Anne-Marie "Mimi" Vitzthumb (died after 1777) was an opera singer and
stage actress. She was engaged at the La Monnaie in Brussels in the
Austrian Netherlands in 1772-1777, where she belonged to the elite of
the stage attractions of her time.She was the daughter of theater
director Ignaz Vitzthumb, sister of the opera singer Marie-Francoise
Vitzthumb, married to the opera singer Henri Mees (1757-1820) and
mother of the composer Joseph-Henri Mees [Wikidata].Being bilingual,
she played a number of main roles in both the French language Opéra
francaise and the Flemish languagen Opéra flamand at the Monnaie
stage. The Flemish opera stage was an innovation introduced by her
father, became successful and attracted great criticism from the
French language opera stage, and Mimi Vitzthumb was exposed to hissing
from French-loyalists who opposed her father's project, and her father
was also accused by his adversaries of nepotism because of his
daughter's favorable position.
stage actress. She was engaged at the La Monnaie in Brussels in the
Austrian Netherlands in 1772-1777, where she belonged to the elite of
the stage attractions of her time.She was the daughter of theater
director Ignaz Vitzthumb, sister of the opera singer Marie-Francoise
Vitzthumb, married to the opera singer Henri Mees (1757-1820) and
mother of the composer Joseph-Henri Mees [Wikidata].Being bilingual,
she played a number of main roles in both the French language Opéra
francaise and the Flemish languagen Opéra flamand at the Monnaie
stage. The Flemish opera stage was an innovation introduced by her
father, became successful and attracted great criticism from the
French language opera stage, and Mimi Vitzthumb was exposed to hissing
from French-loyalists who opposed her father's project, and her father
was also accused by his adversaries of nepotism because of his
daughter's favorable position.
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