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
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried

Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 3hr 45:1

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung

Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 4hr 8:09

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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WAGNER Tristan und Isolde

Recorded in 1952
Total duration: 4hr 16:25

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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


    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
    Conductor Erich Leinsdorf 


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    WAGNER Tannhäuser

    Live concert recording, 1941
    Total duration: 2hr 57:32

    Lauritz Melchior - Tannhäuser
    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