Kirsten Flagstadt was an early giant of opera, at least in the recorded age. Her Wagner performances were quite monumental, but some nowadays might regard them as over the top.

This album, Kirsten Flagstadt Wagner Recital, gives a modern audience a chance to reassess an amazing artiste. It’s described as: “Six tracks of Operatic extracts from — Die Walkure, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Gotterdammerung, by Soprano, Kirsten Flagstadt.”

Only a rare few attain her stature as Wagnerians. Personally, I think no other soprano compares with Flagstadt in the Liebestod from Tristan, except maybe another Scandinavian, Birgit Nilsson.

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