Word: kirsten
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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Considering the fact that Marjorie Lawrence has been singing in opera for only three years and that it was her first attempt at Brünnhilde in German, her performance was one to command high praise. She lacked the grandeur of Frida Leider, the vocal powers of Kirsten Flagstad. But she conducted herself with more confidence and poise than do many of the singers who have had long experience on the Metropolitan stage. Her voice was uneven but at its best it was vibrantly warm, true in its top notes, rich when it was low. More than most...
...Offstage Kirsten Flagstad is a simple, unassuming person, who keeps no maid or secretary because she hates to have anyone fussing around her. She is shy with strangers, content to knit, play solitaire, see Greta Garbo cinemas, eat one spanking meal a day and treat herself to a half bottle of champagne when she feels that a performance has been a success. Since she arrived in the U. S. the hearty Norse has never had reason to deny herself the champagne reward. Like every singer who has made a Metropolitan success, she has taken to the road, given concerts before...
...once by the itinerant German Grand Opera in 1930. The German company had singers who were either worn out or third-rate. The scenery was shoddy, the orchestra ragged. For its first home-grown Ring, the San Francisco Opera is spending $80,000, importing such peerless Wagnerians as Soprano Kirsten Flagstad, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Friedrich Schorr. Some $40,000 has been invested in scenery alone. There is a horrible, life-like dragon and a special new cloud machine which projects photographs of actual clouds on the backdrop...
Since the Metropolitan's public has always been notably conscious of performers rather than performances, Mr. Johnson's hope was safely backlogged by the fact that he has managed to re-engage the following "stars": Lawrence Tibbett, Gladys Swarthout, Lily Pons, Lotte Lehmann, Rosa Ponselle, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior. The roster of singers hired up to last week totalled 62, of whom 30 are U. S.-born...
...week stay in Boston at the Opera House has been announced for Monday, April 1. Wagner's "Die Walkure" is the opening presentation, and contains a remarkable cast. Lotte Lehmann is to sing the part of Sieglinde, a role in which she has become justly famous, and Kirsten Flagstad that of Brunhilde. Two other Wagnerian operas, "Lohengrin" and "Die Meistersinger," are to be given on Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening respectively, with Lotte Lehmann singing the part of Elsa in the former. It is interesting to note that this is the same role in which she made her debut before...