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...half a millennium the Kings of Sweden have been loyally served by the House of Brahe. Per Brahe, third of the Swedish Brahes, married a sister of King Gustaf Vasa, "father of modern Sweden,'' in the early 16th century. His grandson, Per Brahe the Younger was Governor General of Finland. In 1632 Nils Brahe, of the "Blue Brigade," died with King Gustavus Adolphus in the Battle of Lützen...
...seldom been performed in this country. The first recorded performance was at Brooklyn in 1860, in Italian, under the title "Belmonte and Constanze". Two years later there was a performance in German at the German Opera House in New York.SELECTED TO SING ROLE OF LADY HARRIETT IN "MARTHA" ADELE VASA...