Elisabeth Wärnfeldt

Siv Elisabeth Margaretha Wärnfeldt (born 1956) is a Swedish author, opera and concert singer.

Education and career

Wärnfeldt took a bachelor's degree at Stockholm University in music, art and theatre science in 1979. She wrote her dissertation on the Swedish composer Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist.[1] She studied music and voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria. For many years her vocal teacher was the Hovsångare (Swedish court singer) Birgit Nilsson. In 1986, Wärnfeldt was awarded both the Birgit Nilsson Prize and the Wagner Prize.[2] Her opera debut in 1989 was in the part of Halka at the Silesian Opera in Bytom, Poland. Wärnfeldt has since sung, among others, the part of Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Södra Teatern, directed by Johannes Schaaf. Other notable parts are Anna Bolena in Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Contessa in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Rosalinda in Strauss's Die Fledermaus and Leonore in Verdi's Il trovatore.

Wärnfeldt has written several articles since her time at the university of Stockholm[3] and has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Vienna,[4] and at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. In 2012, she received[5] an M.Phil. from the Åbo Academy. Wärnfeldt is a member of the Swedish writers' union, Sveriges Författarförbund.

Texts and libretti written by Wärnfeldt
  • It's like the light, a scenic novel by Elisabeth Wärnfeldt based on the poems by Emily Dickinson. Music by Kai Nieminen and produced by Staffan Aspegren[6][7]
  • Symphony No. 231, "About Völvan..." with music by Leif Segerstam[8]
  • She, with music by Leif Segerstam[9]
  • Road map..., with music by Leif Segerstam[10]
  • Völvan, with music by Leif Segerstam[11]
  • Symphony No. 232, with music by Leif Segerstam[12]
  • Symphony No. 233, with music by Leif Segerstam[13]
  • Symphony No. 234, with music by Leif Segerstam[14]
  • Symphony No. 241, with music by Leif Segerstam[15]
  • Symphony No. 242, with music by Leif Segerstam[16]
  • Symphony No. 246, with music by Leif Segerstam[17]
  • Requiem, "Per-Olof Gillblad in memoriam" with music by Leif Segerstam[18]

Books
  • 1985 - Solvarv
  • 1997 - Anna och Herr Gud
  • 2011 - Red

Music written for, dedicated to or first performed by Wärnfeldt

Discography
  • 2000 - Monica Dominique: Herr Gud, det är Anna (Mr God it’s Anna)
  • 2005 - Reflection; songs by Lars Jergen Olson[21]
  • 2006 – Opera album Homage to Birgit Nilsson with Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Schmelzer
  • 2007 - Lights in Wintertime Christmas carols with the Högalidskyrkan Choir conducted by Anna Lena Engström
  • 2008 - Songs of love with Franz Liszt's Petrarca Sonnets among others, pianist Stefan Nymark
  • 2008 - Felix Mendelssohn's Hear my prayer with Kinna kyrkokör conducted by Hans Åke Månsson
  • 2008 - Alexander Blechinger’s Max and Moritz
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References
  1. "Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist". Svensk Musik. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Stipendiater". Svenska Wagner-Sallskapet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. "Wärnfeldt Elisabeth". Libris. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. http://www.abo.fi/public/News/Item/item/6106%5B%5D
  6. "Nieminen, Kai (*1953): Fennica Gehrman - Finnish sheet music". www.fennicagehrman.fi.
  7. "YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  8. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/6C0043DF9C6DCDBFC22576B7004D8915?opendocument%5B%5D
  9. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/CC8F210E931D3A57C225784E002C99DA?opendocument%5B%5D
  10. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/EA2D0FE32BEA1C32C225779700340CE4?opendocument%5B%5D
  11. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/9FB601A29E1277CCC225776F003308F8?opendocument%5B%5D
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/WPRI/29CAA845B8CC45FFC22576DC002EC141%5B%5D
  14. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/WPRI/6E1A21867AE23CE4C22577750023F28D%5B%5D
  15. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/A5BF13C58F749C5BC225784E002D0E68?opendocument%5B%5D
  16. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/27E0060EC9212E32C225784F003F2CAE?opendocument%5B%5D
  17. http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/nuotisto.nsf/0/5EFA68B2C2219FB1C22578D4002996D4?opendocument%5B%5D
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2013-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. "Det händer i hamnkvarteren på Skeppsholmen, Kastellholmen, Djurgårdsvarvet, Beckholmen och Galärvarvet" (PDF). Stockholms Sjögård (in Swedish). 4 April 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  20. "Opern Festspiele". Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  21. "Reflection". nosag. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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