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Kirsten Flagstad
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Norwegian opera singer (1895-1962)
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Kirsten Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and soprano. Born in Hamar Municipality on July 12, 1895, she began her work period in 1913. Her career was associated with classical music and opera. She spoke Norwegian and was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
Flagstad died in Oslo on December 7, 1962, from multiple myeloma. Her manner of death was natural causes. She was buried at Vestre gravlund. Her mother was Maja Flagstad. During her life, she received the St. Olav's Medal and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Film & TV
Hamar, Norway
Known for
- The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century1998
- The Big Broadcast of 1938 — Specialty1938
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Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, and a highly regarded Wagnerian (dramatic) soprano of the 20th century. A restrained and expressive stage performer, she was admired internationally for her voice's sheer tonal beauty, power, stamina, security and consistency of line and tone. Flagstad was born in Hamar to a musical family; her father was conductor Michael Flagstad and her mother was pianist Marie Flagstad Johnsrud. <a href="https://www.last.
Key facts
- Born
- Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad , ( 1895-07-12 ) 12 July 1895, Hamar , Norway
- Died
- 7 December 1962 (1962-12-07) (aged 67), Oslo , Norway
- Resting place
- Vestre Gravlund
- Occupation
- Opera singer
- Years active
- 1913–1957
- Spouses
- Sigurd Hall ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1919 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1930 ) Henry Thomas Ingvald Johansen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 ; died 1946 )
- Parent s
- Michael Flagstad , Maja Flagstad
- Relatives
- Karen-Marie Flagstad (sister)
- Awards
- Order of St. Olav , Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kirsten
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Hamar Municipality
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Mother
- Maja Flagstad
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Genre
- classical music
- Image
- Portrett av Kirsten Flagstad, ca 1940-45 (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Kirsten Flagstad
- date of birth
- 1895-07-12
- date of death
- 1962-12-07
- cause of death
- multiple myeloma
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Vestre gravlund
- start of work period
- 1913-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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."
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