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| birth_name = Louise Fribo Eriksson
| birth_name = Louise Fribo Eriksson
| alias =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|03|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|03}}
| birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]
| birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| origin =
| origin =
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| death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) -->
| death_place =
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| genre = [[Opera]], [[Musical theatre|Musical]]
| genre = Opera, Musical
| occupation = [[Singer]], [[Dancer]], [[Actress]]
| occupation = Singer, dancer, actress
| instrument =
| instrument =
| years_active = 1986–present
| years_active = 1986–present
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]], [[Deutsche Grammophon|DG]]
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]], [[Deutsche Grammophon|DG]]
| associated_acts =
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|http://www.louisefribo.com/}}
| website = {{URL|www.louisefribo.com/}}
}}
}}


'''Louise Fribo''' (born july 3, 1970) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] singer, actress and dancer.
'''Louise Fribo''' (born July 3, 1970) is a Danish singer, actress and dancer.


Fribo, who studied the [[violin]] from age 4 and was trained as a [[Ballet|classical dancer]] from age 7, made her motion picture debut as Lisa in the [[Danish films of the 1980s|1986 Danish feature film]] ''[[Early Spring (1986 film)|Barndommens gade]]'' (''Childhood's Street'') based on a novel by [[Tove Ditlevsen]] and directed by [[Short Film Palme d'Or|Palme d'Or]] winning director [[Astrid Henning-Jensen]].<ref name="Nash1987">{{cite book
Fribo, who studied the violin from age 4 and was trained as a [[Ballet|classical dancer]] from age 7, made her motion picture debut as Lisa in the [[Danish films of the 1980s|1986 Danish feature film]] ''[[Early Spring (1986 film)|Barndommens gade]]'' (''Childhood's Street'') based on a novel by [[Tove Ditlevsen]] and directed by [[Short Film Palme d'Or|Palme d'Or]] winning director [[Astrid Henning-Jensen]].<ref name="Nash1987">{{cite book
|last=Nash
|last=Nash
|first=Jay Robert
|first=Jay Robert
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|title=The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual: The Films of 1986
|title=The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual: The Films of 1986
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYgqAAAAYAAJ
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYgqAAAAYAAJ
|accessdate=27 May 2011
|accessdate=May 27, 2011
|year=1987
|year=1987
|publisher=[[Cinebooks]]
|publisher=[[Cinebooks]]
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|title=Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch
|title=Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C8QnAQAAIAAJ
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C8QnAQAAIAAJ
|accessdate=27 May 2011
|accessdate=May 27, 2011
|volume=98
|volume=98
|date=1 January 1990
|date=January 1, 1990
|publisher=F. A. Günther & sohn a.-g.
|publisher=F. A. Günther & sohn a.-g.
|language=German
|language=German
|page=124}}</ref> where she sang the part of [[Cinderella]] in Stephen SOndheim's ''[[Into the Woods]]'' in the 1990-91 season. Her Danish stage debut came in 1991 as [[Cosette]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' on [[Odense Teater]].
|page=124}}</ref> where she sang the part of [[Cinderella]] in Stephen SOndheim's ''[[Into the Woods]]'' in the 1990–91 season. Her Danish stage debut came in 1991 as [[Cosette]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' on [[Odense Teater]].


