Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the longstanding General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera said, “I have given America two great gifts — Caruso and Flagstad.”
Called "the voice of the century", she ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century. Desmond Shawe-Taylor wrote of her in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera: "No one within living memory surpassed her in sheer beauty and consistency of line and tone."
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant...
The KirstenFlagstad Prize is awarded to outstanding Norwegian singers by the Flagstad Society. The Flagstad Society was founded by Torstein Gunnarson...
Flagstad is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karen-Marie Flagstad (1904–1992), Norwegian opera singer KirstenFlagstad (1895–1962)...
given at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 22 May 1950 by soprano KirstenFlagstad and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. The...
KirstenFlagstad Museum is dedicated to the life and career of the Norwegian operatic soprano KirstenFlagstad (1895–1962). The museum is in a wooden house...
Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 161. ISBN 1-85302-166-0. When soprano KirstenFlagstad suffered a serious ear ailment that rendered her virtually deaf, for...
followed in 1945 by HMV's release with Joan Hammond and Dennis Noble. KirstenFlagstad, who had sung the role at the Mermaid Theatre in London, recorded it...
van Beethoven, Fidelio, with the Metropolitan Opera, feat. soloists KirstenFlagstad, Alexander Kipnis, Herbert Janssen, et al. (Naxos Historical) 1952:...
Greve (1868–1951) a leading textile artist, excelling in tapestry work KirstenFlagstad (1895–1962) opera singer and highly regarded Wagnerian soprano Rolf...
Punsly, Irving Bacon, James Craig, Peggy O'Neil Specialty numbers by KirstenFlagstad, Tito Guízar, Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra In order...
Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Ride of the Valkyries at Project Gutenberg (in MP3 format) KirstenFlagstad, 1938 Portal: Opera...
soprano of her time, the successor to the great Norwegian soprano KirstenFlagstad, particularly as Brünnhilde. However, she also sang many of the other...
retirement in 1955, he was the usual accompanist of the Norwegian soprano KirstenFlagstad. McArthur was born in Denver, Colorado and, having begun work as a...
Statoil Talent Bursary Award, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, and the KirstenFlagstad Prize. In 2018, she received the Queen Ingrid Prize and was named the...
future. 100 kroner note (outdated) The 100 kroner note (1997) portrays KirstenFlagstad (1895–1962), opera singer and first director of the Norwegian National...
Norwegian. Michael Flagstad was married to the pianist Maja Flagstad: 54 and was the father of the singer KirstenFlagstad, conductor Ole Flagstad, pianist Lasse...
known for their mastery of this technique have included Maria Callas, KirstenFlagstad, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Jussi Björling and Luciano Pavarotti...
with German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler in the lead and soprano KirstenFlagstad singing Four Last Songs, fulfilling Richard Strauss's last wish. The...
headquarters in Los Angeles. He was prevented from encouraging the soprano KirstenFlagstad to emerge from retirement, or from signing the conductor Otto Klemperer...
ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project "Sheep may safely graze" (audio) on YouTube, KirstenFlagstad...
composer (d. 1982) Nahum Goldmann, Russian-born Zionist (d. 1982) July 12 KirstenFlagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1982) Buckminster Fuller, American architect...
singers available. The cast Culshaw assembled for the cycle included KirstenFlagstad, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson and Wolfgang Windgassen. Apart from Arabella...
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