Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mariane Theresia Sophie Stebnowska (or Maria Sofia Stempkosta) (1753–16 February 1848), was a Polish opera singer, actor and harpsichordist. She was among the great talents of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm during the reign of King Gustav III of Sweden. She was married to the opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten and was also the maternal grandmother ot the world famous ballet dancer Marie Taglioni. Sophie Stebnowska was married in 1781 to the Swedish opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten. In 1782, she was appointed premier actress and singer of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, a position she kept for 21 years. At the wedding, the couple were given the villa Canton at Drottningholm. Though she did not reach the rank of prima donna, she was considered among the opera's most valuable members, just behind the prima donnas Elisabeth Olin and then Caroline Frederikke Muller during the 1780s and 1790s.

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