Fribo graduated from the Royal Danish Opera Academy in 2003 as a [[coloratura soprano]] and had her German opera debut as Zerbinetta in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'' on [[Theater Lübeck]] in April 2004. Since then she has sung at several theaters in Europe - in 2006 she participated in the [[Salzburg Festival]]<ref name="Opernwelt">{{cite book
Fribo graduated from the Royal Danish Opera Academy in 2003 as a [[coloratura soprano]] and had her German opera debut as Zerbinetta in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'' on [[Theater Lübeck]] in April 2004. Since then she has sung at several theaters in Europe – in 2006 she participated in the [[Salzburg Festival]]<ref name="Opernwelt">{{cite book
|title=Opernwelt
|title=Opernwelt
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1Y9AQAAIAAJ
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1Y9AQAAIAAJ
|accessdate=27 May 2011
|accessdate=May 27, 2011
|volume=49
|volume=49
|year=2008
|year=2008
|publisher=E. Friedrich Verlag
|publisher=E. Friedrich Verlag
|language=German
|language=German
|page=58}}</ref> - and in 2011 she made her U.S. debut singing in the Michael Sturminger opera ''[[The Infernal Comedy]]'' alongside [[John Malkovich]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theinfernalcomedy.org/jart/prj3/wak/projekt.jart?rel=en&content-id=1266692789312&reserve-mode=active | title = The Infernal Comedy - Louise Fribo | accessdate = 2011-05-27}}</ref>
|page=58}}</ref> – and in 2011 she made her U.S. debut singing in the Michael Sturminger opera ''[[The Infernal Comedy]]'' alongside [[John Malkovich]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theinfernalcomedy.org/jart/prj3/wak/projekt.jart?rel=en&content-id=1266692789312&reserve-mode=active | title = The Infernal Comedy – Louise Fribo | accessdate = May 27, 2011}}</ref>


Louise Fribo also gives concerts in Danish with [[Bent Fabric|Bent Fabricius Bjerre]], and she gives church concerts.
Louise Fribo also gives concerts in Danish with [[Bent Fabric|Bent Fabricius Bjerre]], and she gives church concerts.
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
She is, since 2013, no longer in a relationship with the father (David Springborg) of their two children.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
She is, since 2013, no longer in a relationship with the father (David Springborg) of their two children.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}


== Recordings ==
== Recordings ==
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== Awards ==
== Awards ==


* 2008 [[Poul Reumert|Reumertprisen]] (The Reumert Award) - for Best Supporting Female Actress in ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aaretsreumert.dk/index.dsp?page=2583 | title = Og Årets Reumert 2008 gik til... | accessdate = 2011-05-27 | publisher = Årets Reumert | language = Danish | quote = ... samt Louise Fribo, der er den første operasangerinde, der modtager prisen i kategorien Årets Kvindelige Birolle - for sin præstation i operaen ”Hoffmans eventyr” på Det Kongelige Teater. | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903024412/http://www.aaretsreumert.dk/index.dsp?page=2583 | archivedate = 2011-09-03 }}</ref>
* 2008 [[Poul Reumert|Reumertprisen]] (The Reumert Award) – for Best Supporting Female Actress in ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aaretsreumert.dk/index.dsp?page=2583 | title = Og Årets Reumert 2008 gik til... | accessdate = May 27, 2011 | publisher = Årets Reumert | language = Danish | quote = ... samt Louise Fribo, der er den første operasangerinde, der modtager prisen i kategorien Årets Kvindelige Birolle – for sin præstation i operaen "Hoffmans eventyr" på Det Kongelige Teater. | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903024412/http://www.aaretsreumert.dk/index.dsp?page=2583 | archivedate = September 3, 2011 }}</ref>
* 2006 Generation con Brio - as Costanza in Mozart's ''[[Il sogno di Scipione]]'' at the Salzburg Festival
* 2006 Generation con Brio – as Costanza in Mozart's ''[[Il sogno di Scipione]]'' at the Salzburg Festival
* 2003 Århus Sommeroperas Venner - as Blondchen in Mozart's ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail|Entführung]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aarhus-sommeropera.dk/friends.html | title = Aarhus Sommeropera | accessdate = 2011-05-27 | language = Danish}}</ref>
* 2003 Århus Sommeroperas Venner – as Blondchen in Mozart's ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail|Entführung]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aarhus-sommeropera.dk/friends.html | title = Aarhus Sommeropera | accessdate = May 27, 2011 | language = Danish}}</ref>
* 1992 [[Marguerite Viby|Marguerite Vibys Jubilæumslegat]] (The Margurite Viby Award) - as [[Cunégonde]] in [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein's]] ''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/pris/viby.htm | title = Modtagere af Marguerite Vibys Jubilæumslegat | accessdate = 2011-05-27 | language = Danish}}</ref>
* 1992 [[Marguerite Viby|Marguerite Vibys Jubilæumslegat]] (The Margurite Viby Award) – as [[Cunégonde]] in [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein's]] ''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/pris/viby.htm | title = Modtagere af Marguerite Vibys Jubilæumslegat | accessdate = May 27, 2011 | language = Danish}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 12:29, 15 February 2020

