Augusta Öhrström-Renard

Augusta Öhrström-Renard (16 February 1856 – 4 November 1921) was a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer who performed at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm (1881–1883) and gave concerts in France and North America.

[1] Her operatic roles included Azucena in Il trovatore, Bergadrottningen in Den bergtagna and Marta in the Swedish première of Mefistofele in 1883.

[2] Born in Gothenburg on 16 February 1856, Augusta Öhrström was musically talented from an early age, playing both the piano and the violin and performing when she was only 11.

After an engagement at the Royal Opera from 1881 to 1883, she moved to Paris where she met the foremost operatic composers of the day, including Gounod, Jules Massenet and Charles-Marie Widor.

[2] Öhrström then went on tour in North America where she gained a reputation as an international star, performing no less than 126 times in Canada, Mexico and the United States in cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Quebec, Montreal, New Orleans and Washington.