Leocadie Gerlach, the Glossary
Vilhelmine Leocadie Theresia Gerlach (née Bergnéhr; 26 January 1826 – 13 September 1919) was a Danish-Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer who sang at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1845 to 1866.[1]
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29 relations: Édouard Du Puy, Christian's Church, Copenhagen, Christianshavn, Don Giovanni, Emil Hartmann, Frederick VII of Denmark, Friedrich Kuhlau, Gaetano Donizetti, Hans Heiling, Heinrich Marschner, Henrik Rung, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet), Jonas Collin, Kongelige Kammersangere, Laura Bergnéhr, London, Lucrezia Borgia (opera), Manuel García (baritone), Mezzo-soprano, Mindre teatern, Richard Wagner, Royal Danish Theatre, Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Sanssouci, Stockholm, The Marriage of Figaro, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zelma Hedin.
- 19th-century Danish women opera singers
- Danish operatic mezzo-sopranos
- Swedish mezzo-sopranos
Édouard Du Puy
Jean Baptiste Édouard Louis Camille Du Puy (17703 April 1822) was a Principality of Neuchâtel-born singer, composer, director, and violinist.
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Christian's Church, Copenhagen
Christians kirke (Christian's church) is a Rococo church in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Christianshavn
Christianshavn is a neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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Emil Hartmann
Emil Hartmann (1 February 1836–18 July 1898) was a Danish composer of the romantic period, fourth generation of composers in the Danish Hartmann musical family.
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Frederick VII of Denmark
Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian; 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863.
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Friedrich Kuhlau
Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (German; Danish sometimes Frederick Kulav) (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas.
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Hans Heiling
Hans Heiling is a German Romantic opera in 3 acts with prologue by Heinrich Marschner with a libretto by Eduard Devrient, who also sang the title role at the première at the Königliche Hofoper (now Berlin State Opera), Berlin, on 24 May 1833.
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Heinrich Marschner
Heinrich August Marschner (16 August 1795 – 14 December 1861) was a German composer best known for his operas.
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Henrik Rung
Henrik Rung (March 30, 1807 - December 12, 1871) was a Danish composer.
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Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet)
Johan Ludvig Heiberg (14 December 1791 – 25 August 1860), Danish poet, playwright, literary critic, literary historian son of the political writer Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758–1841), and of the novelist, afterwards the Baroness Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, was born in Copenhagen.
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Jonas Collin
Jonas Collin (6 January 1776 – 28 August 1861) was a Danish civil servant and patron of the arts.
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Kongelige Kammersangere
Kongelige Kammersangere or The Royal Chamber Singer is a prestigious title given to Danish Opera singers by the monarch.
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Laura Bergnéhr
Laura Bergnéhr (died 1852) was a Swedish actress.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Lucrezia Borgia (opera)
Lucrezia Borgia is a melodramatic opera in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti.
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Manuel García (baritone)
Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García (17 March 1805 – 1 July 1906), was a Spanish singer, music educator, and vocal pedagogue.
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Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.
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Mindre teatern
Mindre teatern (The Smaller Theatre), Nya teatern (The New Theatre), Lindeberska teatern (The Lindeberg Theatre), was a Swedish theatre at Kungsgatan in Stockholm, active 1842–1863.
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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").
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Royal Danish Theatre
The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.
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Royal Swedish Academy of Music
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien), founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden.
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Sanssouci
Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin.
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Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.
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The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (Schröder; 6 December 180426 January 1860), was a German operatic soprano.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
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Zelma Hedin
Zelma Carolina Esolinda Hedin née Bergnéhr (Stockholm, 31 May 1827 – Stockholm, 11 February 1874) was a Swedish stage actress.
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See also
19th-century Danish women opera singers
- Anna Henriette Levinsohn
- Anna Nielsen (1803–1856)
- Augusta Lütken
- Betty Smidth
- Birgitte Winther
- Catharine Frydendahl
- Catharine Simonsen
- Charlotte Bournonville
- Eleonora Zrza
- Elisabeth Dons
- Emilie Ulrich
- Emilie da Fonseca
- Ida Brun
- Ida Henriette da Fonseca
- Ida Møller
- Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén
- Josephine Zinck
- Leocadie Gerlach
- Margrethe Lendrop
- Marie Zinck
- Sophie Keller
Danish operatic mezzo-sopranos
- Anna Henriette Levinsohn
- Anna Nielsen (1803–1856)
- Caroline Müller (1755–1826)
- Charlotte Bournonville
- Edith Guillaume
- Elisabeth Dons
- Hanne Fischer
- Ida Henriette da Fonseca
- Ingeborg Steffensen
- Johanne Krarup-Hansen
- Josephine Zinck
- Leocadie Gerlach
- Lilian Weber Hansen
- Signe Asmussen
Swedish mezzo-sopranos
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad
- Davida Afzelius-Bohlin
- Ingrid Tobiasson
- Irma Björck
- Jenny Berggren
- Leocadie Gerlach
- Malin Gjörup
- Maria Möller
- Rut Berglund
- Sophie Cysch
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leocadie_Gerlach
Also known as Leocadi Bergnéhr-Fossmo, Leocadie Bergnéhr.