Kirsten Flagstad

Kirsten Flagstad 

Kirsten Flagstad 

[12] p. Envelope 6/96 ; microfilm reel 062 ; Frames 429 - 442 

"Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano. She ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century, and many opera critics called hers"the voice of the 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"--wikipedia(English)(viewed 29.6.2016). Newspaper clippings, biographical information