Kirsten Flagstad
Biography
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 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. 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."
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
923 releases · 132 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,099
- Other credits · 39
Studios: Sofiensaal · Kingsway Hall · Teatro alla Scala, Milano · Abbey Road Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Wagner
- Various
- Richard Wagner
- Grieg
- Flagstad
- Mahler
- The Metropolitan Opera
- Bruno Walter