Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén

Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén née Morthorst (1757-1845) was a Danish stage actress and opera singer. She belonged to the elite members of the Royal Danish Theatre between 1784 and 1827.

She made her debut as an actress on 21 September 1784. While active as an actress her entire career, it was in the capacity of an opera singer she was truly successful. She was described as a musically gifted coloratura soprano. She successfully performed the role of ingenue until she gradually shifted to mother roles.

1780s

 * 1782	Den stundesløse as Ane, kokkepige
 * 1783	Den politiske kandestøber as Pige
 * 1783	Faderen as Sypige
 * 1783	Julie as Jomfru
 * 1784	Balders død as Valkyrie
 * 1784	Barselstuen as Barselskonens pige
 * 1784	Cecilia as Anna
 * 1784	De samnitiske ægteskaber as Samnitisk pige
 * 1784	De uventede tilfælde as Emilie
 * 1784	Den sværmende filosof as Philamon
 * 1784	Det foregivne hekseri as Charlotte
 * 1784	Kongen og forpagteren as Mally, Richards søster
 * 1784	Lucile as Lisette, kammerpige
 * 1784	Skotlænderinden as Pige i værtshus
 * 1785	Arsene as Eugenia
 * 1785	Cecilia as Dorthe
 * 1785	Deucalion og Pyrrha as Pyrrha
 * 1785	Friskytterne og mælkepigen as Lene, mælkepige
 * 1785	Zemire og Azor as Fatime
 * 1786	Aglae as Rodope
 * 1786	Den foregivne lord as Irene, hans datter
 * 1786	Den løgnagtige tjener as Dame
 * 1786	Det uventede møde as Rezia
 * 1786	Rosenbruden i Salency as Cecilie, rosenbruden
 * 1787	Aglae as Aglae
 * 1787	Arsene as Myris
 * 1787	Cecilia as Lisbeth
 * 1787	Den falske formodning as Leonore
 * 1787	Den uforsigtige forsigtighed as Mirande
 * 1787	Fiskerne as Lise
 * 1787	Orfeus og Eurydice as Evrydice
 * 1787	Ulysses von Ithacia as Pallas
 * 1788	Aglae as Aglae
 * 1788	Det talende skilderi as Isabelle
 * 1788	Markedet as Grethe
 * 1788	Skovbyggeren as Pauline
 * 1789	Aglae as Aglae
 * 1789	Den skinsyge kone as Miss Russet
 * 1789	Den sværmende filosof as Claire
 * 1789	Desertøren as Nanatte, en bondepige
 * 1789	Eddikemanden og hans hjulbør as Hr. Delomers datter
 * 1789	Orfeus og Eurydice as Evrydice

1790s

 * 1790	Apotekheren og doctoren as Leonora, Stødvels datter
 * 1790	De to gerrige as Lucinde
 * 1790	Den sværmende filosof as Claire
 * 1790	Høstdagen as Grethe
 * 1790	Julie as Julie
 * 1790	Lucile as Lucile
 * 1790	Selim og Mirza as Fatme
 * 1790	Steffen og Lise as Lise
 * 1791	Aglae as Aglae
 * 1791	Bødkeren as Trine
 * 1791	De forliebte haandværksfolk as Rosine
 * 1791	De to gerrige as Lucinde
 * 1791	De to sedler as Grethe
 * 1791	De tre forpagtere as Trine
 * 1791	Elskovs magt as Dulcimano
 * 1791	Erast as Georgine
 * 1791	Købmanden i Smyrne as Amalie
 * 1791	Lilla as Lilla
 * 1791	Richard Løvehjerte as Margrethe, grevinde af Flandern
 * 1791	Syngesygen as Elise
 * 1791	Taknemlighed og utaknemlighed as Vilhelmine
 * 1791	Vennen af huset as Agathe
 * 1792	Aglae as Aglae
 * 1792	Arven i Marseille as Lucile
 * 1792	Balders Død as Nanna
 * 1792	De to smaa Savoyarder as Joseph
 * 1792	De Vonner og Vanner as Sophie
 * 1792	Feen Ursel as Berthe, dronning
 * 1792	Høstgildet as Grethe
 * 1792	Indianerne i England as Liddy
 * 1792	Kolonien as Marine
 * 1792	Papegøjen as Lady Amalie Bedford
 * 1792	Pæretræet as Claudine
 * 1792	Ringen as Caroline Selting
 * 1792	Stregen i regningen as Henriette
 * 1793	Borgerlykke as Mariane
 * 1793	De to gerrige as Lucinde
 * 1793	De to sedler as Grethe
 * 1793	De to smaa Savoyarder as Joseph
 * 1793	Den skinsyge kone as Miss Russet
 * 1793	Figaro giftermaal as Cherubin
 * 1793	Lilla as Lilla
 * 1793	Lise og Peter as Lise
 * 1793	Steffen og Lise as Lise
 * 1793	Syngesygen as Elise
 * 1793	Væddemaalet as Astrid
 * 1794	Arsene as Myris
 * 1794	Bødkeren as Trine
 * 1794	Den røde hue as Hedevig
 * 1794	Desertøren as Lovise
 * 1794	Det talende skilderi as Isabelle
 * 1794	Grovsmeden as Lene
 * 1794	Høstdagen as Marie
 * 1794	Kun seks retter as Fru Reinhard
 * 1794	Købmanden i Smyrne as Amalie
 * 1794	Peters bryllup as Grethe
 * 1794	Silkeskoene as Edele
 * 1795	Aftenen as Marie
 * 1795	Barselstuen as Kone
 * 1795	De forliebte haandværksfolk as Rosine
 * 1795	De to gerrige as Lucinde
 * 1795	De tre forpagtere as Trine
 * 1795	Den sværmende filosof as Claire
 * 1795	Entreprenøren i knibe as Merline
 * 1795	Hekserie as Frue
 * 1795	I oprørt vand er godt at fiske as Baroness
 * 1795	Kjolen fra Lyon as Rosine
 * 1795	Rosenbruden i Salency as Cecilie, rosenbruden
 * 1795	Serenaden as Lene, bondepige
 * 1796	Barselstuen as Kone
 * 1796	Dyveke as Dronning Elisabeth
 * 1796	Festen i Valhal as Skuld
 * 1796	Hemmeligheden as Lene, ung bondepige
 * 1796	Høstdagen as Marie
 * 1796	Søofficererne as Fru Wotton
 * 1796	Vinhøsten as Frøken von Tosberg
 * 1796	Virtuosen nr. 2 as Fru von Borgen
 * 1797	Bagtalelsens skole as Marie
 * 1797	De forliebte haandværksfolk as Madam Constance
 * 1797	Den bogstavelige udtydning as Jenny
 * 1797	Den snedige brevveksling as Madame Fougere
 * * 1797	Fejltagelserne as Frøken Trine
 * 1797	Fusentasterne as Juliane
 * 1797	Jockeyen as Alexandrine
 * 1797	Modens sæder as Julie
 * 1797	Navnsygen as Henriette
 * 1797	Nonnerne as Priorinde
 * 1797	Vestindianeren as Charlotte Rusport
 * 1797	Zemire og Azor as Lisbe
 * 1798	Aline, dronning af Golkonda as Hyrdinde
 * 1798	Bagtalelsens skole as Pige hos lady Teazle
 * 1798	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1798	Elskernes skole as Eveline
 * 1798	Falsk undseelse as Emmy
 * 1798	Figaro giftermaal as Suzanne
 * 1798	Mariane as Madame Derval
 * 1798	Pebersvenden as Grethe
 * 1798	Victorine as Victorine
 * 1799	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1799	De to brødre as Mally
 * 1799	Falsk undseelse as Emmy
 * 1799	Medbejlerne as Frøken Lydia Følig
 * 1799	Natur røst as Suzon
 * 1800	Barselstuen as Barselskone
 * 1800	Bødkeren as Trine

