Lone Herman Koppel (born 1938) is a Danish operatic soprano who for
some 30 years was one of the leading opera singers at Copenhagen's
Royal Theatre. Among her memorable performances is her 1964 appearance
in Puccini's Tosca, which was broadcast on Danish television.Born on
20 May 1938 in Copenhagen, Lone Herman Koppel was the daughter of the
composer Herman David Koppel (1908â€"1998) and Edel Vibeke
Clausen-Bruun (1909â€"1976). She married three times: on 15 June 1961
with the editor Erik Cosman Lindgren (born 1939), divorced in 1969; on
30 April 1969 with the pianist and opera director John Winther (born
1933), divorced in 1979; and on 23 July 1983 with the Swedish opera
singer Björn Asker (born 1941). She has three children: Mie (1963),
Thomas Peter (1965) and Nikolaj (1969).Brought up in a musical family,
she sang from an early age and by the time she was 11, could accompany
herself while singing songs by Brahms and Schubert. She studied at the
Royal Danish Conservatoire under Dora Sigurdsson before specializing
in opera at the Royal Theatre's Opera Academy. While studying, she
appeared in public with her father but it was in September 1962 that
she made her mark playing Musetta in Puccini's La bohème. Two years
later, together with Ib Hansen, she achieved even greater success as
Tosca in a television production directed by Holger Boland.From 1964
to 1966, she joined the Kiel Opera but remained the most popular
operatic soprano in Denmark as she performed leading roles such as
Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Senta
in The Flying Dutchman and once again as Tosca when the opera was
again presented by the Royal Theatre in 1967. Other successes included
her roles in Simone Boccanegra (1968), Eugene Onegin (1968), and Il
trovatore (1971). In the 1960s and early 1970s, she was Copenhagen's
most productive opera singer, performing not only traditional roles
but also participating in the new repertoire, for example as Marie in
Berg's Wozzeck or playing the title role in Shostakovich's Katerina
Ismailova.
some 30 years was one of the leading opera singers at Copenhagen's
Royal Theatre. Among her memorable performances is her 1964 appearance
in Puccini's Tosca, which was broadcast on Danish television.Born on
20 May 1938 in Copenhagen, Lone Herman Koppel was the daughter of the
composer Herman David Koppel (1908â€"1998) and Edel Vibeke
Clausen-Bruun (1909â€"1976). She married three times: on 15 June 1961
with the editor Erik Cosman Lindgren (born 1939), divorced in 1969; on
30 April 1969 with the pianist and opera director John Winther (born
1933), divorced in 1979; and on 23 July 1983 with the Swedish opera
singer Björn Asker (born 1941). She has three children: Mie (1963),
Thomas Peter (1965) and Nikolaj (1969).Brought up in a musical family,
she sang from an early age and by the time she was 11, could accompany
herself while singing songs by Brahms and Schubert. She studied at the
Royal Danish Conservatoire under Dora Sigurdsson before specializing
in opera at the Royal Theatre's Opera Academy. While studying, she
appeared in public with her father but it was in September 1962 that
she made her mark playing Musetta in Puccini's La bohème. Two years
later, together with Ib Hansen, she achieved even greater success as
Tosca in a television production directed by Holger Boland.From 1964
to 1966, she joined the Kiel Opera but remained the most popular
operatic soprano in Denmark as she performed leading roles such as
Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Senta
in The Flying Dutchman and once again as Tosca when the opera was
again presented by the Royal Theatre in 1967. Other successes included
her roles in Simone Boccanegra (1968), Eugene Onegin (1968), and Il
trovatore (1971). In the 1960s and early 1970s, she was Copenhagen's
most productive opera singer, performing not only traditional roles
but also participating in the new repertoire, for example as Marie in
Berg's Wozzeck or playing the title role in Shostakovich's Katerina
Ismailova.
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