Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén

Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén née Morthorst (1757-1845) was a Danish stage actress and opera singer. She belonged to the elite members of the Royal Danish Theatre between 1784 and 1827.

She made her debut as an actress on 21 September 1784. While active as an actress her entire career, it was in the capacity of an opera singer she was truly successful. She was described as a musically gifted coloratura soprano. She successfully performed the role of ingenue until she gradually shifted to mother roles.

List of roles edit

1780s edit

1782 Den stundesløse as Ane, kokkepige
1783 Den politiske kandestøber as Pige
1783 Faderen as Sypige
1783 Julie as Jomfru
1784 Balders død as Valkyrie
1784 Barselstuen as Barselskonens pige
1784 Cecilia as Anna
1784 De samnitiske ægteskaber as Samnitisk pige
1784 De uventede tilfælde as Emilie
1784 Den sværmende filosof as Philamon
1784 Det foregivne hekseri as Charlotte
1784 Kongen og forpagteren as Mally, Richards søster
1784 Lucile as Lisette, kammerpige
1784 Skotlænderinden as Pige i værtshus
1785 Arsene as Eugenia
1785 Cecilia as Dorthe
1785 Deucalion og Pyrrha as Pyrrha
1785 Friskytterne og mælkepigen as Lene, mælkepige
1785 Zemire og Azor as Fatime
1786 Aglae as Rodope
1786 Den foregivne lord as Irene, hans datter
1786 Den løgnagtige tjener as Dame
1786 Det uventede møde as Rezia
1786 Rosenbruden i Salency as Cecilie, rosenbruden
1787 Aglae as Aglae
1787 Arsene as Myris
1787 Cecilia as Lisbeth
1787 Den falske formodning as Leonore
1787 Den uforsigtige forsigtighed as Mirande
1787 Fiskerne as Lise
1787 Orfeus og Eurydice as Evrydice
1787 Ulysses von Ithacia as Pallas
1788 Aglae as Aglae
1788 Det talende skilderi as Isabelle
1788 Markedet as Grethe
1788 Skovbyggeren as Pauline
1789 Aglae as Aglae
1789 Den skinsyge kone as Miss Russet
1789 Den sværmende filosof as Claire
1789 Desertøren as Nanatte, en bondepige
1789 Eddikemanden og hans hjulbør as Hr. Delomers datter
1789 Orfeus og Eurydice as Evrydice

1790s edit

1790 Apotekheren og doctoren as Leonora, Stødvels datter
1790 De to gerrige as Lucinde
1790 Den sværmende filosof as Claire
1790 Høstdagen as Grethe
1790 Julie as Julie
1790 Lucile as Lucile
1790 Selim og Mirza as Fatme
1790 Steffen og Lise as Lise
1791 Aglae as Aglae
1791 Bødkeren as Trine
1791 De forliebte haandværksfolk as Rosine
1791 De to gerrige as Lucinde
1791 De to sedler as Grethe
1791 De tre forpagtere as Trine
1791 Elskovs magt as Dulcimano
1791 Erast as Georgine
1791 Købmanden i Smyrne as Amalie
1791 Lilla as Lilla
1791 Richard Løvehjerte as Margrethe, grevinde af Flandern
1791 Syngesygen as Elise
1791 Taknemlighed og utaknemlighed as Vilhelmine
1791 Vennen af huset as Agathe
1792 Aglae as Aglae
1792 Arven i Marseille as Lucile
1792 Balders Død as Nanna
1792 De to smaa Savoyarder as Joseph
1792 De Vonner og Vanner as Sophie
1792 Feen Ursel as Berthe, dronning
1792 Høstgildet as Grethe
1792 Indianerne i England as Liddy
1792 Kolonien as Marine
1792 Papegøjen as Lady Amalie Bedford
1792 Pæretræet as Claudine
1792 Ringen as Caroline Selting
1792 Stregen i regningen as Henriette
1793 Borgerlykke as Mariane
1793 De to gerrige as Lucinde
1793 De to sedler as Grethe
1793 De to smaa Savoyarder as Joseph
1793 Den skinsyge kone as Miss Russet
1793 Figaro giftermaal as Cherubin
1793 Lilla as Lilla
1793 Lise og Peter as Lise
1793 Steffen og Lise as Lise
1793 Syngesygen as Elise
1793 Væddemaalet as Astrid
1794 Arsene as Myris
1794 Bødkeren as Trine
1794 Den røde hue as Hedevig
1794 Desertøren as Lovise
1794 Det talende skilderi as Isabelle
1794 Grovsmeden as Lene
1794 Høstdagen as Marie
1794 Kun seks retter as Fru Reinhard
1794 Købmanden i Smyrne as Amalie
1794 Peters bryllup as Grethe
1794 Silkeskoene as Edele
1795 Aftenen as Marie
1795 Barselstuen as Kone
1795 De forliebte haandværksfolk as Rosine
1795 De to gerrige as Lucinde
1795 De tre forpagtere as Trine
1795 Den sværmende filosof as Claire
1795 Entreprenøren i knibe as Merline
1795 Hekserie as Frue
1795 I oprørt vand er godt at fiske as Baroness
1795 Kjolen fra Lyon as Rosine
1795 Rosenbruden i Salency as Cecilie, rosenbruden
1795 Serenaden as Lene, bondepige
1796 Barselstuen as Kone
1796 Dyveke as Dronning Elisabeth
1796 Festen i Valhal as Skuld
1796 Hemmeligheden as Lene, ung bondepige
1796 Høstdagen as Marie
1796 Søofficererne as Fru Wotton
1796 Vinhøsten as Frøken von Tosberg
1796 Virtuosen nr. 2 as Fru von Borgen
1797 Bagtalelsens skole as Marie
1797 De forliebte haandværksfolk as Madam Constance
1797 Den bogstavelige udtydning as Jenny
1797 Den snedige brevveksling as Madame Fougere
* 1797 Fejltagelserne as Frøken Trine
1797 Fusentasterne as Juliane
1797 Jockeyen as Alexandrine
1797 Modens sæder as Julie
1797 Navnsygen as Henriette
1797 Nonnerne as Priorinde
1797 Vestindianeren as Charlotte Rusport
1797 Zemire og Azor as Lisbe
1798 Aline, dronning af Golkonda as Hyrdinde
1798 Bagtalelsens skole as Pige hos lady Teazle
1798 Barselstuen as Dame
1798 Elskernes skole as Eveline
1798 Falsk undseelse as Emmy
1798 Figaro giftermaal as Suzanne
1798 Mariane as Madame Derval
1798 Pebersvenden as Grethe
1798 Victorine as Victorine
1799 Barselstuen as Dame
1799 De to brødre as Mally
1799 Falsk undseelse as Emmy
1799 Medbejlerne as Frøken Lydia Følig
1799 Natur røst as Suzon
1800 Barselstuen as Barselskone
1800 Bødkeren as Trine

