Anna Oscàr

Considered to be Sweden's leading soprano of the period, she made her debut using her maiden name, Anna Thulin, at the Royal Swedish Opera as Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute when she was 16.

Engaged by the company in 1896, she remained there for the rest of her life singing some 60 different roles in the major German, Italian, French and Swedish operas.

[4] After attending the Royal Theatre's ballet school, she turned to singing, receiving instruction from the baritone Isidor Dannström and the soprano Signe Hebbe.

She went on to play Gerda in Ivar Hallström's Den bergtagna (The bride of the mountain king) and Anna in Andreas Randel's Värmlänninger.

[1] She remained with the Royal Opera for the rest of her life, becoming one of the most successful singers of the period with enthusiastic support from the critics.