Olefine Moe

Who was Olefine Moe?

Olefine Louise Margarethe Moe was a Norwegian opera singer, actress, opera director and singing teacher.

She was born in Bergen, debuted as a dramatic actress on the Christiania Theatre in Christiania in 1868. After having participated in some opera performances stage by travelling Italian opera troupes, she became the student of Fredrika Stenhammar in Stockholm, where she debuted as an opera singer on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1872. She was contracted at the opera in 1873–81. In 1882–1886, she ran the first opera in Norway in Oslo with the Swedish writer Mattis Lundström, where she played the leading roles. She made guest performances in Stockholm and Oslo until 1896. Until 1917, she was active as a singing teacher. She moved to Sweden in 1904. She died in November 1933 in Ås.