Angelique Magito
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Angelique Magito, (1809 - 1895), was a Swedish opera singer, concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

 singer and stage actress. She belonged to the most well known artists of the travelling country side theatres in Sweden, and called the opera singer of the country side.

She was born to an Italian in the Swedish army, Pietro Magito. She became a student at the Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera
Kungliga Operan is Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet.-Location and Environment:...

 in 1817 and debuted at a concert at the German Church in Norrköping
Norrköping
Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...

 1826.
she was a member of a number of travelling theatre companys touring the country side all over Sweden, notably that of Erik Djurström
Erik Djurström
Erik Wilhelm Djurström, née Strandberg, , was a Swedish actor and director of a travelling theatre, one of the best known in the first half of 19th century in Sweden.- Biography :...

 (1832-50), and was used mostly in singing parts, when the companies offered opera performances.

She married officer Ture Jerving in 1855 and was after this long active within church concerts.

Angelique Magito is mentioned in the song En glad själs hem by Johan Gustaf Schultz.
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