Söderström, Elisabeth (1927–)
Söderström, Elisabeth (1927–)
Swedish soprano. Name variations: Elizabeth Soderstrom or Soederstroem. Born May 7, 1927, in Stockholm, Sweden; studied with Andrejeva von Skilodz at Royal Academy of Music and Opera School in Stockholm; m. Sverker Olow, 1950.
Debuted at Stockholm (1947), Glyndebourne (1957), Metropolitan Opera (1959), and Covent Garden (1960); performed such modern roles as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw, Jenny in Richard Rodney Bennett's The Mines of Sulphur, Daisie Doody in Blomdahl's Aniara, Elisabeth Zimmer in Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, and the aging prima donna in Argento's The Aspern Papers; became artistic director of the Drottningholm Court Theater (1990).
See also autobiography In My Own Key (1979); and Women in World History.
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