Background
Wendling was born in Mannheim.
Wendling was born in Mannheim.
There were four musicians in the original Idomeneo from the Wendling family. Later, she occasionally sang as the prima donna, most famously as Anna in Günther von Schwarzburg (1777) by Ignaz Holzbauer. In a letter, Mozart says he has been introduced to her by Cannabich and that she was very good-looking, and a good musician.
Wendling had been greatly praised by Mozart"s father and thus was chosen for the role of Electra.
She died in Munich.