Agnes Janson

Agnes Sofia Charlotta Janson, married name Fischer, (1861–1947) was a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist who later moved to Australia.

[1][2][3] Born in Stockholm on 20 June 1861, Agnes Sofie Charlotta Janson was the daughter of the mason Per Adolf Jansson and his wife Johanna Maria née Lund.

[2] She made her first public appearance in 1882 at a concert arranged by the Music Society, in the role of Oluf's mother in Niels Gade's Elverskud.

The following year on 30 April she made her debut at the Royal Opera as Azucena in Il travatore, after which she was engaged by the company in July and remained there until 1885.

Her stage appearances included the title role in Bizet's Carmen, Siebel and Marthe in Gounod's Faust and Mamma Lucia in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana.