Carolina Östberg
Carolina Östberg (17 May 1853 – 27 February 1924) was a Swedish opera singer and singing teacher. She was nationally and internationally famous and belonged to the elite members of the Royal Swedish Opera Life Carolina Östberg was the daughter of the barber-surgeon Johan Ludvig Östberg and Beata Ulrika Wallberg. She displayed a natural musical talent at an early age. She was enrolled at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1869 to 1873, and a student of Signe Hebbe. She was active as a concert singer before she made her debut '' Stora Teatern'' at the 1873–74 season with Louise Pyk. Both Östbeg and Pyk made a great success. She was given a contract at the Stora Teatern after her part as Carlo Broschi in ''Hälften var'', a part which was to be her most popular. When she retired after her marriage to the merchant Horwitz in 1877, she had become one of her country's most noted singers. When she was unexpectedly launched in the lead role of ''Boccaccio'' in ' ...
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