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Fredrika Stenhammar

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Fredrika Stenhammar
Fredrika Andrée Stenhammar-by Maria Röhl.
Born
Fredrika Andrée

(1836-09-19)19 September 1836
Visby, Sweden
Died7 October 1880(1880-10-07) (aged 44)
OccupationOperatic soprano
SpouseOskar Fredrik Stenhammar
RelativesAndreas Andrée (father)
Elfrida Andrée (sister)

Fredrika Stenhammar (née Andrée; 19 September 1836 in Visby – 7 October 1880) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano).[1]

She was born as Fredrika Andrée to doctor Andreas Andrée and was sister of Sweden's first female organist, Elfrida Andrée. She was a student at the Conservatory in Leipzig in 1851–54, was employed at the Hofoper in Dessau in 185-55, and at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1855–57. She was a student of Gilbert Duprez in 1857–58 and sang at the opera in Vienna in 1859. When she returned to Sweden she became a prima donna and a singing instructor of the Royal Swedish Opera. She was inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1864. She married the opera singer Oskar Fredrik Stenhammar (1834–1884).

References

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  1. ^ Eva Öhrström (2020). "Fredrika Stenhammar". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon.
  • Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. (ISBN 91-87896-03-6)

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