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Fritz Georg Efraim Arlberg (21 March 1830 in
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, Sweden – 21 February 1896 in Christiania, Sweden) was a Swedish baritone, teacher, composer, opera singer, translator of opera libretti and member of the
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Biography

Arlberg was born in
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in 1830, the son of Georg Arlberg and Margareta Lovisa Salmark. He became a student at
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in 1848 from where he graduated in 1852. He then worked for a time as an official, among others, in the Chamber College. He commenced writing musical compositions from early in his career and during his time at
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he attracted attention through his singing voice. Arlberg studied singing with
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and the German tenor Wieser. He débuted at the
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in Stockholm in 1854 as Farinelli, but soon transitioned to the Royal Swedish Opera where he débuted as Figaro in '' The Marriage of Figaro'' and had employment there from 1858 to 1874. From 1860 to 1864 he was also sub-director and from 1864 to 1865 director at the Royal Swedish Opera. However, he left there in 1874 owing to some ill-treatment and instead took up employment at the Opera in Christiania, where he stayed until 1877. He appeared as a guest-singer at several theatres in Stockholm during this period, and until 1883, when he gave up his singing career. He then worked as a singing teacher, first in Stockholm and then in
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and finally in Christiania from 1894, where he died in 1896.Fritz Arlberg: Swedish Musical Heritage - The Royal Swedish Academy of Music
/ref> He was also active as a composer and writer. He translated and edited a number of operatic texts, including ''
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'' and ''
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''. He also became one of the champions in Sweden for the works of Richard Wagner.Selander, Edvard; Nils Selander (1927). ''Några av mina vänner''. Carl XV:s glada dagar : ur två gamla stockholmares anteckningar. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & sönders förlag. sid. 169ff Arlberg was elected as member No. 420 of the
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on 24 January 1868. In 1868 he married the violinist Maria Neruda, sister of the cellist Franz Xaver Neruda and the violinist Wilma Neruda, and was the father of Hjalmar Arlberg. He also had a daughter, Judith, with the sculptor Ida Ericson-Molard. In 1901 his ''Der Asra'' Op. 8 No. 3 was performed at the
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at the Royal Albert Hall by Albert Mallinson and his wife, the Swedish soprano Anna Sophie Steinhauer.Performances of the works of Albert Mallinson (1910)
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Theatre


Selected roles


Selected compositions

* ''In the Woods'' ( symphonic poem) * Solo Songs *Offertorium *Dreams (liederen) Orchestral works in one movement: *''I skogen'' Tone Poem for Orchestra opus 10 Mixed choir a cappella *''Här har ljufva vännen vandrat'' ("Här den älskade har framgått") *''Tre svenska Folkvisor'' set for five-part choir Voice and piano: *''Sten Sture'', ballad for one voice and piano opus 7 *''Svärmeri, Träumen'' Voice and orchestra *Opus 2: Zwei Lieder vom Tode *Opus 3: Tägliche Übungen für Frauenstimme *Opus 5: Songs at the piano (1870) *Opus 6: Songs at the piano *Opus 7: ''Sten Sture'', ballad for tenor, baritone and orchestra(1875) *Opus 8: Songs at the piano (1875) *Opus 9: Folkeviser with piano *Opus 10: ''I skogen'', symphonic poem for orchestra (1877) *Opus 11: Songs at the piano *Opus 13: Waltz-etude for alto and piano *Opus 14: Vier Lieder (to a text by Heinrich Heine) *Opus 15: Song at Luthersfesten (choir with organ or piano) (1885) *Opus 16: Vocalises *Opus 17: Selmas tankar i våren Piano: *''Album Leaves'', Feuille d'Album Translation of libretti by: *''Hin ondes läros pand'': an opera by Johan August Söderman (1856) *''I Marocko'': an opera by Joseph Dente (1866) *''Riccardo'': an opera by Johan Herman Berens (1869) *''
Rienzi ' (''Rienzi, the last of the tribunes''; WWV 49) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name (1835). The title is commonly shortened to ''Rie ...
'': an opera by Richard Wagner *''
The Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dut ...
'': an opera by Richard Wagner


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Musikaliska konstföreningenFritz Arlberg

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