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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Norwegian conductors (music), Norwegian opera singers, Kirsten Flagstad, Anne Brown, Johan Halvorsen, Johan Svendsen, Ingrid Bjoner, Tine Thing Helseth, Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Trond Halstein Moe, Didrik Solli-Tangen, Karl Aagard Ostvig, Marita Solberg, Eva Gustavson, Olav Kielland, Ole Windingstad, Solveig Kringlebotn, Ole Olsen, Olav Gurvin, Augusta Smith, Arvid Fladmoe, Bjorn Talen, Iver Holter, Frode Thingnaes, Torstein Grythe, Ivar F. Andresen, Eivind Aadland, Sigurd Jansen, Ann-Helen Moen, Nils Okland, Eyvind Alnaes, Emilie da Fonseca, Torhild Staahlen, Ragnar Ulfung, Ola Isene, Gottfried von der Goltz, Kristin Mellem, Oivin Fjeldstad, Oystein Fevang, Bjorn Haugan, Eva Prytz, Kari Onstad, Karsten Andersen, Gro Schibsted Sandvik, Olefine Moe, Erik Ole Bye, Ole Kristian Ruud, Carl Hogset, Aase Nordmo Lovberg, Signe Amundsen, Gunnar Graarud, Jan Fredrik Christiansen, Gina Oselio, Bjorn Moe, Ketil Haugsand, Orjan Hartveit. Excerpt: Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 - 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian (dramatic) soprano. She ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century; indeed, many opera critics called hers "the voice of the century." To quote Desmond Shawe-Taylor in New Grove Dictionary of Opera: "No one within living memory surpassed her in sheer beauty and consistency of line and tone." Role photo. Kirsten Flagstad as Aida in Aida, opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Stora Teatern, Goteborg, Role debut 7 March 1929.Flagstad was born in Hamar in her grandparents' home. Though she never actually lived in Hamar, she always considered it her home town. She was raised in Oslo within a musical family; her father was a conductor and her mother a pianist. She received her early musical training in Oslo and made her stage debut at the National Theat.
