Fritz Georg Efraim Arlberg (21 March 1830 in

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, Sweden – 21 February 1896 in Christiania, Sweden) was a Swedish baritone, teacher, composer, opera singer, translator of opera libretti and member of the

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Biography

Arlberg was born in

in 1830, the son of Georg Arlberg and Margareta Lovisa Salmark. He became a student at

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in 1848 from where he graduated in 1852. He then worked for a time as an official, among others, in the Chamber College. He commenced writing musical compositions from early in his career and during his time at

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he attracted attention through his singing voice. Arlberg studied singing with

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and the German tenor Wieser. He débuted at the

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in Stockholm in 1854 as Farinelli, but soon transitioned to the

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where he débuted as Figaro in ''

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'' and had employment there from 1858 to 1874. From 1860 to 1864 he was also sub-director and from 1864 to 1865 director at the Royal Swedish Opera. However, he left there in 1874 owing to some ill-treatment and instead took up employment at the Opera in Christiania, where he stayed until 1877. He appeared as a guest-singer at several theatres in Stockholm during this period, and until 1883, when he gave up his singing career. He then worked as a singing teacher, first in Stockholm and then in

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and finally in Christiania from 1894, where he died in 1896.Fritz Arlberg: Swedish Musical Heritage - The Royal Swedish Academy of Music
/ref> He was also active as a composer and writer. He translated and edited a number of operatic texts, including ''

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'' and '' The Flying Dutchman''. He also became one of the champions in Sweden for the works of

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.Selander, Edvard; Nils Selander (1927). ''Några av mina vänner''. Carl XV:s glada dagar : ur två gamla stockholmares anteckningar. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & sönders förlag. sid. 169ff Arlberg was elected as member No. 420 of the

on 24 January 1868. In 1868 he married the violinist

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, sister of the cellist

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and the violinist

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, and was the father of Hjalmar Arlberg. He also had a daughter, Judith, with the sculptor Ida Ericson-Molard. In 1901 his ''Der Asra'' Op. 8 No. 3 was performed at the

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at the

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and his wife, the Swedish soprano Anna Sophie Steinhauer.Performances of the works of Albert Mallinson (1910)
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website

Theatre

Selected roles

Selected compositions

* ''In the Woods'' (

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) * Solo Songs *Offertorium *Dreams (liederen) Orchestral works in one movement: *''I skogen'' Tone Poem for Orchestra opus 10 Mixed choir a cappella *''Här har ljufva vännen vandrat'' ("Här den älskade har framgått") *''Tre svenska Folkvisor'' set for five-part choir Voice and piano: *''Sten Sture'', ballad for one voice and piano opus 7 *''Svärmeri, Träumen'' Voice and orchestra *Opus 2: Zwei Lieder vom Tode *Opus 3: Tägliche Übungen für Frauenstimme *Opus 5: Songs at the piano (1870) *Opus 6: Songs at the piano *Opus 7: ''Sten Sture'', ballad for tenor, baritone and orchestra(1875) *Opus 8: Songs at the piano (1875) *Opus 9: Folkeviser with piano *Opus 10: ''I skogen'',

for orchestra (1877) *Opus 11: Songs at the piano *Opus 13: Waltz-etude for alto and piano *Opus 14: Vier Lieder (to a text by Heinrich Heine) *Opus 15: Song at Luthersfesten (choir with organ or piano) (1885) *Opus 16: Vocalises *Opus 17: Selmas tankar i våren Piano: *''Album Leaves'', Feuille d'Album Translation of libretti by: *''Hin ondes läros pand'': an opera by Johan August Söderman (1856) *''I Marocko'': an opera by

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(1866) *''Riccardo'': an opera by

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(1869) *''

'': an opera by

*'' The Flying Dutchman'': an opera by

References

External links

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