Ewa Therese Karlsson (born 25 January 1972,
Pargas
Pargas () is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, t ...
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[ is a Finnish singer (]soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...
) and actor. She played the part of Yvette in Brecht's Mutter Courage
Mother Courage (German ''Mutter Courage'') is a character from a Grimmelshausen novel ''Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörtzerin Courasche'' (''The Runagate Courage'') dating from around 1670. The character had played a cameo r ...
, Swedish Theatre
The Swedish Theatre () is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja () square, at the end of Esplanadi (). It was the first national stage of Finland.
History
The first theatre in Helsinki, '' Engels Te ...
(Svenska Teatern) 2004. She rose to stardom when she got the title role in Turku City Theatre musical '' Elisabeth'' 2005–2006 (with over 50,000 tickets sold it is the greatest success in the history of The Municipal Theatre of Turku).
In fall 2010 she began starring in the musical ''Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...
'', directed by Georg Malvius, at The Swedish Theatre of Turku (Åbo Svenska Teater).
References
External links
The Swedish Theatre in HelsinkiThe Municipal Theatre of Turku's (Turun Kaupunginteatteri) homepage
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People from Pargas
Finnish sopranos
Living people
1972 births
21st-century Finnish women singers