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Elisabeth Söderström
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Swedish opera singer (1927-2009)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Works
- 3
Top works
- I min tonart
- In my own key
- Sjung ut Elisabeth!
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Film & TV
Stockholm, Sweden
Anna Elisabeth Söderström CBE was a Swedish soprano and actress who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninov and Sibelius.
Known for
- The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera] — Countess1999
- En lek på blodigt allvar — Self1999
- The Human Voice — The Woman1985
- Fidelio — Leonore1980
- Beethoven's Fidelio — Leonore / Fidelio1980
- Fata Morgana1979
- The Adventures of Picasso — Mimi1978
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Great Performances — Juliana1971
- Aniara — Daisy Doody / La Garconne1960
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- Listeners
- 1,191
- Total plays
- 7,383
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Elisabeth Anna Söderström CBE (7 May 1927 – 20 November 2009) was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards. The Gramophone critic John Warrack described her portrayal of Káťa Kabanová as "establishing by an infinity of subtle touches and discreet <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Elisabeth+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elisabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music in Stockholm
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Student of
- Adelaide von Skilondz
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Elisabeth Söderström.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1927-01-01
- date of death
- 2009-01-01
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Elisabeth Söderström
- described at URL
- forum.genealogi.se/index.php?topic=76532.0
- described by source
- Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
- significant person
- Aase Nordmo Løvberg
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