Kirsten Flagstad

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 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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15 albums
SIBELIUS 1957 Memorial Concert - 14 Song Recital (1957/58) - PASC518
SIBELIUS 1957 Memorial Concert - 14 Song Recital (1957/58) - PASC518
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SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4
SIBELIUS Five Songs
SIBELIUS En Saga
SIBELIUS Finlandia
SIBELIUS Fourteen Songs

Recorded in 1957 and 1958
Total duration: 2hr 8:36

Jussi Björling, tenor
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Martti Similä

Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Øivin Fjeldstad

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WAGNER Siegfried - Melchior, Flagstad, Schorr, Met Opera, Bodanzky (1937) - PACO139
WAGNER Siegfried - Melchior, Flagstad, Schorr, Met Opera, Bodanzky (1937) - PACO139
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WAGNER Siegfried

Recorded live in 1937
Total duration:  3hr 25:51

Lauritz Melchior, Siegfried
Friedrich Schorr, Wanderer
Kirsten Flagstad, Brünhilde

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conducted by Arthur Bodanzky

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WALTER Beethoven: Fidelio (1941) - PACO117
WALTER Beethoven: Fidelio (1941) - PACO117
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    BEETHOVEN Fidelio
    Live recording, 22 February 1941
    Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
    Cover artwork based on a photograph of Kirsten Flagstad
    Total duration: 2hr 25:01  

    Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
    Florestan - René Maison
    Don Pizarro - Julius Huehn
    Rocco - Alexander Kipnis
    Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
    Bruno Walter    , conductor
    with introductions by Milton Cross 

     

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