Caroline Halle-Müller

Caroline Frederikke Müller (née Halle) (1755–1826), also known as Caroline Walther, was a Danish and later naturalized Swedish singer (mezzo-soprano), dancer and actor and principal of the theatre academy Dramatens elevskola. She was born as Caroline Halle, was known in Denmark as Caroline Walther (after her first marriage in 1774), and in Sweden as Caroline Müller (after her second marriage in 1780). She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and a royal court singer (Hovsångare). Born an illegitimate child, her stepfather Thomas Jespersen, who was employed as a machinist at the Royal Danish Theatre, got her accepted as a student there. At the age of six, she danced at the Royal Danish Theatre ballet; she debuted as an...