Flagstad

[ flag-stad; Norwegian flahg-stah ]

noun

1. Kir·sten Ma·rie [kur, -st, uh, n m, uh, -, ree, khish, -t, uh, n mah-, ree, -, uh, khir, -st, uh, n], 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano.

Flagstad

/ ˈflaksta; ˈflæɡstæd /

noun

1. FlagstadKirsten18951962FNorwegianMUSIC: operatic soprano Kirsten (ˈçirstən). 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano, noted particularly for her interpretations of Wagner

Example Sentences

The most famous early case involved a 1952 recording of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” in which the aging soprano Kirsten Flagstad was unable to hit a high C.

From Los Angeles Times

Her warm, even tone and clear diction became associated indelibly with the composer’s amorous page in the way that Kirsten Flagstad was with Isolde and Feodor Chaliapin with Boris Godunov.

From New York Times

Davidsen had connoisseurs dropping names like Kirsten Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson, 20th-century giants of easy, expansive tone, by way of comparison.

From New York Times

I still remember feeling slack-jawed with amazement as Ludwig Suthaus and the electrifying Kirsten Flagstad, in a celebrated performance directed by Wilhelm Furtwängler, finally surrender to their aching love for each other and almost literally sing their hearts out, their voices intertwining, sobbing, soaring as the two are carried away by wave upon wave of overpowering desire, their rapturous transports finally climaxing in soul-shattering cries of release, while the full orchestra blankets the ill-fated lovers with crescendos of voluptuous sound.

From Washington Post

After all, Ms. Davidsen doesn’t believe she’s a Nilsson or a Flagstad just yet.

From New York Times