Kerstin Margareta Meyer,

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(3 April 1928 – 14 April 2020) was a Swedish

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who enjoyed an international career in opera and concert. A long-time member of the

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and

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, she appeared regularly at the

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in London and international opera houses and festivals, including in world premieres such as Alexander Goehr's ''

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'' and György Ligeti's ''

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''.

Early life

Meyer was born in Stockholm. An only child, both her father and grandfather were musicians; her grandfather was from Poland and played in symphony orchestras. After arriving in Sweden he also had a music shop and gave instrumental lessons. Amis, John. People: 102 Kerstin Meyer. ''Opera'', October 1973, Vol.24 No.10 p879-886. Her father played the trumpet and toured with his father's orchestra around Europe, and later settled to making violins in his own shop. Although she started to play the piano at six, she always wanted to become a singer. She graduated from the

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in Stockholm in 1948 and was a student at the Opera School from 1950 to 1952.'Stockholm Artists'. ''

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'', August 1959, Vol. 10 No. 8, p. 497. She studied with

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, at the

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, and in

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, having won the

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Scholarship for studies in Salzburg and Italy, in Rome, and Vienna.Rosenthall, Harold (1992). "Meyer, Kerstin" in Sadie 3: p. 365. During the early 1950s, along with

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and Daisy Schörling she formed the three-woman vocal group the 'Melody Girls', which made several recordings.

Career

Her debut was at the

in 1952 as Azucena in Verdi's ''

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'', with

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, 34 years her senior, playing her son Manrico, followed soon by the title role of Bizet's ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'', in a brand new “starkly realistic” production at the house, in Swedish, which used the original dialogue for the first time in Sweden and where Meyer played a major role in its huge success. This was a breakthrough as she was noticed by

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who engaged her for his ''Carmen'' production and brought her invitations from around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera. Meyer left Stockholm shortly after both her parents had been killed in a road traffic accident in 1961, but she eventually returned at the end of the 1960s. Engaged at the Royal Opera from 1952 to 1962, and again from 1969, she performed more Verdi roles – Maddalena in ''

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'', Ulrica in ''

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'', Eboli in ''

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'', and Amneris in ''

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'' –, Dalila in ''

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'', and the Wagner roles Fricka, Erda and Waltraute in ''

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'' and Brangäne in ''

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'', the latter two at Bayreuth in the early 1960s. Her first appearances abroad were at the 1956 Wiesbaden Festival as a member of the Swedish Royal Opera. She appeared in several Swedish premieres, including as Didon in ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...

'' by Berlioz in 1958, Baba the Turk in Stravinsky's ''

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'' in 1961 in a production staged by Ingmar Bergman, and Geschwitz in Alban Berg's

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in 1977. She also took part in both visits of the Royal Opera Stockholm to the

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. Meyer was a member of the ensemble of the

from 1958 to 1960 and 1964 to 1969. At the instigation of its director

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she moved more into modern repertory, which was not as she had intended, expecting she would sing more Strauss parts. Nonetheless, she found that modern works gave her opportunities to act distinct from the typical contralto or mezzo roles, "usually witches or princesses or gypsies or boys, roles where you never get the man!" As well as appearing as Carmen in the production staged by Wieland Wagner and conducted by Sawallisch in 1959, she created in Hamburg the roles of Mrs. Claiborne in

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's ''Die Heimsuchung'' (''The Visitation'') in 1966, Alice Arden in Alexander Goehr's ''

'' in 1967, and Gertrude in

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's ''

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'' in 1968. One of her most important roles was Gluck's

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which she sang in three consecutive Stockholm Festivals at

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, and at the 1959 Vancouver Festival. She also sang Dorabella opposite Elisabeth Soderstrom as Fiordiligi there. She was engaged in the 1959/60 season at both

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in Milan and as Carmen at the

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, after performances as Eboli, conducted by

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, and Ulrica at the

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the previous May. In 1960, Meyer made her debut at the

in London as Didon in ''Les Troyens'', alongside

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and

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, and the same year as Ulrica and Bradamante in ''

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'' during a short residency by the Stockholm company. There she performed the title role of ''

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'' by Richard Strauss and Klytemnestra in '' Elektra'' in 1975 and 1976. In György Ligeti's ''

'', she created the roles of Amando and Spermando in 1978. Her career also included regular visits to other major opera houses of Europe and the U.S. and a number of concert tours to Australia, the Far East, and the Americas. She appeared in the title role of Gottfried von Einem's ''

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'' at

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in the British premiere in 1974, and also in the German premiere at the

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in 1975. Early in her career Meyer had realized her vocation; "I was supposed to give these people he audiencepleasure, so that made me realise what my job was. And I knew then, as I now know, that my work was taxing but stimulating and full, yes, full of joy." Meyer made several appearances at the

