Flagstad biography

Kirsten Flagstad, by many considered the greatest dramatic soprano ever, created a huge sensation when she made her debut at the Metropolitan on 2 February 1935.

At Metropolitan she sang all the great Wagner roles. After the war she had great success at Covent Garden, where she sang 1948-52. She made numerous recordings.

Her decision to stay in occupied Norway during the war made her unpopular in the Unites States.

Flagstad biography

Rudolf Bing invited her back to sing at the Metropolitan in 1950 to protests from people who erroneously thought she was a Nazi.

Kirsten Flagstad's Bayreuth career was short:

• 1933 Ortlinde (Die Walküre), 3.

  Norn (Götterdämmerung)

• 1934 Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Gutrune (Götterdämmerung)

Said about Kirsten Flagstad

Flagstad was a dear kind colleague. Very helpful on stage.

She was not the greatest actress, but compensated for that with the expression of her face - and her poise. Despite her stoutne