Monique Brynnel

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Monica Margareta Weaving, stage name Monique Brynnel, is a Swedish-Australian operatic soprano and teacher of singing. She was married to the Australian baritone/tenor Jon Weaving.

Brynnel first came to public notice in Australia in 1971, when she and the Melbourne-born Weaving were engaged with Sadlers Wells opera and appeared on ABC-TV in the documentary film Monique and Jon. [1] In 1979 Weaving returned with Brynnel to the city of his birth and appeared together in a number of concerts, including a "Concert for the People" at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and later with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under conductor John Hopkins, and made an LP record World of Operetta. [2]

She made her debut with Australian Opera (now Opera Australia) in 1981, when she played Adele to Joan Sutherland's Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus . [3] This production on 10 July 1982 was Australia's first simulcast, relayed throughout the country on ABC-FM radio and ABC TV live from the Sydney Opera House. [4] It was also released by Decca Records as a two-LP set "Strauss: Die Fledermaus Live from the Sydney Opera House". [5]

Weaving and Brynnel founded a business in Fyshwick, ACT, preserving trees, [6] a process that takes several years to complete and with no guarantee of a sale, meanwhile continuing to perform. She played a "harsh voiced" Despina in Così fan tutte , [7] and starred in a Vienna-styled New Year's Eve concert [8]

In 1992 they founded the Academy of Singing in Melbourne. [9]

In 1994 they were living at Mount Martha, Victoria, when they separately declared themselves bankrupt. [10]

In 2011 they left Australia for Sweden, where Weaving died.

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