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Flagstad

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Flag·stad  (flgstd, flägstä), Kirsten Malfrid 1895-1962.
Norwegian operatic soprano known for her performances as Wagnerian heroines.

Flagstad [ˈflægstæd (Norwegian) ˈflaksta]
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(Biographies / Flagstad, Kirsten (1895-1962) F, Norwegian, MUSIC: operatic soprano) Kirsten (ˈçirstən). 1895-1962, Norwegian operatic soprano, noted particularly for her interpretations of Wagner


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Kirsten Flagstad was stately looking, but the great Norwegian soprano was not much to see in her day clothes, especially in the early part of her American career.
DIDO AND AENEAS Henry Purcell [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are about two dozen accounts of this opera in the catalogue, from EMI's early LP classic featuring Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Kirsten Flagstad to this latest release from the Chandos label's early-music division.
Strauss' "Four Last Songs," written in 1948 and premiered by Kirsten Flagstad after Strauss' death, are the apex of lieder singing for the soprano.
 
 
 
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