1800s

 * 1800	De pudserlige arvinger as Emilie Falk
 * 1800	De to brødre as Mally
 * 1800	De to gerrige	Lucinde as * 1800	Den lille matros	Fulbert
 * 1800	Landsbyteatret as Mistress Dazzle
 * 1800	Min bedstemor as Miss Jenny
 * 1800	Negeren as Frøken Julie Decan
 * 1800	Optimisten as Fru Dorvil
 * 1800	Serenaden as Lene, bondepige
 * 1800	Søofficererne as Fru Wotton
 * 1800	Ægteskabsforslaget as Rosaline
 * 1801	Tjenestefolkenes skole as Kitty
 * 1802	Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
 * 1802	Bagtalelsens skole as Pige hos Lady Teazle
 * 1802	Den lille matros as Lise
 * 1802	Herman von Unna as Sophie
 * 1802	Hjemkomsten as Signe
 * 1802	Mødet paa rejsen as Constanza
 * 1802	Octavia as Charmion
 * 1803	De to dage as Angelina
 * 1803	Kærlighed uden strømper as Grethe, Johans forlovede
 * 1803	Raptussen as Lady Dorset
 * 1803	Rosenkæderne as Fru Lundborg
 * 1804	Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
 * 1804	Balders død as Valkyrie
 * 1804	Den logerende as Madam Søldal
 * 1804	Kalifen af Bagdad as Lemaide
 * 1804	Landsbypigen as Frøken Clare
 * 1804	Skatten as Lucile
 * 1805	De to Figaroer as Suzanne
 * 1805	Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
 * 1805	Syngesygen as Elise
 * 1806	Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
 * 1806	En times ægteskab as Elise
 * 1806	Familien i Amerika as Madam Daranville
 * 1806	Rivalerne as Madam Orgon
 * 1806	Romeo og Juliette as Cecile
 * 1808	De to dage as Angelina
 * 1809	Marionetterne as Fru Saint-Phar
 * 1809	Sovedrikken as Abelone

1810s

 * 1810	Snedkeren i Lifland as Madame Merber, gæstgiverske
 * 1811	Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
 * 1812	Apothekeren og doctoren as Rosalia
 * 1812	Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
 * 1813	De to brødre as Mally
 * 1813	Hamlet as Gertrud
 * 1814	Barselstuen as Dame / Kone
 * 1814	Fiskerne as Birthe
 * 1814	Natur røst as Claire
 * 1815	Ariadne på Naxos as Orkade
 * 1815	Grovsmeden as Grethe
 * 1815	Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
 * 1816	Den lille matros as Mo'er Thomas
 * 1816	Hemmeligheden as Sophie
 * 1817	Octavia as Kleopatra
 * 1819	Nonnerne as Priorinde
 * 1819	Peters bryllup as Kirsten

1820s

 * 1820	Barselstuen as 	Arianke Bogtrykkers
 * 1820	De forliebte haandværksfolk as Madam Constance
 * 1821	Den lille matros as Mo'er Thomas
 * 1822	Ægteskabsskolen as Fru Silkeborg
 * 1823	Hekserie as Frue
 * 1823	Sovedrikken as Abelone
 * 1826	Myndlingerne as Enke
 * 1827	Det sidste middel as Baronesse Düthelm

Personal life
Dahlén married Carl Dahlén in 1792.