Louise Michaëli
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Louise Charlotte Helene Michaëli, née Michal (17 May 1830 – 23 February 1875), was a Swedish opera singer.
Michaëli made her debut at the
Her Majesty's Theatre in London. On her return to Sweden, she became the leading prima donna of the Royal Opera in Stockholm alongside Signe Hebbe and Fredrika Stenhammar until 1874. She was appointed court singer and inducted to Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1854, and given the Litteris et Artibus
in 1869. She married the merchant Charles Michaëli. Her husband and daughter died in 1871, and she died of tuberculosis in 1875.
References
- Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Andra delen, 1842-1918, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1918 ['Swedish theatre and Swedish actors from Gustav III to our days. Second Book 1822–1918'] (in Swedish)
- Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare(Swedish women: Predecessors, pioneers). Lund: Signum 1990. (ISBN 91-87896-03-6)
External links
Media related to Louise Michaëli at Wikimedia Commons- Olsson, Dan: Louise Michaëli at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
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