Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née ''
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'' (9 March 1798 – 3 May 187,
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concert singer. She was later appointed official singer (Hovsångare
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) of the Swedish royal court.
She was born in Helsinki
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in Finland, and married the Swedish concert musician Johan Fredrik Berwald in 1817. She toured with her husband and performed as a singer at his concerts. She educated her three daughters Fredrique, Julie Mathilda and Hedvig Eleonora as singers. She performed with her husband and Fredrique at the Opera in Berlin for Spontini
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, and then for the Royal Danish family, in 1833. In 1834, she was given the title of first singer of the royal Swedish court. They toured in Finland (1842), Denmark
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(1844) and had a great success in Berlin (1847). She died in Stockholm
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).
See also
* Lovisa Augusti
Lovisa Sofia Augusti (born Ester Salomon; 1751– 25 June 1790) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). She was regarded as one of the most noted opera singers of the Royal Swedish Opera during the Gustavian era. She was appointed ''Hovsångare'' ...
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References
Johan Leonard Höijers Musik-Lexikon 1864
Sten Broman: ''Franz Berwalds stamträd'' (1968) i Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning
1798 births
1877 deaths
19th-century Finnish Jews
19th-century Swedish Jews
19th-century Finnish women singers
19th-century Swedish singers
19th-century Swedish women singers
Jewish women singers
Singers from Helsinki
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