Elisabeth Olin: The First Swedish Opera Star
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master of Fine Arts (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]
The Swedish singer Elisabeth Olin was the first star of Swedish opera, but very little is known about her today. The theoretical part of this study gives a historical background to her life and the music that she performed, music that is rarely performed today. Further, this study discusses the subject of Historically Informed Performance Practice (HIP) and the most common arguments for and against it, with examples connected to the repertoire in focus. The results of the study show that although HIP does not give clear answers or solutions, it offers tools for interpretation and performance, which help the musician to make artistic choices. The artistic part of this study is a performance about Olin based on music that she performed. The object of the artistic part is to present Olin and the music of her time, particularly the music of Gustavian opera, to a modern audience.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 38
Keywords [en]
historically informed performance practice, early music, Gustavian opera, opera singers, repertory, singing technique
National Category
Music
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-4873OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-4873DiVA, id: diva2:1758968
External cooperation
Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien
Presentation
2023-03-22, Kungasalen, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Stockholm, 18:00 (Swedish)
Supervisors
Examiners
Note
G. B. Pergolesi (1710–1736) Salve Regina i c-moll
F. A. Uttini (1723–1795) ”Öde, dina dolda lagar” ur Thetis och Pelée (1773)
F. A. Uttini ”Min tunga känner intet tvång” ur Aline, drottning av Golconda (1775)
P-A Monsigny (1729-1817) ”Il ne faut pas vous alarmer” ur La belle Arsène (1773, Stockholm 1779)
C. W. Gluck (1714-1787) “Armez-vous d’un noble courage” ur Iphigénie en Aulide (1774, Stockholm 1778)
J. G. Naumann (1741–1801) “Mitt minne fåfängt återför…I berg som krönen denna tract” ur Amphion (1777)
E. Olin (1740–1828) ”En liten sårland bäck” (ur diktsamlingen ”Gustaviade”, 1768)
Medverkande: Elisabeth Hellström, sopran; Karolina Weber Ekdahl, barockviolin; Sandra Marteleur, barockviolin; Boel Hillerud Nyman, barockviola; Johanna Niederbacher, barockcello; Sofia Winiarski, kistorgel och cembalo; Klara Hellström, blockflöjt; Alex Gullberg, blockflöjt
Ljudupptagning från examenskonsert i Kungasalen 2023-03-22 med ovanstående program och medverkande.
2023-06-012023-05-242023-06-01Bibliographically approved