Louise Charlotte Helene Michaëli, née ''Michal'' (17 May 1830 – 23 February 1875), was a Swedish opera singer.
Michaëli made her debut at the
Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera ( sv, Kungliga Operan) is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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in 1849. She studied under
Julius Günther at the Opera in Stockholm and under
Garcia in London. From 1852 to 1855, she was employed at the Opera in Stockholm. She toured Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands and London from 1855 to 1856. From 1859 to 1863, she was employed at
Her Majesty's Theatre in London. On her return to Sweden, she became the leading prima donna of the Royal Opera in Stockholm alongside
Signe Hebbe and
Fredrika Stenhammar
Fredrika Stenhammar (née Andrée; 19 September 1836 in Visby – 7 October 1880) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano).
She was born as Fredrika Andrée to doctor Andreas Andrée and was sister of Sweden's first female organist, Elfrida Andrée. ...
until 1874. She was appointed
court singer and inducted to
Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1854, and given the
Litteris et Artibus in 1869. She married the merchant Charles Michaëli. Her husband and daughter died in 1871, and she died of tuberculosis in 1875.
References
* Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Andra delen, 1842-1918, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1918
* Österberg, Carin et al., ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare''(Swedish women: Predecessors, pioneers). Lund: Signum 1990. ()
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1830 births
1875 deaths
Swedish operatic sopranos
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
19th-century Swedish women opera singers
Litteris et Artibus recipients
Tuberculosis deaths in Sweden
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