Name Angelique Magito | Died 1895 | |
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Angelique (Maria Sofia Angela) Magito (1809–1895) was a Swedish opera singer, concert singer and stage actress. She was one of the most well known artists of the travelling countryside theatres in Sweden, and was called the opera singer of the countryside.
Life
Angelique Magito was born to an Italian in the Swedish army, Pietro Magito. She became a student at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1817 and debuted at a concert at the German Church in Norrköping 1826. She was a member of a number of travelling theatre companies touring the countryside all over Sweden, notably that of Erik Djurström (1832–50). She was used mostly in singing parts, when the companies offered opera performances.
She married the officer Ture Jerving in 1855 and retired from stage. She was, however, long active within church concerts.
Angelique Magito is mentioned in the song En glad själs hem by Johan Gustaf Schultz.