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in London. In 1959 she sang Gluck's " Che farò senza Euridice?" and Mahler's '' Songs of a Wayfarer''; she repeated the Mahler two years later. In 1973 she sang Clairon in a

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of '' Capriccio'' by Strauss and in 1977 Schoenberg's "Lied der Waldtaube" from ''

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'', and in Stravinsky's ''

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''; later the same season she sang the Proms premiere of Britten's ''

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''. Meyer often appeared in duet concerts with soprano

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. She gave a recital with pianist Geoffrey Parsons at the 1976

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. She was the mezzo soloist in a performance of Mahler's third symphony with the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir

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in 1969, which was later issued on a BBC Legends CD. Also on a BBC Legends CD is a sublime performance of Elgar's Sea Pictures in what was Barbirolli's last recorded concert at King's Lynn in 1970. She appeared as Iocasta in Stravinsky's ''

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'' conducted by Georg Solti in the

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in London, and subsequently recorded the role for

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. She also gave a recital of songs from Sweden, Spain and France, and German

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er by

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and Hugo Wolff at the Theatre Royal as part of the

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in 1977. She took part in the Swedish entry for the

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in 1981,

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's ''Trauma'', a "meta-opera for radio", with the

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conducted by

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. Meyer sang the role of Buttercup in a production of ''

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'' in 1980 at the

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in Stockholm. Her final appearance on stage was as Madame Armfeldt in a 2013 production of Stephen Sondheim's ''

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'' at the

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. To coincide with Meyer's appearance in ''A Little Night Music'', Swedish devoted a documentary to her life and work, including an interview with her and archive television clips. She served as the

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of Operahögskolan i Stockholm from 1984 to 1994. Meyer was married to Björn Bexelius, a ballet critic and arts administrator who died in 1997. She was awarded the

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in 1994 and an honorary

in 1995. She died on 14 April 2020, eleven days after her 92nd birthday.

Discography

Meyer left few commercial studio recordings; a number of her radio broadcasts have been subsequently issued (by Caprice, Swedish Society, BBC Legends). * Bizet, ''

'' (title role, in Swedish) Operan,

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. Bluebell; recorded Stockholm 1954. * Operas arias from ''Carmen'' and ''Samson et Delila'', with Kungliga Hovkapellet conducted by Sixten Ehrling, His Master's Voice Sweden (EP), 1955 * Wagner, ''

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'' (Fricka and Rossweiße) Royal Swedish Opera conducted by Sixten Ehrling. Caprice, 1955-56. * Strauss, ''

'' (Annina). Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Herbert von Karajan. EMI, 1956. * Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by

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. HMV, December 1957. * Songs by Brahms (11), Sibelius (4), Rangström (4), and de Frumerie (2), with Jacqueline Bonneau, piano. La Voix De son Maitre FALP 568, 1959 * Schoenberg, '' Das Buch der hängenden Gärten'', Op. 15, Glenn Gould (piano). West Hill Archives, 1960. * Nystroem, ''New Songs by the Sea'' Swedish Society Discofil, 1967. * Berg, ''

'' (Gräfin Geschwitz) conducted by Leopold Ludwig. Electrola, 1968. * Mahler, Symphony No. 3. Hallé Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. BBC Legends, recorded 1969. * Penderecki, '' Utrenja, The Entombment of Christ'' - Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy. RCA Red Seal, 1971. * Stravinsky, ''

'' (Jocaste). London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti. Decca, 1976. * Operatic excerpts, from ''Orfeo ed Eurydike'', ''La Clemenza di Tito'', ''Alcina'', ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'', ''Il barbieri di Sevilla'', ''Carmen'', ''Prince Igor'', ''Don Carlo'', ''Samson et Delila'', ''Singoalla'', ''Jenufa'', with the

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conducted by

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(sleeve note by Meyer), recorded June 1978, Norrköping. EMI Svenska AB 7C 061-35593 (LP) * Duets by Dvořák, Geijer, Kodály, Purcell, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Wennerberg - Kerstin Meyer, Elisabeth Söderström, with Jan Eyron, piano. BIS, 1991. * Great Swedish Singers, Kerstin Meyer. From ''Carmen'', ''Mignon'', ''Don Carlos'', ''Les Contes d'Hoffmann'', ''Samson et Delila'', ''Die Walkure'', ''Elektra'', ''Prince Igor'', ''Singoalla'', ''The Rake's Progress'', ''Jenufa'', and the Verdi

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, Bluebell: broadcasts and private recordings made 1954-1972.

References

Sources

*Sadie, Stanley, editor (1992). ''

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'' (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. .

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