Mathilda Grabow (23 May 1852 – 29 May 1940), was a Swedish opera singer (

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). She was a court singer ( Hovsångare) (1886) and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1895) and was given

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(1895). She was a student of

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and Viardot and active at the

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in 1870–71 and 1877–86, and at the Opera

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in 1872–76. She was described as a very versatile artist and considered one of the greatest stars within Swedish opera in the late 19th century. She retired in 1886 and was thereafter only active as a concert singer, except in 1891, when she performed in the last performance in the old building of the Stockholm opera, before the Royal Swedish Opera was moved to a new building. She married the captain

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C. E. Taube in 1886.

References

* Gustaf Hilleström: ''Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, Matrikel 1771-1971''
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* ''Sohlmans musiklexikon'' (''The Sohlman Music Dictionary'') 1852 births 1940 deaths 19th-century Swedish women opera singers Swedish countesses Litteris et Artibus recipients Swedish operatic sopranos {{Sweden-opera-singer-stub