Brita Catharina Lidbeck

Who was Brita Catharina Lidbeck?

Brita Catharina Lidbeck, also Brita Catharina Munck af Rosenschöld was a Swedish Dilettante concert singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

She was the daughter of Petrus Munck af Rosenschöld, bishop in Lund. She married Anders Lidbeck, professor in Lund, in 1817. Brita Catharina was not a professional; she performed at charity concerts and in musical societies. She was a student of the opera singer Karl Magnus Craelius, and debuted in public on a concert arranged by him in Stockholm in 1813. She was elected into the Academy in 1827. She performed in public for the last time on a charity concert to the benefit of the students of the Royal Academy of Music the 6 March 1842. Singers from the royal academy performed at her funeral.