Elisabeth Lillström

Elisabeth Lillström née Söderman (1717 – 4 April 1791) was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer.

She married the musician Petter Lillström (1714–1776), who is confirmed to be a member of the orchestra of the Bollhuset theater from at least 1744 onward (later as its conductor).

[1] In the 1747–48 season, Elisabeth Lillström starred in the main role of the nymph Syrinx in Syrinx by Lars Lalin or Peter Lindahl with music by Johan Ohl, opposite Peter Lindahl (as Harlequin), Johanna Embeck (Chlorix), Petter Stenborg (Philemon), Trundman (Sylvanus) and her daughter Elisabeth Olin (Astrild), which is known as the first Swedish opera comique.

[1] She also starred in the leading role of the Den straffade förmätenheten eller Arachne hvilken blifver förvandlad i en spindel ('Punished impudence or Archne enchanted within a spider') by Lars Lalin (1750–51) as well as in the Menlöshetens tempel ('Sanctuary of Pointlessness') by Peter Lindahl (1749–50), also with her daughter.

In 1761 and 1762, the Stenborg troupe was given permission to perform Swedish plays at Bollhuset for the benefit of the husband of Elisabeth Lillström: in 4 December 1770, Elisabeth Lillström played Salmonea in the tragedy Maccabeerne in Bollhuset, again to the benefit of her husband, who also composed the music.