Claussen, Julia(née Ohlson)
Claussen, Julia(née Ohlson)
Claussen, Julia(née Ohlson), Swedish mezzo-soprano; b. Stockholm, June 11, 1879; d. there, May 1, 1941. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm (1897–1902); then in Berlin with Friedrich (1903–05). She made her operatic debut as Leonora in La Favorite at the Stockholm Opera (Jan. 19, 1903); was engaged there from 1903 until 1932; made her debut at Covent Garden in London in 1914; was a member of the Chicago Opera Co. (1912–14; 1915–17). She made her first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y. as Dalila on Nov. 23, 1917, and remained on its roster until 1929; in 1934 she returned to Stockholm as a teacher at the Cons.
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