Bertha Schwarz (1855-1947), often known by her stage nameBianca Bianchi, was a Germancoloratura soprano opera singer of the late 19th century. Her greatest successes were in Vienna.
Schwarz was born inHeidelberg on 27 January 1855, the daughter of actors who worked at nearbyMannheim.[1] As an opera singer, she was for many years a prominent member of the company of theVienna Court Opera, where her fame was such that an asteroid discovered on 4 September 1880 was named218 Bianca in her honour.[2] Two years laterJohann Strauss II was inspired by her to compose hisFrühlingsstimmen waltz for orchestra and solo soprano voice,[1] still familiar today.
Although based in Vienna, Bianchi sometimes performed in other cities of the German and Austrian empires, notably Hamburg, Karlsruhe and Budapest. In 1894, she married the impresario Bernard Pollini, who had been her manager. She died in Salzburg on 16 February 1947, aged 92.
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