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    Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant...
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  • The Kirsten Flagstad Prize is awarded to outstanding Norwegian singers by the Flagstad Society. The Flagstad Society was founded by Torstein Gunnarson...
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    Kirsten Flagstad Museum is dedicated to the life and career of the Norwegian operatic soprano Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962). The museum is in a wooden house...
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  • Flagstad is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karen-Marie Flagstad (1904–1992), Norwegian opera singer Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962)...
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  • given at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 22 May 1950 by soprano Kirsten Flagstad and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. The...
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  • Kirsten is the Scandinavian form of the name Christina. Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962), Norwegian opera singer Kirsten Rosenberg, American rock/metal singer...
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    with Flagstad, HMV, June 1952 (EMI, Naxos). Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1950 (live recording from La Scala in Milan with Kirsten Flagstad) Wagner...
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  • Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 161. ISBN 1-85302-166-0. When soprano Kirsten Flagstad suffered a serious ear ailment that rendered her virtually deaf, for...
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  • and, in roles they did not play onstage, well-known singers such as Kirsten Flagstad, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Joan Sutherland. Culshaw and his engineering...
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    followed in 1945 by HMV's release with Joan Hammond and Dennis Noble. Kirsten Flagstad, who had sung the role at the Mermaid Theatre in London, recorded it...
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    Greve (1868–1951) a leading textile artist, excelling in tapestry work Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962) opera singer and highly regarded Wagnerian soprano Rolf...
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  • Punsly, Irving Bacon, James Craig, Peggy O'Neil Specialty numbers by Kirsten Flagstad, Tito Guízar, Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra In order...
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    van Beethoven, Fidelio, with the Metropolitan Opera, feat. soloists Kirsten Flagstad, Alexander Kipnis, Herbert Janssen, et al. (Naxos Historical) 1952:...
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    Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Ride of the Valkyries at Project Gutenberg (in MP3 format) Kirsten Flagstad, 1938 Portal:  Opera...
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  • Statoil Talent Bursary Award, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, and the Kirsten Flagstad Prize. In 2018, she received the Queen Ingrid Prize and was named the...
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  • future. 100 kroner note (outdated) The 100 kroner note (1997) portrays Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962), opera singer and first director of the Norwegian National...
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    DiDonato Plácido Domingo Kathleen Ferrier Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kirsten Flagstad Renée Fleming Angela Gheorghiu Nicolai Ghiaurov Tito Gobbi Thomas Hampson...
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    with German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler in the lead and soprano Kirsten Flagstad singing Four Last Songs, fulfilling Richard Strauss's last wish. The...
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  • ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project "Sheep may safely graze" (audio) on YouTube, Kirsten Flagstad...
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    soprano of her time, the successor to the great Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, particularly as Brünnhilde. However, she also sang many of the other...
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  • known for their mastery of this technique have included Maria Callas, Kirsten Flagstad, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Jussi Björling and Luciano Pavarotti...
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  • Norwegian. Michael Flagstad was married to the pianist Maja Flagstad: 54  and was the father of the singer Kirsten Flagstad, conductor Ole Flagstad, pianist Lasse...
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  • retirement in 1955, he was the usual accompanist of the Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad. McArthur was born in Denver, Colorado and, having begun work as a...
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    DiDonato Plácido Domingo Kathleen Ferrier Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kirsten Flagstad Renée Fleming Angela Gheorghiu Nicolai Ghiaurov Tito Gobbi Thomas Hampson...
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    DiDonato Plácido Domingo Kathleen Ferrier Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kirsten Flagstad Renée Fleming Angela Gheorghiu Nicolai Ghiaurov Tito Gobbi Thomas Hampson...
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  • Philharmonia, Columbia, 1959 Kirsten Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic, Decca, 1960 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Kirsten Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic, Decca...
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    DiDonato Plácido Domingo Kathleen Ferrier Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kirsten Flagstad Renée Fleming Angela Gheorghiu Nicolai Ghiaurov Tito Gobbi Thomas Hampson...
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    headquarters in Los Angeles. He was prevented from encouraging the soprano Kirsten Flagstad to emerge from retirement, or from signing the conductor Otto Klemperer...
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    DiDonato Plácido Domingo Kathleen Ferrier Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kirsten Flagstad Renée Fleming Angela Gheorghiu Nicolai Ghiaurov Tito Gobbi Thomas Hampson...
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  • composer (d. 1982) Nahum Goldmann, Russian-born Zionist (d. 1982) July 12 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1982) Buckminster Fuller, American architect...
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