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."

FLAGSTAD Gluck: Alceste (Met Opera, 1952) - PACO199

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GLUCK Alceste (performed in English)

Live broadcast performance, 1952
Total duration: 2hr 11:59

Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admète - Brian Sullivan
High Priest - Frank Valentino
Oracle - Alois Pernerstorfer
Évandre - Emery Darcy
Herald - Norman Scott

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Alberto Erede

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FLAGSTAD sings Grieg - Her Last Concert (1957) - PASC528

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GRIEG 10 Songs
GRIEG In Autumn
GRIEG Lyric Suite
GRIEG Homage March

Live concert recording, 1957
Total duration: 77:29

Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

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FLAGSTAD Song Recital 1 - Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Grieg: Haugtassa (1950/52) - PACO079

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SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
GRIEG Haugtussa, Op. 67
BRAHMS, SCHUBERT, CHARLES Short songs

Studio recordings, 1950 and 1952
Total duration: 76:59

Kirsten Flagstad soprano
Edwin McArthur piano

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FLAGSTAD Song Recital 2 - Schubert, Brahms, R. Strauss, US composers (1952) - PACO082

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KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD Song Recital, Volume 2

Studio recordings, 1952
Total duration: 68:23

Kirsten Flagstad soprano
Edwin McArthur piano

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FURTWÄNGLER conducts Richard Strauss (1950/54) - PASC407

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R. STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
R. STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
R. STRAUSS Vier letzte Lieder, Op. post.

Studio and live recordings · 1950/54
Total duration: 79:57

Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano

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FURTWÄNGLER Wagner Ring Cycle: 2. Die Walküre (1950, La Scala) - PACO091

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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre

Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 3hr 32:13

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

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