1895–1962 Norwegian soprano After many years performing in Scandinavia, Flagstad made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1935 as Wagner’s Sieglinde. Before and after World War II she sang at Covent Garden, and gave the first performance of Strauss’s Four Last Songs at the Royal Albert Hall under Furtwängler in 1950. She was the leading Wagnerian soprano of her day. ...
1895–1962, Norwegian Flagstad began her career singing at Stockholm Opera. She was considering retirement in 1932 when singing the role of Isolde in Oslo, but after her appearance at Bayreuth the following year, her success was immediate; she made her Met debut in 1935 at the age of 40. Following a series of triumphs, Flagstad returned to ...
1925–2012, German In great demand as an opera singer and recitalist, Fischer-Dieskau was the most recorded baritone of the twentieth century. His opera work is remembered for roles such as Berg’s Wozzeck, Busoni’s Faust and Reimann’s Lear, for which he gave the first performance. He was not well suited to the Romantic Italian repertoire, but had ...
1912–53 English contralto Ferrier sang in concerts during World War II and made her opera debut in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne in 1946. The two performances she sang at Covent Garden in 1953 were her last appearances in public before her death from cancer. She was a famous Angel in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, and recorded ...
b. 1963, Swedish One of the most thrilling Wagnerians of the twenty-first century (and now rivalling even the legacy of twentieth-century legend Kirsten Flagstad), Stemme is adored by Wagner fans for the seeming ease with which she commands the score and the stage. Her repertoire also includes contemporary music and major Strauss and Puccini roles. Introduction | Modern Era | ...
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