Kjerstin Dellert
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| Background information | |
| Born | 4 November 1925 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 5 March 2018 (aged 92) |
| Genres | Opera |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1948–2015 |
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Kjerstin Dellert (4 November 1925 – 5 March 2018) was a Swedish opera singer and theater manager.[1] Born in Stockholm, Dellert made her opera debut at Stora teatern (the old Gothenburg Opera stage) in Gothenburg in the 1950s.[2] Her career as a vocalist had begun when she won an Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts contest in 1948 with Someone to Watch Over Me.[3][4] From the mid-1950s to the 1970s she worked primarily at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm in a variety of opera roles, including Floria in Puccini's Tosca and Harry Martinson/Erik Lindegren/Karl-Birger Blomdahl's opera Aniara in 1959.[5]
Dellert has also been the initiator and producer of a few gala shows for particular celebrations, such as the star-studded extravaganza financed by Sweden's Parliament and given in 1976 at the Stockholm Opera for the wedding of King Carl Gustaf och Queen Silvia (where ABBA first performed Dancing Queen and she performed O, min Carl Gustaf).[6] and an equally star-studded review at Södra teatern for her own 50th birthday in 1975.[7]
Dellert was the Director of the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen. Since the mid-1990s she has been retired from the stage, officially retired from the Swedish Royal Opera since 1979, but briefly in 2005 made a critically acclaimed appearance as Maria Callas in the play Master Class by Terrence McNally at Confidencen and Lorensbergsteatern in Gothenburg.[8]
She dubbed the singing voice of Eva Dahlbeck for the role of Helena in the film Sköna Helena (1951), and she participated in Melodifestivalen 1972 with "Kärlek behöver inga ord", finishing fourth.[2]
On Christmas Eve 2016 Dellert suffered a stroke.[9]
Kjerstin Dellert was the mother of artist and entertainment personality Thomas Dellert.
Dellert died on 5 March 2018, aged 92.[10]
References
- ^ "Kjerstin Dellert: "Det är vidrigt att fylla 90"". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Kjerstin Dellert fyller 80 år den 4 november". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "BILDSPECIAL: Följ med hem till Kjerstin Dellert". 13 September 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Kjerstin Dellert i förtroende ISBN 91-0-057326-4 p. 84
- ^ ""Aniara" - opera för orostider - DN.SE". 8 January 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Dagens Nyheter 1976-06-19
- ^ Expressen 1975-11-05 & Hänt i Veckan 1975-11-13
- ^ Article in Göteborgs-Posten 2005-11-23
- ^ "Kjerstin Dellert drabbad av stroke". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Pettersson, Leo. "Kjerstin Dellert har dött". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
Further reading
- Kutsch, K. J. and Riemens, Leo (eds.), "Dellert, Kjerstin", Unvergängliche Stimmen, Francke, 1975, p 162. ISBN 3-7720-1145-4
- PhotoIcon, "60 Second Exposure: Kjerstin Dellert"
- Sveriges Television, "En av de stora sopranerna", 20 November 2009
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