Augusta Schrumpf, née Smith (19 November 1813 â€" 7 January 1900) was
a Norwegian dramatic actress and operatic soprano. She was the prima
donna of the national stage of Norway in the first half of the 19th
century. She belonged to the pioneer troupe of artists at the
Norwegian national stage, and could be regarded as the first opera
singer in Norway.Augusta Smith was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as the
daughter of Konsumtionskasserer - a lower official - Halvor Smith
(1770-1835) and Ellen Marie Lundgren (d. April 1859). Her father was
Norwegian, and her mother was Swedish. She married the violinist
August Schrumpf in 1832.Augusta Schrumpf was engaged at the Strömberg
Theatre (later known as the Christiania Theatre) in Oslo from 1829 to
1860. Founded by Johan Peter Strömberg only two years previously, the
theatre was Norway's first and (at that time only) permanent theatre
and the national stage in the 19th century. Until the employment of
Laura Gundersen in 1849, however, the theatre employed almost
exclusively actors from Denmark and Germany, in large because Norway
did not yet have an established theatre school and trained
actors.Augusta Schrumpf was initially engaged by Jens Lang Bøcher
[Wikidata] as a student actor, but she soon raised to be a main
attraction of the theatre. She debuted 21 September 1829 as Rosine in
The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais.
a Norwegian dramatic actress and operatic soprano. She was the prima
donna of the national stage of Norway in the first half of the 19th
century. She belonged to the pioneer troupe of artists at the
Norwegian national stage, and could be regarded as the first opera
singer in Norway.Augusta Smith was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as the
daughter of Konsumtionskasserer - a lower official - Halvor Smith
(1770-1835) and Ellen Marie Lundgren (d. April 1859). Her father was
Norwegian, and her mother was Swedish. She married the violinist
August Schrumpf in 1832.Augusta Schrumpf was engaged at the Strömberg
Theatre (later known as the Christiania Theatre) in Oslo from 1829 to
1860. Founded by Johan Peter Strömberg only two years previously, the
theatre was Norway's first and (at that time only) permanent theatre
and the national stage in the 19th century. Until the employment of
Laura Gundersen in 1849, however, the theatre employed almost
exclusively actors from Denmark and Germany, in large because Norway
did not yet have an established theatre school and trained
actors.Augusta Schrumpf was initially engaged by Jens Lang Bøcher
[Wikidata] as a student actor, but she soon raised to be a main
attraction of the theatre. She debuted 21 September 1829 as Rosine in
The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais.
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