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Hovsångare
The titles hovsångare (, literally "Court Singer") for men and hovsångerska () for women are awarded by the Swedish monarch to a singer (usually an opera singer) who, by their vocal art, has contributed to the international standing of Swedish singing. The formal title was introduced by King Gustav III of Sweden in 1773, with the first recipients being Elisabeth Olin and Carl Stenborg. The position as such, however, dates back to the 17th century, when Anne Chabanceau de La Barre and Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre were singers at the court of Queen Christina of Sweden. Named 21st century * 2021: Ann Hallenberg, John Lundgren * 2018: Malin Byström, Katarina Karnéus, Daniel Johansson. * 2013: Elin Rombo, Michael Weinius * 2010: Anna Larsson, Malena Ernman, Miah Persson * 2006: Nina Stemme, Hillevi Martinpelto * 2004: Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Peter Mattei * 2003: Loa Falkman * 2002: Helena Döse * 2000: Katarina Dalayman, Ingrid Tobiasson 20th century * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Johansson (tenor)
''Daniel'' Mattias Johansson (born 4 August 1980) is a Swedish operatic and concert tenor. He became a hovsångare, or a Swedish "Court Singer", in 2018. Life Training Johansson was educated at the University College of Opera 2006–2010. He previously studied music at the . During his studies, he was a soloist at the Sveriges Television "Thirteen-Day Concert 2008" from Berwaldhallen with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Søndergård. Then, together with Miah Persson, he performed the love duet from '' La Bohème '' by Giacomo Puccini. Opera Johansson has sung Rodolfo in ''La Boheme'' and Hoffmann in ''The Tales of Hoffmann'', both at the Bregenzer Festspiele and The Royal Opera in Stockholm (2011) as well as in Helsinki and Oslo. He has sung Pinkerton in ''Madama Butterfly'' at the Royal Opera (2014) and Opera Hedeland in Denmark. He has appeared in the role of Alfredo in ''La traviata'' both in Stockholm (2015), in Oslo (2015), at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Stemme
Nina Maria Stemme (born Thöldte, 11 May 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer. Stemme "is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano". In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in Richard Wagner's opera ''Die Walküre'', "As for Brünnhilde, Nina Stemme sang gloriously. It's hard to recall anyone's sounding more commanding or at ease in the part, and that includes Kirsten Flagstad". Early life and education Born in Stockholm as Nina Maria Thöldte, she played piano and viola in her youth. She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School, a high-profile song-and-chorus school in Stockholm. During a year as an exchange student at Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia), Langley High School in McLean, Virginia, she joined the school chorus, sang solos and won awards. She changed her last name to her mother's last name Stemme. Parallel to her studies of business administration and economics at the Stockholm University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loa Falkman
Carl Johan "Loa" Falkman (born 24 July 1947) is a Swedish opera singer, actor and artist. He was appointed hovsångare by H.M. the King of Sweden in 2003.http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt Swedish Royal Court official home page After studying music, Falkman made his first major performance on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1973. In Melodifestivalen 1990 (Swedish preselection contest for the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...), Falkman got the last place with his song " Symfonin" ("The Symphony"). He often plays pompous, vile characters like Wall-Enberg in '' Lilla Jönssonligan'', Tillström in '' Newsmakers'' or Factory Owner Persson in '' Kronjuvelerna''. Filmography *2011 – '' Kronjuvelerna'' *2009 – '' Newsmakers'' *2006 – '' Lill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Stenborg
Carl Stenborg (8 September 1752 – 1 August 1813) was a Swedish opera singer, composer and theatre director. He belonged to the pioneer generation of the Royal Swedish Opera and was regarded as one of the leading opera singers of the Gustavian era. He was a ''hovsångare'' and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Life Carl Stenborg was born in Stockholm to actor Petter Stenborg (1719–1781), director of the Stenborg Troupe, and Anna Krüger (1710–1803). Of his brothers, Johan Fredrik Stenborg (1743–1813) studied at Uppsala University and became an official, and Nils Stenborg (d. 1780) became an opera singer. He received a good education, debuted as a concert singer in Riddarhuset in 1766 and was appointed councillor at the Royal Court of Sweden in 1767. This was considered unusual, since his father was not of wealthy means. Carl's mother had been the housekeeper of the nobleman and statesman Adam Horn (1717-1778). Carl or one of his brothers may have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitta Svendén
Birgitta Svendén (née Lundberg, 20 March 1952), is a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano. Svendén was born in Porjus and then raised in Vuollerim. She studied at Operahögskolan in Stockholm, and later embarked on an international career in the first place as a Wagner singer, especially at the Bayreuth Festival where she sang several performances between 1983 and 1999, many of those as Erda. She was also a frequent guest at the Metropolitan Opera in New York between 1988 and 2000. Her artistic base remained at the Royal Swedish Opera where she was contracted from 1981 to 2004. Birgitta Svendén was appointed hovsångerska in 1995. She is also a full member of the Academy of Music and an honorary doctor at the Lulea University of Technology. From 1 August 2005 to 2009, she was the rector of the Opera School in Stockholm. Since 1 February 2010, she has been General Manager of the Royal Swedish Opera. Recordings '' The Flying Dutchman'' (1994), conducted by James Levine with M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Karnéus
