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Caroline Lisette (Maria Elisabet) Stenberg (23 October in Stockholm or Gothenburg 1770 – 18 June 1847 in Vänersborg), was a Swedish actress and musician. She was a well known and popular actor in 18th century Stockholm, and a star of the Stenborg Theatre (founded by Petter Stenborg, different spelling). She was not only an actor but also a singer and a musician, a pianist, and played piano forte between the acts. == Career == Born in Gothenburg, where her father worked as an inspector, she ran away from home with a lover: "Abandoned by her family, betrayed by her lover, the theatre became her only refuge, and in her despair she wover to become the most extravagant actress that ever existed. Unfortunately, she kept her promise all to well". The Stenborg Theatre, which had been founded as a continuation of the old Stenborg Troupe of Petter Stenborg, was categorized as a boulevard theater by foreigners. It was less solemn then the Royal Dramatic Theatre and popular among the public, though not among the aristocracy. She debuted at the Stenborg Theatre 2 April 1789, in a so-called Harlequinade, ''Arlequin Favirot-sultaninna'' (The favourite sultaness of Harlequin) at the age of nineteen. Her debut was a success. The paper asked who the new actress was (as a debutant, her name, according to the custom, was not in the program) and demanded to see her again. The same year, she played the part of Countess Clainville in ''Det oförmodade vadet'' (The unexpected bet), by Sedaine; she was to play the piano during this play, and surprised the audience by playing a claviacord sonata accompanied by a violin from the orchestra. This made her recognized as a musician, and her musical performance was repeated for the rest of the season. In 1794, she debuted as a concert singer at a concert at Riddarhuset, which was also a success. She played music and sang in operettas and performed both melodrama, tragedy and "higher comedy". She played Franciska in ''Minna von Barnhelm'' by Lessing in (1793), and was the first in Sweden to play Cherubin in ''The Marriage of Figaro (play)'' (1792). She played Orgon in ''Tartuffe'', Zemir in ''Zemir och Azor'' by Gretry, the main part in''Rosalie'' and the seductor in ''Den förförda ynglingen'' (The Seduced Youth) by Didrik Björn, and was among the first Swedish female actors, whose names are kept, to have performed a breeches role when she played the part of Count Razilli in 1790. G. A. Silfverstolpe called her "one of the greatest actors the world have seen"; she was very popular among the audience and had a lot of admirers, but she was often in trouble with the police. As a person, she was described as a confidant and strong young woman. It was said that "her fame as an actress grew in parallel with her extravagance". In 1797, a performance was given in benefit of "one of the actresses, who has always had the fortune to enjoy the flattering admiration from the audience as well as the proof of its support": her name was not revealed, as she at that point was bankrupt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lisette Stenberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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