Sigrid Arnoldson

As Manon "Manon" Massenet

SIGRID ARNOLDSON
(20 March 1861 – 7 February 1943)
Swedish Soprano

Daughter of Oscar Arnoldson a noted tenor . Studied with her father and baritone Fritz Arlberg , Took further study in Paris . Debut in 1885 at the Prague National Theatre as Rosina in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville".London debut in 1887 in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Arnoldson's . Engaged in 1890 by the Max Strakosch for an American tour . Debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Baucis in "Philémon et Baucis" in 1893. She toured Spain and Russia.Her
other roles included Elsa Wagner's "Lohengrin", Nedda in " Pagliacci" ,Susanna in " The Marriage of Figaro", Papagena in "The Magic Flute", Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera", Marguerite de Valois in "Les Huguenots", and Sophie in "Werther" , also portrayed both Micaëla and Carmen in Bizet's "Carmen".By 1910 she was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She retired from the stage in 1911, after which she taught singing in Vienna for over 25 years. She moved to Stockholm in 1938 where she continued to teach up until her death in 1943.