Borghild Langaard


Borghild Bryhn Langaard, was a Norwegian operatic soprano.

Biography

Borghild Bryhn was born on 23 July 1883 in Kongsvinger. She died on 20 November 1939 in Oslo.

Career

Borghild Bryhn studied with Gina Oselio and Nina Grieg. Her public debut was in 1906 at a concert in Kristiania featuring songs by Grieg, accompanied on piano by the composer, Edvard Grieg, himself.
Her operatic debut was in 1907 in Kristiania in the opera
Sjømandsbruden by.
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
In the period 1908-1916, Borghild Bryhn Langaard made several gramophone recordings, including art songs by Grieg, and excerpts from her operatic repertoire.

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