Louise Fribo
Birth nameLouise Fribo Eriksson
Born (1970-07-03) July 3, 1970 (age 54)
Copenhagen, Denmark
GenresOpera, Musical
Occupation(s)Singer, dancer, actress
Years active1986–present
LabelsEMI, DG
Websitewww.louisefribo.com

Louise Fribo (born July 3, 1970) is a Danish singer, actress and dancer.

Fribo, who studied the violin from age 4 and was trained as a classical dancer from age 7, made her motion picture debut as Lisa in the 1986 Danish feature film Barndommens gade (Childhood's Street) based on a novel by Tove Ditlevsen and directed by Palme d'Or winning director Astrid Henning-Jensen.[1]

Fribo attended from 1986 to 1989 the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts in East Grinstead and made her stage debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats at Operettenhaus Hamburg,[2] where she sang the part of Cinderella in Stephen SOndheim's Into the Woods in the 1990–91 season. Her Danish stage debut came in 1991 as Cosette in Les Misérables on Odense Teater.

Fribo graduated from the Royal Danish Opera Academy in 2003 as a coloratura soprano and had her German opera debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos on Theater Lübeck in April 2004. Since then she has sung at several theaters in Europe – in 2006 she participated in the Salzburg Festival[3] – and in 2011 she made her U.S. debut singing in the Michael Sturminger opera The Infernal Comedy alongside John Malkovich.[4]

Louise Fribo also gives concerts in Danish with Bent Fabricius Bjerre, and she gives church concerts.

She is the voice of the title character in the Danish dubbing of Mary Poppins and Belle in the dubbing of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and its sequels. She's also the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning taking over the part from Sissel Kyrkjebo.

On October 24, 2012 Louise Fribo created the role of Christine Daaé in Love Never Dies at the Det Ny Teater in Denmark. In 2015 she returned there to play the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music.

Personal life

She is, since 2013, no longer in a relationship with the father (David Springborg) of their two children.[citation needed]

Recordings

2012 CD Look with your Heart (Lloyd-Webber Album) 2012 CD Walking in the air (Christmas Album)

  • 2007 CD: Coloratura Soprano
  • 2006 DVD: Il sogno di Scipione
  • 2004 CD: En Musikalsk Rejse (A Musical Journey)
  • 2000 CD: Drømte mig en Drøm (Danish songs)
  • 1997 CD: Glædelig Jul (A selection of Christmas carols)

Awards

References

  1. ^ Nash, Jay Robert (1987). The Motion Picture Guide 1987 Annual: The Films of 1986. Cinebooks. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-933997-15-8. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Deutscher Bühnenverein; Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnen-Angehöriger; Fachschaft Bühne (Reichstheaterkammer) (January 1, 1990). Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch (in German). Vol. 98. F. A. Günther & sohn a.-g. p. 124. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Opernwelt (in German). Vol. 49. E. Friedrich Verlag. 2008. p. 58. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Infernal Comedy – Louise Fribo". Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Og Årets Reumert 2008 gik til..." (in Danish). Årets Reumert. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011. ... samt Louise Fribo, der er den første operasangerinde, der modtager prisen i kategorien Årets Kvindelige Birolle – for sin præstation i operaen "Hoffmans eventyr" på Det Kongelige Teater.
  6. ^ "Aarhus Sommeropera" (in Danish). Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  7. ^ "Modtagere af Marguerite Vibys Jubilæumslegat" (in Danish). Retrieved May 27, 2011.


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