Emilie Rosing
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Emilie Wilhelmine Rosing (6 March 1783 – 23 December 1811) was a Danish singer and stage actress. She was perhaps the most famous woman stage artist in Denmark during the age of Napoleon.
She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre
in Copenhagen
in 1802–1811, were she was regarded as a personification of the new neo-Classical ideal of the time. Formally employed as a chorist, she made such a great success as an actor that she was given one leading role after another from the beginning of her debut. She was a controversial artist with her androgynous appearance, and often played boys' breeches role
s. Her intelligence and original way of interpreting the often shallow roles she was given was highly debated. She remained a chorist in name, which was frustrating for her, and in 1811, she suffered a complete breakdown. The cause of death is given as cramps.
Emilie Rosing was the daughter of the well known acting couple Michael and Johanne Rosing
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She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre
Royal Danish Theatre
The Royal Danish Theatre is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
in 1802–1811, were she was regarded as a personification of the new neo-Classical ideal of the time. Formally employed as a chorist, she made such a great success as an actor that she was given one leading role after another from the beginning of her debut. She was a controversial artist with her androgynous appearance, and often played boys' breeches role
Breeches role
A breeches role is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing .In opera it also refers to any male character that is sung and acted by a female singer...
s. Her intelligence and original way of interpreting the often shallow roles she was given was highly debated. She remained a chorist in name, which was frustrating for her, and in 1811, she suffered a complete breakdown. The cause of death is given as cramps.
Emilie Rosing was the daughter of the well known acting couple Michael and Johanne Rosing
Johanne Rosing
Johanne Cathrine Rosing, née Olsen , was a Danish stage actress and ballet dancer, one of the most noted of the era.Born in a poor home as the daughter of an unemployed Norwegian bricklayer, she was a maid before she became a student of the French Ballet company at the court theatre and, in 1772,...
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