Johanna Carolina Ulrika von Schoultz (1813 – 28 February 1863) was a

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-Swedish

opera singer Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...

. She was a member of the

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. She is counted as the second female

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n opera singer (

Justina Casagli Justina Kristina Casagli née Wässelius (4 October 1794 – 1841) was a Swedish opera singer Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translat ...

) to have performed in Southern Europe.

Life

Johanna von Schoultz was born in

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, the daughter of the nobleman Nils Fredrik von Schoultz, governor of

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

, and Johanna Henrietta Gripenberg. She was a student of Karl Magnus Craelius, and made her debut at a church concert in Stockholm in 1828. She performed in

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and many of the most famous stages of Italy. In 1833, she made her debut at the Italian Opera in Paris opposite

Giulia Grisi Giulia Grisi (22 May 1811 – 29 November 1869) was an Italian opera singer. She performed widely in Europe, the United States and South America and was among the leading sopranos of the 19th century.Chisholm 1911, p. ? Her second husband was Gio ...

, where she made a success. However, due to health problems, her active career as a singer was relatively short, only about a decade. After marrying Felix Brand, a wealthy civil engineer, she returned to Finland in the 1840s and settled in the town of

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, where she continued to work with music as a teacher of singing and piano, and as a chorus leader. She was inducted to the

in 1831. She died in

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References

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Anteckningar om svenska qvinnorl
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The National Biography of Finland
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* Gustaf Hilleström, Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, Matrikel 1771-1971 1813 births 1863 deaths 19th-century Finnish women opera singers 19th-century Finnish nobility 19th-century Swedish women opera singers Swedish-speaking Finns {{finland-opera-singer-stub