Lovisa Augusti

Lovisa Sofia Augusti (born Ester Salomon; 1751 – 25 June 1790) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). She was regarded as one of the most noted opera singers of the Royal Swedish Opera during the Gustavian era. She was appointed Hovsångare in 1773 and inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1788.

Life Early life Lovisa Augusti was born in 1751 Germany under the name Ester Salomon as the daughter of the travelling Jewish-German musician Israel Salomon. She performed in a concert with a musician of the royal Hovkapellet, Francesco Antonio Uttini on 22 February 1767 in Gothenburg, where she made a success.

On 12 February 1788, the same year as her colleagues Caroline Halle-Müller and Franziska Stading, she was inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music on chair number 106.

Her spouse left the country because of his debts in 1787, and she had no children.