Liljeblad, Ingeborg
Liljeblad, Ingeborg
Liljeblad, Ingeborg, Finnish soprano; b. Helsinki, Oct. 17,1887; d. there, Feb. 28,1942. She studied in Berlin with Etelka Gerster, and in Paris with Félia Litvinne. She was engaged at the Mannheim Opera (1911–13) and the Hamburg Opera (1913–14). Returning to Helsinki in 1927, she taught at the Sibelius Academy. She was married to the conductor Leo Funtek.
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