Borghild Langaard
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![]() Borghild Bryhn (1920) | |
Born | Borghild Bryhn July 23, 1883 Kongsvinger, Norway |
Died | November 20, 1939 Oslo, Norway | (aged 56)
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Borghild Bryhn Langaard, née Bryhn (23 July 1883 – 20 November 1939) was a Norwegian operatic soprano.
Biography
[edit]Borghild Bryhn was born on 23 July 1883 in Kongsvinger. She died on 20 November 1939 in Oslo.[1]
Career
[edit]Borghild Bryhn studied with Gina Oselio and Nina Grieg. Her public debut was in 1906 at a concert in Kristiania (called Oslo after 1925) featuring songs by Grieg, accompanied on piano by the composer, Edvard Grieg, himself.[1]
Her operatic debut was in 1907 in Kristiania in the opera Sjømandsbruden by Sigwardt Aspestrand . In 1908, at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, she sang the role of Brünnhilde in Hans Richter and Percy Pitt's English language production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen[1]
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In the period 1908-1916, Borghild Bryhn Langaard made several gramophone recordings, including art songs by Grieg, and excerpts from her operatic repertoire.
Footnotes
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- ^ a b c d Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Borghild Langaard". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 April 2019.