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Paula Lizell
Paula Maria Lindberg Lizell née Frödin (1873–1962) was a Swedish operatic soprano. She made her debut in 1893 at the Royal Swedish Opera as Mathilde in Rossini's ''William Tell (opera), William Tell'', becoming one of the company's leading sopranos until she retired from the stage in 1911. After first appearing in Coloratura soprano, coloratura roles, she sang in more dramatic works such as the Wagner, Wagnerian operas where she appeared as Der fliegende Holländer, Senta and Die Walküre, Sieglinde. She later worked as a drama teacher for singers. Early life, family and education Born in Stockholm on 25 January 1873, Paula Maria Frödin was the daughter of the investor Johan Frödin and his wife Johanna Maria née Landberg. She was first married to the physician Hakon Lindberg from 1897 to 1905. In 1927 she married the music teacher Sven Olof Lizell (1877–1935). She studied music under Otto Lindblad (1882), voice under Carolina Östberg and Louise Pyk (1888) and drama under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Auber
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when the family's fortunes failed in 1820. He soon established a professional partnership with the librettist Eugène Scribe that lasted for 41 years and produced 39 operas, most of them commercial and critical successes. He is mostly associated with opéra-comique and composed 35 works in that genre. With Scribe he wrote the first French grand opera, ''La Muette de Portici'' (The Dumb Woman of Portici) in 1828, which paved the way for the large-scale works of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Auber held two important official musical posts. From 1842 to 1871 he was director of France's premier music academy, the Paris Conservatoire, which he expanded and modernised. From 1852 until the fall of the Second Empire in 1870 he was director of the imperial chap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
