Therese Braunecker-Schäfer
Therese von Braunecker-Schäfer (3 April 1825 – 8 March 1888) was an Austrian theatre actress, singer (soprano) and dancer. Life Born in Vienna, she showed talent for theatre at an early age and was engaged at the Deutsche Theater in Pest in 1850. There she attracted attention by her lively character, and already after one year of activity, she was chosen by director for the State Opera in Prague. She appeared on June 3 in Das Versprechen hinterm Herd and in Family Fliedermüller and struck with her strongly parodistic coarseness, her almost trivial, but fresh and powerful playing. Her engagement was regarded as the event of 1851 in the field of the burlesque under Hoffmann's direction and as the greatest act during his last years as director in Prague. When Stöger took over the direction, he was first and foremost concerned with preserving this Austrian local singer, who was already excellent at that time, for his institute. The time of her Prague artistic activity (1851 to 1855) remained unforgotten for a long time. She caused a special sensation as a "false Pepita", because she danced the Madrilena with such perfect grace that she aroused enthusiastic rejoicing with her performances. With