Margareta Hallin Explained

Birth Name:Gunhild Margareta Hallin Ekerot
Birth Date:1931 2, df=y
Birth Place:Karlskoga, Sweden
Death Place:Vantör, Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse:Inge Boström (1951-1956)
Bengt Ekerot
Years Active:19552020
Occupation:Opera soprano, composer, actress

Gunhild Margareta Hallin Ekerot (20 February 1931 – 9 February 2020) was a Swedish opera singer, composer and actress.[1] [2]

Early life and debut

Hallin was born on 20 February 1931, in Karlskoga.[1] She made her debut during her time as a student at the University College of Opera in 1955 as Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Career

Hallin joined the Royal Swedish Opera as a full-time employee in 1956, where she performed in roles such as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss, Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, the title role in Aida, and Gilda in Rigoletto. Hallin was appointed Hovsångerska (Royal Court singer) along with Erik Saedén, in 1966, and was awarded the Jussi Björling Scholarship in 1970. Her last performance at the opera was in the title role of Cherubini's Médée.[3]

Hallin's voice has been described as a coloratura soprano. She was considered to have the talent required for the international scene, but she chose to stay in Sweden.

Her opera roles in the 1950s to 1970s included the blind poetess in Karl-Birger Blomdahl's Aniara,[4] [5] Anne Trulove in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, the title role in Verdi's La traviata, Therese in Lars Johan Werle's Drömmen om Thérèse,[6] and the Queen Mother in Georg Joseph Vogler's Gustaf Adolf och Ebba Brahe.[7] [8] Hallin also performed in Glyndebourne, Florence, Vienna, Hamburg, Moscow, London and Copenhagen, as well as making a tour in the Soviet Union.

In the mid-1980s, she started composing music. Encouraged by composer Eberhard Eyser, she made her debut in 1986 with poems set to music. The poems were by Nils Ferlin, Harry Martinson, Werner Aspenström and Alf Henrikson – she performed a medley of these in the Drottningholm Palace Church. She was elected as a member of the Swedish Society of Composers in 1990 and was awarded the honorary academic title of professors namn in 2001. In 2006, she received the Gunn Wållgren Award.

She set several works by August Strindberg to music, beginning with a chamber opera based on Fröken Julie (Miss Julie) in 1990. Miss Julie was staged at the Confidence Theatre in 1990, and restaged in 1994. Hallin also composed music for Strindberg's works Den Starkare (The Stronger) which was performed in the Rotunda at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 1991, and Ett drömspel (A Dream Play) in 1992.[9]

In Sundsvall in 2012, Hallin premiered a program, both read and sung, which she had composed based upon Strindberg's letters to Harriet Bosse. At its performance in Kramfors, the production was accompanied by a small exhibition of Hallin's paintings, including a portrait of Strindberg.[10]

Personal life

Hallin was married twice. Her first marriage was to violinist Inge Boström from 1951 to 1956. The couple had a daughter, born in 1952.[11] Her second marriage was to Bengt Ekerot. Their son was born in 1966.

Hallin died on 9 February 2020, at the age of 88.[12]

