Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano. She ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century, and many opera critics called hers "the voice of the 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."
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Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano. She ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century, and many opera critics called hers "the voice of the 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."
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 3hr 45:1
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 4hr 8:09
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1952
Total duration: 4hr 16:25
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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WAGNER Die Walküre
Live broadcast stage performance, February 1940
Total duration: 3hr 28:56
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Marjorie Lawrence
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Julius Huehn
Sieglinde - Marjorie Lawrence
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Julius Huehn
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Conductor Erich Leinsdorf
Conductor Erich Leinsdorf
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WAGNER Tannhäuser
Kirsten Flagstad - Elisabeth
Emanuel List - Landgraf Hermann
Herbert Janssen - Wolfram
Kerstin Thorborg - Venus
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Live concert recording, 1941
Total duration: 2hr 57:32
Kirsten Flagstad - Elisabeth
Emanuel List - Landgraf Hermann
Herbert Janssen - Wolfram
Kerstin Thorborg - Venus
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Kerstin Thorborg
Marke - Alexander Kipnis
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Live broadcast performance, 1941
Total duration: 3hr 25:56
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf