Elisabeth Söderström

Known for

Acting

Born

May 7, 1927

Birthplace

Stockholm, Sweden

Died

November 20, 2009 (aged 82)

Biography

Anna Elisabeth Söderström CBE was a Swedish soprano and actress who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninov and Sibelius.

Best known work

The Adventures of Picasso

1978

Great Performances

1971

Aniara

1960

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Fidelio

1980

Svenske ryttaren

1949

The Human Voice

1985

The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

1999

En lek på blodigt allvar

1999

Fata Morgana

1979

Filmography

1999
En lek på blodigt allvar
as Self
1999
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
as Countess
1985
The Human Voice
as The Woman
1980
Fidelio
as Leonore
1980
Beethoven's Fidelio
as Leonore / Fidelio
1979
Fata Morgana
Writer
1978
The Adventures of Picasso
as Mimi
1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierTV
as Self (1 episode)
1971
Great PerformancesTV
as Juliana (1 episode)
1960
Aniara
as Daisy Doody / La Garconne
1949
Svenske ryttaren
as Agneta von Kreschwitz / Agneta Gyllencrona