Aino Ackté [SEP] voice type
Aino Ackté
Aino Ackté (originally Achte; 23 April 18768 August 1944) was a Finnish soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera scene after Alma Fohström, and a groundbreaker for the domestic field.
Biography.
Ackté was born in Helsinki. Her parents were mezzo-soprano Emmy Achté (née Strömer) and the conductor-composer Lorenz Nikolai Achté. Aino Ackté married a doctor, Heikki Renvall, in 1901 and gave birth to a daughter, Glory Leppänen, the same year. Their
summerhouse, Villa Aino Ackté, located in Helsinki is being rented by the city for cultural activities and meetings.
Ackté is most likely the original model for the opera diva character Bianca Castafiore in comics books of "Adventures of Tintin" by Belgian Hergé.
References.
- Severi Nygård: Tintti Suomessa (Tintin in Finland), Helsingin Sanomat, Kuukausiliite, October 2008.
External links.
- Voice sample from YLE Areena
- Villa Aino Ackté