Louise Fribo (born 3 July 1970) is a Danish singer, actress and dancer. Fribo, who studied the violin from age 4 and was trained as a classical dancer from age 7, made her motion picture debut as Lisa in the 1986 Danish feature film ''

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'' (''Childhood's Street'') based on a novel by

Tove Ditlevsen Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976) was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death. Life Tove Ditlevsen was born ...

and directed by

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winning director

Astrid Henning-Jensen Astrid Henning-Jensen (born Astrid Smahl; 10 December 1914 – 5 January 2002) was a Danes, Danish film director, actress, editor and screenwriter. Early life Henning-Jensen was born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg in 1914, to pare ...

. Fribo attended from 1986 to 1989 the

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and made her stage debut in

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's musical ''

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'' at Operettenhaus Hamburg, where she sang the part of

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in Stephen Sondheim's ''

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'' in the 1990–91 season. Her Danish stage debut came in 1991 as

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in ''

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'' on Odense Teater. Fribo graduated from the Royal Danish Opera Academy in 2003 as a

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills. The term '' coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, which is a typical component o ...

and had her German opera debut as Zerbinetta in ''

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'' on

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in April 2004. Since then she has sung at several theaters in Europe – in 2006 she participated in the

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– and in 2011 she made her U.S. debut singing in the Michael Sturminger opera '' The Infernal Comedy'' alongside

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. Louise Fribo also gives concerts in Danish with Bent Fabricius Bjerre, and she gives church concerts. She is the voice of the title character in the Danish dubbing of ''

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'' and Belle in the dubbing of ''

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'' and its sequels. She's also the voice of Ariel in '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'', '' The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning'' and the tv series

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taking over the part from Marie Ingerslev and

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. She's also the voice of Miss Sensuella from '' Jungledyret Hugo 2 - den store filmhelt'' and Sasha the

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from ''

Help! I'm a Fish ''Help! I'm A Fish'' ( da, Hjælp, jeg er en fisk; also known as ''A Fish Tale'') is a 2000 Danish-German-Irish traditionally animated science fantasy musical film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring and Michael Hegner, and written by ...

''. And also, she's the voice of Milly Olivia Sylvia Jollyland, Ariel, Alice, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Rainbow Twilight Brite, Pink Twilight Brite, Purple Twilight Brite, Rare Twilight Brite, Happy Twilight Brite, Pegasus Twilight Brite, and Unicorn Twilight Brite from '' The Powerpuff Girls' Adventure''. On 24 October 2012, Louise Fribo created the role of Christine Daaé in Love Never Dies at the

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in Denmark. In 2015 she returned there to play the Mother Abbess in

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...

Personal life

She is, since 2013, no longer in a relationship with the father (David Springborg) of their two children.

Recordings

2012 CD Look with your Heart (Lloyd-Webber Album) 2012 CD Walking in the air (Christmas Album) * 2007 CD: Coloratura Soprano * 2006 DVD:

Il sogno di Scipione ', K. 126, is a ''dramatic serenade'' in one act ('' azione teatrale'') composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book ''Somnium Scipionis'' by Cicero; has been set to music several times. Mo ...

* 2004 CD: En Musikalsk Rejse (A Musical Journey) * 2000 CD: Drømte mig en Drøm (Danish songs) * 1997 CD: Glædelig Jul (A selection of Christmas carols)

Awards

* 2008 Reumertprisen (The Reumert Award) – for Best Supporting Female Actress in ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died ...

'' * 2006 Generation con Brio – as Costanza in Mozart's ''

'' at the Salzburg Festival * 2003 Århus Sommeroperas Venner – as Blondchen in Mozart's '' Entführung'' * 1992 Marguerite Vibys Jubilæumslegat (The Margurite Viby Award) – as Cunégonde in Bernstein's ''

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fribo, Louise 1970 births Living people Danish opera singers Danish voice actresses People from Copenhagen Actresses from Copenhagen 21st-century Danish singers