The following year, she was engaged to sing in the National Singspiel in Vienna, a project of the Emperor Joseph II; the family moved together to Vienna in September, where the father worked briefly as a ticket-taker, but he died suddenly only a month after their arrival.
Året därpå inbjöds hon att sjunga i Wien i ett projekt initierat av kejsaren Joseph II. Hela familjen flyttade till Wien i september och arbetade en kort period som biljettrivare, men fadern dog hastigt en månad efter deras ankomst.