Dora Henninges Heinsohn (August 1861 – April 16, 1900) was an opera singer.
Dora Henninges Heinsohn was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on August 1861. Heinsohn came from a very musical family. She began her studies when but seven years old, both vocal and instrumental, with her father, R. E. Henninges.
She sang in concerts and operettas at fourteen, and her advancement was so rapid that she soon entered the Cincinnati College of Music, where she advanced to the highest position among vocal pupils, attracting not only the attention of the faculty, but also of persons generally interested in music. Her teachers up to that time had been La Villa and Stefanone. Later she became a pupil of Max Maretzek, under whose guidance she began to study Italian opera.
Her first appearance in opera, after having sung many times in oratorios and concerts under Theodore Thomas, was under James Henry Mapleson, when she appeared as Leonora in Beethoven's Fidelio. Soon after, she went to Paris, where she became a pupil of Mme. Lagrange, under whose direction she completed her studies. After her return to this country, Henninges appeared in German opera in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and in many concerts, both in the East and the West.
She possessed a powerful dramatic Soprano voice, which she used with intelligence. Her repertory was a large one, consisting of hundreds of songs and dozens of operatic roles.
On February 15, 1888, Henninges became the wife of George W. Heinsohn, of Cleveland, Ohio, and devoted her time to teaching and to church and concert singing in St. Louis, Missouri.
She died on April 16, 1900, and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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