# Emma Meissner

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'''Emma Olivia Meissner''' ({{née|'''Ekström'''}}; 30 October 1866 – 20 November 1942) was a Swedish soprano and actress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/nojsam-slutklam-nar-emma-meissner-fyllde-50-pa-grand-hotel/|title=Nöjsam slutkläm när Emma Meissner fyllde 50 på Grand Hôtel |work=[Dagens Nyheter](/source/Dagens_Nyheter)|date=30 October 2006|access-date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805022032/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/nojsam-slutklam-nar-emma-meissner-fyllde-50-pa-grand-hotel/|archive-date=5 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 

==Biography==
Emma Olivia Ekström  was born in [Karlstad](/source/Karlstad) to Johan Fredrik Ekström and Anna Brita Pettersson. She worked in the choir at ''[Mindre teatern](/source/Mindre_teatern)'' in Stockholm 1881–1883. Her first role was as a character in the opera ''Sjökadetten''.<ref name="runeberg.org">{{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/hvar8dag/15/0374.html|title=354 (Hvar 8 dag / Årg. 15 (1913/1914))|website=runeberg.org|access-date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723083633/http://runeberg.org/hvar8dag/15/0374.html|archive-date=23 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She was a student at the conservatory in Stockholm 1884–1885, and then studied for Fritz Arlberg (1830–1896) and [Signe Hebbe](/source/Signe_Hebbe) (1837–1925) from 1885 to 1886. She then worked at [Södra Teatern](/source/S%C3%B6dra_Teatern) in Stockholm 1888–1889.<ref name="runeberg.org" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/arlberg-fritz/|title= Fritz Arlberg (1830–1896)|website= Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date= 1 January 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190626011756/http://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/arlberg-fritz/|archive-date= 26 June 2019|url-status= live}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=12674|title=  Signe A G Hebbe|website=  Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|access-date=  1 January 2020|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170224215637/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=12674|archive-date=  24 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

She got her big breakthrough at [Vasateatern](/source/Vasateatern) in Stockholm during 1890 as Yum Yum in ''[The Mikado](/source/The_Mikado)''.<ref name="runeberg.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9243 |title= Emma O Meissner |website= Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date= 1 January 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170224141739/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9243 |archive-date= 24 February 2017 |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was married from 1899 to opera conductor Hjalmar Meissner (1865–1940). He was employed by theatre director [Albert Ranft](/source/Albert_Ranft) (1858–1938) and was the second conductor at his theaters until 1925, with the exception of a period 1908–1910 at the [Royal Swedish Opera](/source/Royal_Swedish_Opera) and 1914 at the [Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra](/source/Gothenburg_Symphony_Orchestra).<ref>{{cite web  |url= https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9244  |title= C Hjalmar Meissner  |website= Svenskt biografiskt lexikon  |access-date= 1 January 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190814195836/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9244  |archive-date= 14 August 2019 |url-status= live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=   https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=7539 |title=   Albert A Ranft |website=   Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=   1 January 2020 |archive-url=   https://web.archive.org/web/20170224103519/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=7539 |archive-date=   24 February 2017 |url-status=   live }}</ref>

Meissner died in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm).

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Category:1866 births
Category:1942 deaths
Category:Swedish sopranos
Category:Actresses from Stockholm
Category:19th-century Swedish actresses
Category:Swedish stage actresses
Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Swedish silent film actresses
Category:20th-century Swedish actresses

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