Emilie Wilhelmine Rosing (6 March 1783 â€" 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.
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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