter Antonie (1790-1867) was also a singer.