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Carl Stenborg, (8 September 1752 in Stockholm- d. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the 1 August 1813 in Stockholm), was a Swedish opera singer, actor, composer and theatre director. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto He is considered the first great male opera singer in Sweden and one of the pioneers of the Royal Swedish Opera. The Kungliga Teatern ( "Royal Theatre") or Royal Swedish Opera is the national stage for Opera in Sweden.

Biography

Carl Stenborg was born to actor Petter Stenborg, director ot the Stenborg Troupe, and Anna Krüger (1710-1803). Petter Stenborg, (1719-1781 was a Swedish actor and theater director who played an important role of the continuation of the native speaking theater in Sweden The Stenborg troupe was a Swedish Theatre Comedy troupe active in Sweden and Finland in the 18th century Of his brothers, Johan Fredrik Stenborg (1743-1813) studied at Uppsala University and became an official, and Nils Stenborg (d. Uppsala University ( Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a world-class research University in Uppsala, Sweden. 1780) became an opera singer. He received a good education, better than his father's, debuted as a concert singer in Riddarhuset in 1766 and was appointed councillor at the royal court in 1767. This was considered unusual, since his father was poor. Carl's mother had been the housekeeper of the nobleman and statesman Adam Horn, with whom it was said that he had had a relationship, and that Carl, or one of his brothers, was his son, which was to be the reason to why the son's of a poor man had ben able to receive such a good education and reach high positions so early in life.

When the Royal Swedish Opera was founded in 1773, he played the main male role in Francesco Uttini's opera Thetis och Pélée opposite the primadonna Elisabeth Olin, with whom he had a relationship. Elisabeth Olin, née Lillström, (born December 1740 dead 26 March 1828) was one of the first professional female Singers in Sweden [1] He was the leading male star for several years and in 1780 was given a life contract. Although he sang tenor roles, his voice was known for its dexterity and dark timbre and was nearer to that of a baritone. The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice In Music, timbre (ˈtæm-bər' like timber, or, from Fr timbre tɛ̃bʁ is the quality of a Musical note or sound that distinguishes different This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. [2]

Carl Stenborg was appointed royal secretary in 1782 and was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1783. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in He was the director of his father's theatres in 1780-99; from 1788, he was allowed to perform in them. He was in 1782 engaged and in 1793 married to the singer Betty Olin, daughter of Elisabeth Olin, and performed with her in Copenhagen and Oslo in 1794 and 1795. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. The engagement had ben long because of the unvillingness of Elisabeth Olin to give her consent to the marriage betwen her daughter and former lover. After the Stenborg Theatre was closed in 1799, he toured the country (1804-09) with his own company. The Stenborg theatre, also called Svenska Komiska Teatern, Komiska Teatern and Munkbroteatern, was a historical Swedish 18th century theatre active between He was given a pension in 1806. He gave his last performance at a concert on Riddarhuset 27 Februari 1808, "to the great suprise of everyone" oposite Elisabeth Olin, which now also gave her last performance, and Jeanette Wässelius, with music of the royal chapell, Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner, Freidrich Müller and his own daughter, the pianist Carolina Stenborg (1798-1869). WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Marie Jeanette Wässelius, commonly known as " Wässelia " or " Mamsell Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner ( 2 March 1759 in Oberschönau &ndash 28 May 1833 in Uppsala) was a German

References

  1. ^ Bertil H. van Boer, 'Stenborg, Carl' in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell (eds), 2001
  2. ^ Bertil H. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians van Boer, 'Stenborg, Carl' in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell (eds), 2001
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