Berglioth Prom (first name also spelled Bergljot or Bergliot, December 18, 1858 – October 19, 1934) was a
Norwegian actress, singer, and
voice teacher.[1][2]
Berglioth Prom was born in
Bergen, the daughter of the actor Jacob Prom (1831–1865) and the singer
Helene Wiese (1828–1862).[3][4] She was the half-sister of the actress
Ellen Prom, and she grew up at the home of her aunt Eugenie Wiese and her husband, the businessman Peder Rosenkilde, in
Stavanger.[5] She married Thomas Fearnley (1851–1917), the director of the
Gjensidige insurance company, at
Trinity Church in
Kristiania (now Oslo) on December 7, 1887.[4][6][7]
Prom studied voice for several years in Germany under the voice teacher
Désirée Artôt. When she returned to Norway in 1884, she began teaching voice in her home town of Bergen.[8]
Preciosa in Preciosa by
Carl Maria von Weber and Pius Alexander Wolff (Christiania Theater, 1886)[10]
Edith in the farce Der Bibliothekar (The Librarian) by
Gustav von Moser (Christiania Theater, 1886)[11]
References
^Brinchmann, Christopher; Daae, Anders; Hammer, Karl Vilhelm (1912). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. p. 72.
^Nordisk musik-tidende: Månedsskrift for musikere og musikvenner. 1883. p. 59.
^"Frøken Bergliot Prom". Stavanger Amtstidende og Adresseavis. No. 247. October 22, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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abLounsberry, Clement Augustus (1917). North Dakota History and People: Outlines of American History. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 628.
^1875 census for 1103 Stavanger: Household: 0016 Kongsgade 773.
^"Ægteviede". Morgenbladet. No. 634. December 10, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^Studenter fra 1869(PDF). Christiania: W. C. Fabritius & Sønner. 1894. p. 200. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^"Sangundervisning". Bergens Tidene. No. 202. September 1, 1884. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
^Brun, Johannes (1898). En skildring af hans liv og hans samtidige : med kunstnerens dagbok i uddrag. Kristiania: A. Cammermeyer. p. 143.
^"Fra hovedstaden". Fædrelandsvennen. No. 152. December 27, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
^"Kristiania Theater". Dagbladet. No. 410. November 20, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
Additional reading
Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 137.
ISBN8200056228.