Edith Guillaume
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Edith Guillaume | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 14, 1943 |
| Occupation | Mezzo-soprano |
Edith Sussanne Antonie Guillaume (June 14, 1943 - September 11, 2013) was a Danish mezzo-soprano who sang for the Danish National Opera and the Royal Danish Opera. She is remembered for performing in several modernist works, including those of Krzysztof Penderecki, Per Nørgård and Ib Nørholm.[1][2]
Born on 14 June 1943 in Bergerac, France, Edith Sussanne Antoine Guillaume was the daughter of the French architect Hubert Guillaume and his Danish wife, Marie Worm. After her father's death in 1944, her mother married the engineer Julius Wærum who travelled widely.[3] As a result, Guillaume spent her early childhood in France, Peru and Sweden, becoming fluent in several languages. In 1955, the family moved to Denmark where she attended the Lycée Français. When she was 18, she entered the Royal Danish Academy of Music, studying under the tenor Thyge Thygesen.[1]
In June 1966, she married the horticulturalist and tree specialist Niels Edgar Hvass.[4]
