Berglioth Prom

Berglioth Prom
Born(1858-12-18)December 18, 1858
Bergen, Norway
DiedOctober 19, 1934(1934-10-19) (aged 75)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
MotherHelene Wiese
RelativesEllen Prom

Berglioth Prom (first name also spelled Bergljot or Bergliot, December 18, 1858 – October 19, 1934) was a Norwegian actress, singer, and voice teacher.[1][2]

Berglioth Prom was born in Bergen, the daughter of the actor Jacob Prom (1831–1865) and the singer Helene Wiese (1828–1862).[3][4] She was the half-sister of the actress Ellen Prom, and she grew up at the home of her aunt Eugenie Wiese and her husband, the businessman Peder Rosenkilde, in Stavanger.[5] She married Thomas Fearnley (1851–1917), the director of the Gjensidige insurance company, at Trinity Church in Kristiania (now Oslo) on December 7, 1887.[4][6][7]

Prom studied voice for several years in Germany under the voice teacher Désirée Artôt. When she returned to Norway in 1884, she began teaching voice in her home town of Bergen.[8]

Prom debuted on October 20, 1886, at the Christiania Theatre in the role of Inga in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play Mellem Slagene (Between the Battles).[9]

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  2. ^ Nordisk musik-tidende: Månedsskrift for musikere og musikvenner. 1883. p. 59.
  3. ^ "Frøken Bergliot Prom". Stavanger Amtstidende og Adresseavis. No. 247. October 22, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Lounsberry, Clement Augustus (1917). North Dakota History and People: Outlines of American History. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 628.
  5. ^ 1875 census for 1103 Stavanger: Household: 0016 Kongsgade 773.
  6. ^ "Ægteviede". Morgenbladet. No. 634. December 10, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Studenter fra 1869 (PDF). Christiania: W. C. Fabritius & Sønner. 1894. p. 200. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Sangundervisning". Bergens Tidene. No. 202. September 1, 1884. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  9. ^ Brun, Johannes (1898). En skildring af hans liv og hans samtidige : med kunstnerens dagbok i uddrag. Kristiania: A. Cammermeyer. p. 143.