Emilie Rosing, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emilie Rosing

Danish actress

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1783

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1811

Profession: actor, opera singer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Emilie Rosing

  • Emilie Wilhelmine Rosing (6 March 1783 – 23 December 1811) was a Danish singer and stage actress.
  • She was perhaps the most famous female stage artist in Denmark during the age of Napoleon. Rosing was the daughter of the well known acting couple Michael and Johanne Rosing.
  • Rosing was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen between 1802 and 1811, and described as a personification of the new neo-Classical ideal of the time.
  • Formally employed as a chorist, she achieved such 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 roles.
  • 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.

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