Kjerstin Dellert

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Kjerstin Dellert
Kjerstin Dellert in June 2013
Background information
Born(1925-11-04)4 November 1925
Stockholm, Sweden
Died5 March 2018(2018-03-05) (aged 92)
GenresOpera
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1948–2015

Kjerstin Dellert (4 November 1925 – 5 March 2018) was a Swedish opera singer and theater manager.[1]

Life

Early life

Born in Stockholm, Dellert made her opera debut at Stora teatern (the old Gothenburg Opera stage) in Gothenburg in the 1950s.[2]

Vocalist career

Her career as a vocalist had begun when she won an Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts contest in 1948 with Someone to Watch Over Me.[3][4]

From the mid-1950s to the 1970s she worked primarily at the

Puccini's Tosca and Harry Martinson/Erik Lindegren/Karl-Birger Blomdahl's opera Aniara in 1959.[5]

Dellert has also been the initiator and producer of a few gala shows for particular celebrations, such as the show financed by

Södra teatern for her own 50th birthday in 1975.[7] At the latter she summarized with a Swedish version of My Way describing her own life till then with lyrics by Lars Jacob; the words were updated by him so that Dellert could use it for her last recording in 2015 for her 90th birthday, produced by Emil Eikner.[8][9]

She dubbed the singing voice of

Melodifestivalen 1972 with "Kärlek behöver inga ord", finishing fourth.[2]

Other activities

Dellert at Confidencen with husband Häggbom during her 90th birthday tribute in 2015

Dellert was the managing director of the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen.[1] Since the mid-1990s she has been retired from the stage, officially retired from the Swedish Royal Opera since 1979, but briefly in 2005 made a critically acclaimed appearance as Maria Callas in the play Master Class by Terrence McNally at Confidencen and Lorensbergsteatern in Gothenburg.[11]

Personal life

In her first marriage Dellert was the mother of artist and entertainment personality Thomas Dellert, her only child.[10]

Awards

Dellert was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1994.[12]

Illness and death

On Christmas Eve 2016 Dellert suffered a stroke.[13] She died at home on 5 March 2018, aged 92, in the presence of Nils-Åke Häggbom, her husband since 1968.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kjerstin Dellert: "Det är vidrigt att fylla 90"". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Kjerstin Dellert fyller 80 år den 4 november". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ^ "BILDSPECIAL: Följ med hem till Kjerstin Dellert". 13 September 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. pg. 84
  5. ^ ""Aniara" – opera för orostider – DN.SE". 8 January 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. ^ Dagens Nyheter, 19 June 1976.
  7. ^ Expressen (5 November 1975) & Hänt i Veckan (13 November 1975).
  8. ^ Catarina Ericson-Roos I väntan på räven; Kjerstin Dellert på livets scener ISBN 9789189063839 pp. 222 & 329
  9. ^ YouTube
  10. ^ a b c Pettersson, Leo. "Kjerstin Dellert har dött". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  11. ^ Article in Göteborgs-Posten, 23 November 2005.
  12. ^ "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Kjerstin Dellert drabbad av stroke". Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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