Wilhelmina Fundin

Wilhelmina Fundin (1842), from a sketch by Maria Röhl

Wilhelmina ("Mina") Christina Fundin (1819–1911) was a Swedish operatic soprano who sang at the Royal Swedish Opera without interruption for 30 years. In the mid-1800s, she was considered to be one of the opera's most talented performers.[1][2]

Biography

Born on 12 July 1819 in Stockholm, Wilhelmina Fundin was the daughter of the precentor of St Clara's Church, Carl Axel Fundin and Christina Margaretha Wikström. Her friend and colleague Jenny Lind met when she was fourteen. She called her "Mina Fundin" and they were cared for by the theatre who had adopted them as contracted apprentices.[3]

After entering the Royal Theatre's school in 1833, she was engaged as an actress and opera singer in 1841.[4][1] When her friend Jenny Lind was touring abroad and after she left Sweden, Fundin took on her leading roles.[3]

Among her most appreciated roles were the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Adalgisa in Norma, and Leonora in Alessandro Stradella.[4]

Wilhelmina Fundin died in Stockholm on 28 January 1911.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Schöldström, Birger (5 August 1898). "Wilhelmina Fundin" (PDF) (in Swedish). Idun. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Stålberg, Wilhelmina, Berg, P.G. (1866). "Fundin, Wilhelmina" (in Swedish). Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 Henry Scott Holland; William Smith Rockstro (20 October 2011). Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt: Her Early Art-Life and Dramatic Career, 1820-1851. Cambridge University Press. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-108-03868-3.
  4. 1 2 "Fundin, Wilhelmina Christina" (in Swedish). Europas konstnärer. 1887. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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