Anna Oscàr
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Anna Dorothea Oscàr née Thulin (1875–1915) was a Swedish opera singer. Considered to be Sweden's leading soprano of the period, she made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera as Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute when she was 16. Engaged by the company in 1896, she remained there for the rest of her life singing some 60 different roles in the major German, Italian, French and Swedish operas. Apart from three successful summer tours to the United States in the 1900s, she was otherwise based in Sweden. In 1908 she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.[1][2][3]
Biography[]
Born in Stockholm on 29 April 1875, Anna Dorothea Thulin was the daughter of the tailor Sven Tufvesson Thulin and his wife Catharina Carolina Andersdotter Sahlin. After attending the Royal Theatre's ballet school, she turned to singing, receiving instruction from the baritone Isidor Dannström and the soprano Signe Hebbe.[1][3]
She made her debut when she was 16 as Papagena in The Magic Flute which was performed in the Royal Opera's former theatre building. She went on to play Gerda in Ivar Hallström's Den bergtagna (The bride of the mountain king) and Anna in Andreas Randel's Värmlänninger. From 1896, she performed regularly at the Royal Opera. In 1907, she married the baritone Martin Oscàr.[1]
She remained with the Royal Opera for the rest of her life, becoming one of the most successful singers of the period with enthusiastic support from the critics. She took the lead soprano roles in both Swedish works and the popular romantic operas, playing Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Violetta in La traviata and the title role in Carmen. In addition, she performed as a concert and oratorio singer throughout the country.[1]
Anna Oscàr died in Stockholm on 10 September 1915.[1]
Awards[]
Oscàr was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal in 1915. In 1908, she was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Olsson, Dan (20 December 2020). "Anna Dorothea Oscàr". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Husebye, Alexander. "Anna D Oscar" (in Swedish). Riksarkivet: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Riemens, Leo (2012). Großes Sängerlexikon, Volume 4: Oscar-Hellström, Anna (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 3466. ISBN 9783598440885. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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- 1875 births
- 1915 deaths
- Swedish operatic sopranos
- Singers from Stockholm
- Litteris et Artibus recipients
- 19th-century Swedish women opera singers
- 20th-century Swedish women opera singers