1800s edit

1800 De pudserlige arvinger as Emilie Falk
1800 De to brødre as Mally
1800 De to gerrige Lucinde as * 1800 Den lille matros Fulbert
1800 Landsbyteatret as Mistress Dazzle
1800 Min bedstemor as Miss Jenny
1800 Negeren as Frøken Julie Decan
1800 Optimisten as Fru Dorvil
1800 Serenaden as Lene, bondepige
1800 Søofficererne as Fru Wotton
1800 Ægteskabsforslaget as Rosaline
1801 Tjenestefolkenes skole as Kitty
1802 Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
1802 Bagtalelsens skole as Pige hos Lady Teazle
1802 Den lille matros as Lise
1802 Herman von Unna as Sophie
1802 Hjemkomsten as Signe
1802 Mødet paa rejsen as Constanza
1802 Octavia as Charmion
1803 De to dage as Angelina
1803 Kærlighed uden strømper as Grethe, Johans forlovede
1803 Raptussen as Lady Dorset
1803 Rosenkæderne as Fru Lundborg
1804 Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
1804 Balders død as Valkyrie
1804 Den logerende as Madam Søldal
1804 Kalifen af Bagdad as Lemaide
1804 Landsbypigen as Frøken Clare
1804 Skatten as Lucile
1805 De to Figaroer as Suzanne
1805 Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
1805 Syngesygen as Elise
1806 Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
1806 En times ægteskab as Elise
1806 Familien i Amerika as Madam Daranville
1806 Rivalerne as Madam Orgon
1806 Romeo og Juliette as Cecile
1808 De to dage as Angelina
1809 Marionetterne as Fru Saint-Phar
1809 Sovedrikken as Abelone

1810s edit

1810 Snedkeren i Lifland as Madame Merber, gæstgiverske
1811 Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
1812 Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
1812 Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
1813 De to brødre as Mally
1813 Hamlet as Gertrud
1814 Barselstuen as Dame / Kone
1814 Fiskerne as Birthe
1814 Natur røst as Claire
1815 Ariadne på Naxos as Orkade
1815 Grovsmeden as Grethe
1815 Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
1816 Den lille matros as Mo'er Thomas
1816 Hemmeligheden as Sophie
1817 Octavia as Kleopatra
1819 Nonnerne as Priorinde
1819 Peters bryllup as Kirsten

1820s edit

1820 Barselstuen as Arianke Bogtrykkers
1820 De forliebte haandværksfolk as Madam Constance
1821 Den lille matros as Mo'er Thomas
1822 Ægteskabsskolen as Fru Silkeborg
1823 Hekserie as Frue
1823 Sovedrikken as Abelone
1826 Myndlingerne as Enke
1827 Det sidste middel as Baronesse Düthelm

Personal life edit

Dahlén married Carl Dahlén in 1792.

References edit

Dansk biografisk Lexikon / IV. Bind. Clemens - Eynden

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