Hallin's voice has been described as a coloratura soprano. She was considered to have the talent required for the international scene, but she chose to stay in Sweden.[6]
She set several works by August Strindberg to music, beginning with a chamber opera based on Fröken Julie (Miss Julie) in 1990. Miss Julie was staged at the Confidence Theatre in 1990, and restaged in 1994.[14] Hallin also composed music for Strindberg's works Den Starkare (The Stronger) which was performed in the Rotunda at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 1991, and Ett drömspel (A Dream Play) in 1992.[13][14]
In Sundsvall in 2012, Hallin premiered a program, both read and sung, which she had composed based upon Strindberg's letters to Harriet Bosse. At its performance in Kramfors, the production was accompanied by a small exhibition of Hallin's paintings, including a portrait of Strindberg.[15]
Personal life
Hallin was married twice. Her first marriage was to violinist Inge Boström from 1951 to 1956. The couple had a daughter, born in 1952.[2][16] Her second marriage was to Bengt Ekerot. Their son was born in 1966.[2]
Hallin died on 9 February 2020, at the age of 88.[17]
2011 – Sjuksköterskan in a dramatization of Strindberg's novel Taklagsöl [sv] (Topping out Ceremony), Strindberg's Intimate Theater[29]
Discography
Sex kvinnoporträtt ur operans värld ("Six portraits of women from the opera world"), solo performance with Norrköpings symfoniorkester, EMIHMV 4E 061-34616.[30]
Rigoletto as Gilda in Verdi's opera. Live recording. BIS CD-296. (2 CDs).[34]
Tranfjädrarna ("The Twilight Crane") as Tsu in Sven-Erik Bäck's opera. Norrköpings symfoniorkester. with Olle Sivall, Uno Ebréus. Kammarkören, cond. Eric Ericson. Swedish Society Disciofil. SLT 33183. Grammis Award.[35]
^Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (1959). Aniara : en revy om människan i tid och rum : opera i 2 akter (7 scenbilder) efter Harry Martinsons versepos "Aniara". London: Schott & Co. Libris 1261304
^ abCummings, David M., ed. (1998). "Hallin, Margareta". International Who's Who in Music and Musicians Directory: in the classical and light classical fields; 1998/99. Cambridge: International Who's Who in Music. p. 260. ISBN978-0948875922.
^Landström, Lars (18 February 2011). "En roll för en legend" (in Swedish). AB Allehanda. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.