Aino Seep (25 February 1925 – 8 July 1982) was an Estonian opera and operetta soprano and stage and film actress.
Early life and education Aino Seep was born in Tartu in 1925 to parents Daniel Seep and Linda Seep (). She was one of two siblings. She attended primary and secondary schools in Tartu before enrolling in the Tartu School of Music (now, the Heino Eller Tartu Music School), studying under tenor and teacher Rudolf Jõks, and graduating in 1949.arhiiv.err.ee Vanemuise hääled: VANEMUISE HÄÄLED. Aino Seep - 75. sünniaastapäev. 3 March 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
Stage career In 1949, shortly after graduating from the Tartu School of Music, Seep joined the Vanemuine theatre as an opera and operetta singer, opera soloist, and stage actress. Seep's first role at the Vanemuine was as Adele, Rosalinde's maid in Johann Strauss II's 1874 operetta Die Fledermaus in 1949. This was followed by a 1950 performance as Susanna, the countess's maid in Mozart's 1786 opera buffa The Marriage of Figaro.Eesti Entsüklopeedia Seep, Aino Retrieved 28 January 2017.
Seep's career onstage at the Vanemuine would span over thirty years. Some of her more notable roles include:Eesti Entsüklopeedia Seep, Aino Retrieved 28 January 2017.kodu.ut.ee Jaeger, Andres: Muusikaga seotud noorusmälestusi Retrieved 28 January 2017. Musette, Giacomo Puccini's La bohème (1952) Gilda, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto (1953) Teele, Oskar Luts' Kevade (1953) Margarethe, Charles Gounod's Faust (1953) Violetta, Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (1954) Vaike, Evald Aava's Vikerlased (1955) Norina, Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale (1957) Despina, Mozart's Così fan tutte (1959) Luisa, Sergei Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery (1962) Lola, Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana (1963) Lieschen, Johann Sebastian Bach's Coffee Cantata (1963) Butterfly, Puccini's Madame Butterfly (1966) Matilde, Boris Kõrver's Mees pisuhännaga (1968) Violante, Mozart's La finta giardiniera (1970) Parasja, Yuri Milyutin's Trembita (1973) Guadalena, Jacques Offenbach's La Périchole (1974) Mesihuul, Valdeko Viru's Kuulsuse narrid (1976) Grandmother, Evgeny Schwartz's The Snow Queen (1978)
Film From 1961, Aino Seep would appear in several Soviet-Estonian feature films; the first of which was the role of Juula in the 1961 Jüri Müür-directed and Aimée Beekman and Vladimir Beekman penned drama Ühe küla mehed for Tallinna Kinostuudio.Eesti Filmi Andmebaas.. Retrieved 28 January 2017. This was followed by the role of Lidia in the 1962 musical comedy color film Laulu sõber directed by Ilja Fogelman and Reet Kasesalu, also for Tallinna Kinostuudio.Maaleht Stseenid, mille jaburus läheb Eesti filmilolluste ajalukku 25 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
In 1963, Seep appeared in the role of Seppel in the Igor Yeltsov-directed drama Ühe katuse all for Tallinnfilm, which was adapted from the 1958 novel Ühes majas penned by Hans Leberecht. Seep's final film appearance was in a small role in the 1966 Jüri Müür-directed drama Kirjad Sõgedate külast, also for Tallinnfilm, and adapted from works by Estonian writer and poet Juhan Smuul.Sirp ja Vasar, nr. 25. 17 June 1966. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
Personal life Aino Seep was married to Ago Breede (1923 – 2000) until her death in 1982. The couple lived in Tartu and had one son; choral conductor and music pedagogue Lauri Breede (born 1957).Eesti Entsüklopeedia Seep, Aino Retrieved 28 January 2017.Postimees Pikameelset dirigenti ärritab sõnapidamatus 15 December 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
Acknowledgements Merited Artist of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1969)
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