Awards and titles

In plays

Discography

References

Sources

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Margareta Hallin (Soprano) – Short Biography. Bach Cantatas Website. 19 February 2016. 24 December 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011224051901/http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Hallin-Margareta.htm. live.
  2. Sveriges befolkning 1970 . CD-ROM v 1.04 . Sveriges Släktforskarförbund . 2002.
  3. Sökresultat. Svensk Music. 19 February 2016. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192622/http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=margareta+hallin. 4 March 2016. live.
  4. Web site: Aniara – en svensk operaklassiker. SVT. 28 February 2016. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035300/http://www.svt.se/veckans-forestallning/aniara-en-svensk-operaklassiker/. 5 March 2016. live.
  5. Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (1959). Aniara : en revy om människan i tid och rum : opera i 2 akter (7 scenbilder) efter Harry Martinsons versepos "Aniara". London: Schott & Co. Libris 1261304
  6. News: Kulturnytt special: Werle – Animalens, Tintomaras och Thérèses tonsättare. Sveriges Radio. 25 December 2007 . 28 February 2016. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304170150/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=1755034. 4 March 2016. live.
  7. Web site: The Rake's Progress. 28 February 2016. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305170800/http://ingmarbergman.se/en/production/rakes-progress. 5 March 2016. live.
  8. Web site: Hallin, Margaret: The Early Recordings (1955–1960). Spotify. 28 February 2016. registration. 16 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216195919/https://open.spotify.com/album/3ebufGOao7XXVUjbBGL4c4?play=true. live.
  9. Web site: Margareta Hallin. Svensk Musik. 4 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416191307/http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6eng.nsf/DocsByCodename/single_object%21opendocument%26external%3Dhttp%3A//www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/WebV6BiografierAOEng/D502C38785507A6541256492002D25F9. 16 April 2016. dead.
  10. News: Margareta Hallins djupa relation till August Strindberg. 4 April 2016. Allehanda. 29 November 2012. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415071317/http://www.allehanda.se/kultur/margareta-hallins-djupa-relation-till-august-strindberg. 15 April 2016. live.
  11. Sveriges dödbok 1947–2006 . sv. CD-ROM v 4.00 . Sveriges Släktforskarförbund . 2007.
  12. Web site: Operasångerskan Margareta Hallin är död. 9 February 2020. SVT Nyheter. 9 February 2020. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213071808/https://www.svt.se/kultur/musik/operasangerskan-margareta-hallin-ar-dod. 13 February 2020. live.
  13. Book: Cummings. David M.. International Who's Who in Music and Musicians Directory: in the classical and light classical fields; 1998/99. 1998. International Who's Who in Music. Cambridge. 978-0948875922. 260. Hallin, Margareta. https://books.google.com/books?id=ez1JfIVM4ykC&pg=PA260.
  14. News: Årets Thaliapris går till Koutsogiannakis. 4 April 2016. Kvällsposten. See Tidigare Pristagare listing previous winners. 8 October 2014. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415220350/http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/kultur/arets-thaliapris-gar-till-koutsogiannakis/. 15 April 2016. live.
  15. News: Thaliapristagare. 4 April 2016. Kvällsposten. 25 September 2009. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415204249/http://www.expressen.se/kvp/kultur/thaliapristagare-3364065/. 15 April 2016. live.
  16. Web site: Jussi Björling . Stiftelsen Kungliga Teaterns Solister . sv . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222613/http://www.skts.se/fonder/bjorling/bjorling.html . 4 March 2016.
  17. Web site: Margareta Hallin. www.mic.stim.se. Svensk Musik. sv. 13 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413224133/http://www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/micv5.nsf/DocsByCodename/single_object%21opendocument%26external%3Dhttp%3A//www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/WebV5BiografierAO/D502C38785507A6541256492002D25F9. 13 April 2016. dead.
  18. Web site: Sahlin. Björn. Gullebarns vaggsånger (Heidenstam). Björn Sahlin. 13 March 2016. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415173218/http://www.bjornsahlin.se/bjornsahlin/extern/gullebarns-vaggsanger-heidenstam.htm. 15 April 2016. live.
  19. Web site: Landström. Lars. En roll för en legend. 18 February 2011. AB Allehanda. 13 March 2016. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414220553/http://www.allehanda.se/kultur/en-roll-for-en-legend. 14 April 2016. live.
  20. Web site: Holmquist. Åke. Gunn Wållgrens Minnesfond. sv. Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 13 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160405193254/http://www.musikaliskaakademien.se/download/18.25e6bcc411eccf1b68980004024/1377188561856/%C3%85rsskrift+2006.pdf. 5 April 2016. live.
  21. Web site: Taklagsöl av August Strindberg . sv . Strindberg's Intimate Theater. 2011 . 10 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311225650/http://www.strindbergsintimateater.se/repertoar/arkiv/2011/Taklags%C3%B6l%20av%20August%20Strindberg-copy . 11 March 2016.
  22. Web site: Sex kvinnoporträtt ur operans värld / Margareta Hallin; Norrköpings symfoniorkester . sv . Svensk mediedatabas . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311022501/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001461272 . 11 March 2016 . live .
  23. Web site: Uno Stjernqvist – tenor. sv. Svensk mediedataboas. 10 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311020452/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001546255. 11 March 2016. live.
  24. Web site: Svenska hovsångerskor . sv . Svensk mediedatabas . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311013746/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001550802 . 11 March 2016 . live.
  25. Web site: Ständchen (op 17:2) /Sång för 1 röst & piano, 1885–87?. text: Adolf Friedrich von Schack/ / Margareta Hallin . sv . Svensk mediedatabas . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311021826/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001887612 . 11 March 2016 . live .
  26. Web site: Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi . sv . Svensk mediedatabas . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311021232/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001505702 . 11 March 2016 . live .
  27. Web site: Tranfjädrarna : opera / av Sven-Erik Bäck; regi: Bengt Ekerot; producent: Arne Arnbom; produktion: Sveriges radio; libretto: Bertil Malmberg . sv . Svensk mediedatabas . 10 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311015018/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001428876 . 11 March 2016 . live .

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