Margareta Sjöstedt
Margareta Sjöstedt , also Margarete Sjöstedt (born November 17, 1923 in Stockholm ; † March 14, 2012 in Vienna ) was a Swedish - Austrian opera singer (alto) and a long-time member of the Vienna State Opera .
Life
Sjöstedt studied from 1947 to 1951 at the Stockholm Royal Music Academy , and later at the University of Music in Vienna . After she had engagements at the Stadttheater Basel and the Stadttheater Saarbrücken from 1953 , she made her debut on September 4, 1956 at the Vienna State Opera and then appeared there in 1015 performances until 1982. In 1963 Sjöstedt married the theater scholar and deputy director of the Burgtheater Heinrich Kraus .
The singer was awarded the title of Chamber Singer and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class .
Web links
- Sound carrier by Margareta Sjöstedt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Margareta Sjöstedt's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Vienna State Opera mourns KS Margareta Sjöstedt ; accessed on February 6, 2016
- ↑ a b Margareta Sjöstedt near Bach Cantatas (English)
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung : Kammersängerin Margareta Sjöstedt dies ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
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| SURNAME | Sjöstedt, Margareta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sjöstedt, Margarete |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish-Austrian opera singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 2012 |
| Place of death | Vienna |