Emilie Rosing

Emilie Wilhelmine Rosing (6 March 1783 – 23 December 1811) was a Danish singer and stage actress. She was perhaps the most famous woman stage artist in Denmark during the age of Napoleon.

She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen in 1802–1811, were she was regarded as a personification of the new neo-Classical ideal of the time. Formally employed as a chorist, she made such a great success as an actor that she was given one leading role after another from the beginning of her debut. She was a controversial artist with her androgynous appearance, and often played boys' breeches roles. Her intelligence and original way of interpreting the often shallow roles she was given was highly debated. She remained a chorist in name, which was frustrating for her, and in 1811, she suffered a complete breakdown. The cause of death is given as cramps.

Emilie Rosing was the daughter of the well known acting couple Michael and Johanne Rosing.

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