Amalia Riégo (26 March 1850 – 27 December 1926) was a Swedish

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opera singer. Amalia Riégo was born Wilhelmina Amalia Riego in

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, the daughter of circus performing parents. Her father was Swedish circus director and tightrope dancer Johan Joseph Riégo and her mother was Norwegian born Anna Johanne Stiegler, also a circus performer. Amongst her many siblings, she was sister of the actor John Isak Riégo. She was a student of

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and

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and debuted at the

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in 1872, where she was active for many years. She immigrated to the US in 1890. She died in

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at the age of 76.

References

''Svenskt Porträttgalleri'' "XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister" 'Amalia Riégo'

1850 births 1926 deaths People from Karlskrona Municipality Swedish operatic sopranos Swedish people of Spanish descent Swedish emigrants to the United States 19th-century Swedish women opera singers {{Sweden-opera-singer-stub