Fremstad

Olive, sopr b. Stock- holm. Parents both fine singers; began musical studies at an early age, appearing in public as pst. at 9; 7 years later parents came to the U. S., first locating in Chicago, then in Minneapolis, where she taught music; 1890 went to New York to study singing; 1893 studied with Lilli Lehmann; 1894 sang in Cologne, and made d6but m II Trovatore, Aug 1895; 1896 sang at Bayreuth, 1899 at Vienna Opera; studied at Milan, and in 1900 engaged at Munich Opera for three years; appeared at Covent Garden, London; New York d6but, 1903, at Metropol Op. House; created Salomt at Metropol. 1907; voice has wide range and sympathetic * quality.