Edith Oldrup

Edith Johanne Oldrup-Björling (18 June 1912 – 4 June 1999) was a Danish operatic soprano. She made her début at the Royal Danish Opera in 1935 where she performed until 1949. She is remembered in particular for her roles in the operas of Mozart and Puccini. Oldrup made over 60 recordings.

Biography Born in Copenhagen on 18 June 1912, Edith Johanne Oldrup Pedersen was the daughter of Charles Peter Ferdinand Oldrup Pedersen (1885-1946) and Hulda Marie Larsen (1885-1969). She was brought up in a well-to-do area of Frederiksberg. After attending the French School until she was 16, she studied song and dance under the operatic tenor Vilhelm Herold. When she was 20, she entered the Opera Academy at the Royal Theatre where she made her début in 1934 as Micaëla in Carmen, becoming an immediate success.