Katarina Esmé Marie Karnéus (born 26 November 1965) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer, winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, active on many of the opera world's major stages such as the Metropolitan Opera and the Paris Opera, and named Hovsångare, Hovsångerska by the Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden in 2018. Life and career Karnéus was born in Stockholm;Macy, Laura Williams (ed.) (2008). "Karnéus. Katrina". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Grove Book of Opera Singers'', pp. 244-245. Oxford University Press. her mother is English, who after having spent 30 years in Sweden returned to England in 1987.Michael Oliver (writer, broadcaster), Oliver, Michael. Learning, watching and listening (interview with Katerina Karnéus). ''International Opera Collector'', Summer 1999, p28-29. She studied at Trinity College of Music in London, where her appearances included ''Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot'' (Maxwell Davies) and Thér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malin Byström
Malin Byström (; born 3 September 1973) is a Swedish lyric soprano who has sung leading roles at many of the world's most prestigious opera houses. Early life and education Byström was born in Helsingborg. She studied at the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg for four years and then trained as a soprano at University College of Opera, Stockholm. Career Byström sang Fiorella in ''Il turco in Italia'' at the Theater Lübeck in 2000 and subsequently joined the ensemble of the opera in Nürnberg, singing the roles of Musetta in ''La Bohème'', Gretel in '' Hänsel und Gretel'', Gilda in ''Rigoletto'', Annina in '' Eine Nacht in Venedig'', and Pamina in ''Die Zauberflöte''. She debuted at The Royal Opera as Amalia in '' I masnadieri'' in 2002 and has since sung Marguerite in ''Faust'', Fiordiligi in ''Così fan tutte'', and Donna Anna in ''Don Giovanni''. Byström has also appeared with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillevi Martinpelto
Hillevi Martinpelto (born 9 January 1958 in Älvdalen) is a Swedish lyric soprano. She made her debut in ''Madama Butterfly'' by Giacomo Puccini in 1987. She is best known for her work with John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir. With Gardiner, she recorded Weber's ''Oberon'' and Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro'' and ''Idomeneo (Italian for ''Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante''; usually referred to simply as ''Idomeneo'', Köchel catalogue, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Vares ...'', to considerable acclaim. In the summer of 2014 Martinpelto performed at Stålboga Summer Opera. Martinpelto's father is Finnish. Awards *2006: appointed Hovsångerska by H.M. the King of Swedenhttp://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt Swedish Royal Court official home page References 1958 births Living people Swedish operatic sopranos Swedish people of Finnish descent Litteris et Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mattei
Peter Mattei (born 3 June 1965) in Piteå is a Swedish operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in Mozart's baritone roles. Biography Mattei studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and debuted in Mozart's ''La finta giardiniera'' as Nardo at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm in 1990. In 1993 Mattei starred as Pentheus in the Ingmar Bergman's TV-film ''Backanterna''. He sang the title role in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' for the first time at the Gothenburg Opera in the 1994–95 season. In the same season, Peter Mattei performed as Figaro in Mozart's ''Le Nozze di Figaro''. Peter Mattei made his international debut as Don Giovanni at the Scottish Opera in Glasgow, Scotland. He was then invited to the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium and to the Aix-en-Provence Festival, France. His first appearance at the Salzburg Festival was in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', singing Don Fernando conducted by Sir Georg Solti in 1996. Claudio Abbad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opera Singer
Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of Western classical music, and Italian tradition in particular. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Dalayman
Katarina Dalayman (born January 25, 1963, in Stockholm) is a Swedish former soprano who has transitioned into a mezzosoprano. She has received critical acclaim singing major operatic roles by composers such as Wagner, Berg, Shostakovich and Bartók, among others. In a recent interview, she commented that Wagner's music " asalways been closest to my heart, always, since I started singing". In 2000 she was made a Swedish Court Singer by His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. Life and career The daughter of a seamstress, who had herself previously considered a career in acting, Dalayman went on to become a student at the University College of Opera. Whilst still at college, she had already sung Sieglinde (from Wagner's ''Die Walküre'') in public. Her debut was as Amelia in Verdi's '' Simon Boccanegra'' at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1991. Since then, notable engagements have included Marie in '' Wozzeck'' at Stuttgart (1993), Metropolitan Opera (2001) and the Royal Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miah Persson
Miah Persson (born 27 May 1969 in Örnsköldsvik) is a Swedish soprano, active internationally and in recordings. Career Miah Persson grew up in Hudiksvall, singing in choirs and taking part in amateur drama productions. After studying social sciences and law at university in Stockholm, she undertook musical studies at the Kulturama, Operastudio 67 and, from 1996, at the University College of Opera also in Stockholm. She made her operatic debut as Susanna in ''Le nozze di Figaro'' at Confidencen in 1998. As a member of the Royal Swedish Opera her roles have included Barbarina and Susanna in ''Le nozze di Figaro'', Pamina in ''The Magic Flute'' (Mozart), Sandrina in ''La finta giardiniera'', Dorinda in ''Orlando'' (Handel), Tebaldo in ''Don Carlos'' (Verdi), Frasquita in ''Carmen'' (Bizet), Gabrielle in '' La Vie parisienne'' (Offenbach), Gretel in ''Hansel und Gretel'' (Humperdinck) and Sophie in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' (Richard Strauss).Biografier, Sangsolister och dirigenter, Kun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
