Description

HORTENSIA (TENNA) KRISTINE SOFIE EROGINE KRAFT NÉE FREDERIKSEN (COPENHAGEN, 16 MAY, 1885 – COPENHAGEN, 16 MARCH, 1954)

Born on 16 May 1885 in Copenhagen, Hortensia Kristine Sofie Erogine Frederiksen was the daughter of the house painter Christian Frederiksen (1859–1911) and Sophie Frederikke née Greisen (1859–1908). In 1927, she married the director of the Danish Petroleum Company Frederik Wilhelm Kraft (1879–1962). A talented singer as a child, she first studied in Copenhagen under Jens Larsen Nyrop and Osta Schottlænder before becoming a pupil of Désirée Artôt and Jean de Reszke in Paris.

Tenna Frederiksen made her début at the Royal Danish Theatre on 4 April 1906 taking the role of Elsa in Lohengrin. Thanks to her fine golden timbre and lyrical warmth, she became firmly established from the start, performing in a wide range of classical operas. Over the next 33 years, she played most of the well-known leading roles, including those in Tosca and La traviata, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Desdemona in Otello and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser. She was particularly popular in Danish works such as Peter Heise’s Drot og marsk and Siegfried Salomon’s highly acclaimed Leonora Christina which was specially written for her. On her retirement from the stage in 1939, she was celebrated at a reception in the Hotel d’Angleterre with 200 guests in the presence of Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning.

TRACKLIST

1. Ave Maria (Schubert) HMV Z223 2L848
2. Bohème (Puccini) Musettas valsarie G&T 83655 11318b
3. Bohème (Puccini) Musettas valsarie HMV V194 (7-83052)
4. Det kimer nu til julefest (Balle) HMV X2760 (7-283340)
5. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Rk mig din haand (w. Frederiksen) Polyphon S5001 263at
6. Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Brevscene D1561 100321 Pathé, København 1916
7. Fidelio (Beethoven) Duett, act 3 (w. Cornelius) Polyphon S5000 262at
8. Julen har bragt velsignet bud (Weyse) HMV X2760 (7-283339)
9. Lens (Hildach) D1561 100322 Pathé, København 1916
10. Leonora Christina (Salomon) Der er tre hjørnestene HMV X2760 (7-283339)
11. Leonora Christina (Salomon) Med sorrig jag mig lagde HMV V199 (7-83060)
12. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Brevduet (w. Nissen) Gramophone 084018 255ai
13. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Duet (w. Hansen) Odeon 116032 KP33
14. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Over havets flade G&T 083020 253aj
15. Mors et Vita (Gounod) Judex HMV Z223 2L849
16. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Fuglearien G&T 83696 11319b
17. Tosca (Puccini) Kom, hør nu paa mig (Ora per stammi a sentir) HMV M107 (2-083020)
18. Tosca (Puccini) Non lo sospiri (w. Herold) 084023 648ac Gramophone, Kobenhavn 1913-09-21
19. Tosca (Puccini) Qual’ occhio al mondo (w. Herold) 084024 647ac. Gramophone, Kobenhavn 1913-09-21
20. Tosca (Puccini) Toscas bøn HMV M107 (2-083021)