Maria Sofia Angela "Angelique" Magito (1809–1895) was a Swedish
opera singer
Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a lib ...
, concert singer, and stage actress. She was one of the best-known artists of the travelling countryside theatres in Sweden and was called the "opera singer of the countryside".
Life
Angelique Magito was born in
Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Loc ...
to an Italian member of the
Svea Artillery Regiment
The Svea Artillery Regiment (), designation A 1, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Svealand, and it was also gar ...
, Pietro Magito. She became a student of the
Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera () is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Location and environment
The building is located in the centre of Sweden's capital, Stockholm, in the borough of Norrmalm (borough), Norrmalm, on the eastern si ...
in 1817, where she was a student of
Maria Franck and
Karl Magnus Craelius
Carl Magnus Craelius (1773-1842), was a Swedish opera singer (tenor) and voice teacher. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1822). He was engaged at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1795-1806. He is known as the mentor of several ...
. She made her debut at a concert at the German Church in
Norrköping
Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...
in 1826.
Magito was a member of a number of travelling theatre companies touring the countryside all over Sweden, most notably that of
Erik Djurström
Erik Wilhelm Djurström (né Strandberg; 22 February 1787, Stockholm – 17 September 1841, Jönköping) was a Swedish stage actor. He was the director of the travelling Djurström theater company, which was one of the best known in the first ha ...
and
Charlotta Djurström between 1832 and 1850. She successfully performed as a singer when the theater company offered operatic and other lyric performances. Initially she performed the singing parts for Charlotta Djurström, but she was soon allowed to perform herself and became a very popular and well-known singer of the travelling countryside theater. She was described as a "Southern beauty" who became plump early on.
[Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1842-1918, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917 /ref>
Magito had several children with a colleague. In 1855, she married the officer Ture Jerving and retired from stage. After her marriage, she remained active as a popular singer at church concerts. Following the death of her husband in 1883, however, she was placed in the poor house.
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Legacy
Angelique Magito is mentioned in the song '' En glad själs hem'' by Johan Gustaf Schultz.
References
* Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1842–1918, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917
* Dahl, Torsten, Svenska män och kvinnor
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1809 births
1895 deaths
19th-century Swedish actresses
Swedish stage actresses
Swedish people of Italian descent
19th-century Swedish women opera singers
Musicians from Uppsala