Sigrid Arnoldson (20 March 1861 – 7 February 1943)

00:00 Lohengrin, Act I_ Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich 03:19 Il barbiere di Siviglia Act I_ Cavatina_ Una voce poco fa 06:20 Carmen Act I_ Habanera_ L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 09:18 I vespri siciliani, Act V_ Merce, dilette amiche 11:31 La Traviata Act III_ Addio, del passato Born in Stockholm, Arnoldson was taught by her father Carl Oskar Arnoldson, a respected tenor, and by Fritz Arlberg, a famous Swedish baritone. She later had further studies in Paris. She made her professional opera debut in 1885 at the Prague National Theatre as Rosina in Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville. The part became her calling card at a number of important houses, including her first and very successful appearances at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1886.[1] That same year The Musical Times reported that Franz Liszt had predicted: "a brilliant career" for her.