Clara Ursin


Clara Ursin, was a Norwegian-Danish stage actress and opera singer.

Bkiography

In 1828, she was admitted to the music conservatory in Copenhagen. She debuted in 1947 at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
She was active at the Christiania Theatre in Oslo from 1849-76. She was married to the Fredrik Ursin , violinist in the Christiania Theater orchestra.
Ursin was regarded as the best female writer of the Norwegian theatre for many years and one of the reasons that the Christiania Theatre was occasionally able to offer opera performances. She ended her stage career after the 1875-76 season.
It was said of Ursin that she: