Anna Catharina Widerberg née Widebäck or Widebeck (1765-1824), was a
Swedish stage actress and singer.She was engaged at the Comediehuset
in Gothenburg, which was the only permanent theater stage in
18th-century Sweden outside of the capital of Stockholm, in
1782-90.She was a star actor and alongside Andreas Widerberg one of
the theater's main attractions. Not just an actress but also a singer,
it was reportedly she and Andreas Widerberg which made it possible for
the director Johan von Blanc to stage opera at the theater, otherwise
at that point only possible in Stockholm. In 1783, she and Andreas
Widerberg starred in the French operetta Annette et Lubin by
Jean-François Marmontel, which introduced opera at the Gothenburg
stage with great success, and the same season, Anna Catharina and
Andreas Widerberg announced their engagement in the press to the
audience with a poem, in which it was stated that the income from the
performance had been granted them as a wedding gift.In 1790, Anna
Catharina Widerberg accompanied her spouse to Stockholm after he had
been engaged there at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, but does not seem to
have been active as an actor herself after this. The couple divorced
in 1806. She was the mother of several children, most notably
Henriette Widerberg.
Swedish stage actress and singer.She was engaged at the Comediehuset
in Gothenburg, which was the only permanent theater stage in
18th-century Sweden outside of the capital of Stockholm, in
1782-90.She was a star actor and alongside Andreas Widerberg one of
the theater's main attractions. Not just an actress but also a singer,
it was reportedly she and Andreas Widerberg which made it possible for
the director Johan von Blanc to stage opera at the theater, otherwise
at that point only possible in Stockholm. In 1783, she and Andreas
Widerberg starred in the French operetta Annette et Lubin by
Jean-François Marmontel, which introduced opera at the Gothenburg
stage with great success, and the same season, Anna Catharina and
Andreas Widerberg announced their engagement in the press to the
audience with a poem, in which it was stated that the income from the
performance had been granted them as a wedding gift.In 1790, Anna
Catharina Widerberg accompanied her spouse to Stockholm after he had
been engaged there at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, but does not seem to
have been active as an actor herself after this. The couple divorced
in 1806. She was the mother of several children, most notably
Henriette Widerberg.
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