Flagstad, Kirsten

Soon after marrying Sigurd Hall, in 1919, Flagstad got pregnant, which forced her into an early retirement. However, she was away from the stage only temporarily, and by 1928 Flagstad was singing the dramatic soprano role of Agathe in Der Freischutz, by Carl Maria von Weber, at the Stora theatre in Göteborg. Flagstad sang her first Wagnerian role, Elsa in Lohengrin, with the Norwegian Opera Association in 1929. In 1932, for the first time, she performed Isolde in Tristan und Isolde...