Fritz Arlberg

Fritz Georg Efraim Arlberg (21 March 1830 – 21 February 1896) was a Swedish baritone, teacher, composer, opera singer, translator of opera libretti and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

He commenced writing musical compositions from early in his career and during his time at Uppsala he attracted attention through his singing voice.

Arlberg studied singing with Julius Günther and the German tenor Wieser.

He then worked as a singing teacher, first in Stockholm and then in Copenhagen and finally in Christiania from 1894, where he died in 1896.

He translated and edited a number of operatic texts, including Rienzi and The Flying Dutchman.