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."
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GenderFemale
Birthday1895-07-12
Deathday1962-12-07 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceHamar Municipality, Norway
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FatherMichael Flagstad
MotherMaja Flagstad
SiblingsKaren-Marie Flagstad, Ole Flagstad, Lasse Flagstad
CitizenshipsNorway
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight of the Order of St. Olav
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