Kirsten Flagstad
Born: 12th July 1895, Hamar, Norway
Died: 7th December 1962
Nationality: Norwegian
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad 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.
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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The Golden Ring: Great Scenes From Wagner's der Ring Des Nibelungen
Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Set Svanholm (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), George London (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Oda Balsborg (soprano), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Marilyn Tyler (soprano), Vera Little (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Roland Berger (horn), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass (vocal)), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Special offer. BBC Legends Volume 2 | Great recordings from the archive
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Artur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Andrés Segovia, Kirsten Flagstad, Géza Anda, Borodin Quartet, Victoria de los Angeles, Yehudi Menuhin, Pierre Fournier, Walter Gieseking
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Legendary Voices
Luisa Tetrazzini, Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe de Luca, Grace Anthony, Eva Turner, Alfred Piccaver, Ezio Pinza, Alexander Kipnis, Lotte Lehmann, Kirsten Flagstad, Jussi Björling, Tito Gobbi, Fritz Wunderlich
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