Ida Emilia Aalberg ( Finnish. Ida Emilia Aalberg ; December 4, 1857 , Yanakkala - January 17, 1915 , Petrograd ) - Finnish actress.
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| Date of Birth | December 4, 1857 |
| Place of Birth | Yanakkala |
| Date of death | January 17, 1915 (57 years old) |
| Place of death | Petrograd |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Profession | actress |
| Years of activity | 1874 - 1915 |
Short Biography
Born in a poor family traveling master. She studied at a girls' school for one year and also took private lessons. At the age of 17, she left for Helsinki , where she met with director Kaarli Bergbom , who saw the girl’s potential as a future actress and hired her to work at the Finnish Theater . The public's interest in her game manifested itself after success in the role of Borisko in the play "Rural Wretch" ( 1877 ). In 1877 and 1880, she studied acting with the famous German actress Maria Niemen-Seebach . International success came to Aalberg in the summer of 1880 during a tour of the theater in Munich , Vienna and Budapest . In the same year, Aalberg made a definite breakthrough in the Finnish theater, playing the role of Nora in the “Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen , which became one of the best in her career. Since that time, the actress is gradually assigned the status of a national treasure.
In 1883, Aalberg left the Finnish Theater. After a long trip in 1883-1884 to Paris , numerous foreign engagements followed, as a result of which, in 1885-1887, Aalberg performed mainly abroad. In 1885, at the Royal Theater in Stockholm, she played the role of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet in Finnish. In the same year, she worked at the Casino Theater in Copenhagen , and in 1886 at the Dagmar Theater. In 1887, the actress married lawyer and politician Lauri Kivekäsa, after whose death in 1893 she founded her own troupe.
In 1894, Ida Aalberg married an avid theater-goer - a real state adviser, Baron Alexander Johann von Ikskul von Guildenbandt and moved to St. Petersburg . There, the actress played a lot, with particular success performing in the performances “Lady with Camellias”, “Lady Macbeth”, “House”, “Theodora”, and also actively tours Russia , Germany , and Scandinavia . In 1906, after the death of Kaarli Bergbom, she took over the leadership of the Finnish National Theater . In January 1915, the actress suddenly fell ill and died in Petrograd. Buried in Helsinki.
The art of Aalberg, one of the largest Finnish actresses, was very dramatic. She created images of loving and suffering women, marked by depth of feelings, wholeness and passion. In the actress’s game, the subtle disclosure of the psychology of the heroines was combined with a refined external form, a thorough decoration of the details.
A monument to Ida Aalberg was unveiled near the Finnish National Theater in 1972 , and one of the streets of Helsinki was named after her. Also, her name is the square in Yanakkale. In addition, the Aalberg Museum is open in the singer’s hometown. The Ida Aalberg Foundation awards Finland's largest theater prize every two years.
Literature
- Theatrical Encyclopedia: In five volumes. - T. 1. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1961.
- Hannah Suutela. Ida Aalberg (1857-1915) // One Hundred Great Finns. Kaleidoscope of biographies = 100 suomalaista pienoiselämäkertaa venäjäksi / Ed. Timo Vihavainen per. with finnish. I.M.Solomeshcha. - Helsinki : Society of Finnish Literature ( Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ), 2004 .-- 814 p. - ISBN 951-746-522-X . . - Electronic version (Retrieved January 26, 2009)