Nanny Larsén-Todsen

Nanny Larsén-Todsen (2 August 1884 - 26 May 1982) was a Swedish soprano, renowned for her performances in works by Richard Wagner and counted as one of the most notable Wagner-singers of the 20th-century. She was particularly popular at the Bayreuth Festival as Brunnhilde and Isolde. She was a Wagnerian soprano from the generation before Frida Leider and Kirsten Flagstad.

She was active at the Royal Swedish Opera 1906-25, at La Scala 1925-27, the Metropolitan 1927 and Bayreuth in 1927-31, and she also toured frequently. She made her last performance in Paris in 1937. She received Litteris et Artibus in 1920, was elected in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1924, and made Hovsångare in 1925.

Recordings

• 1928: Wagner, Richard: Tristan und Isolde (abridged); Nanny Larsen-Todsen (as Isolde), with Anny Helm, Gunnar Graarud, Rudolf Bockelmann, Ivar Andresen, Walter Widdop and Göta Ljungberg. Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Karl Elmendorff Naxos CD 8.110200-02 / Grammofono 2000 78925/6 / Preiser PSR 90383 (2 CDs)

References

• Barometern 1.8 1974
• Göransson, Roland, "Hagbyflickan som blev firad operastjärna", i: Södermörekrönikan, utg. av Södermöre hembygdsförening 1999.
• Sohlmans musiklexikon
• Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5

External links

• Postcard portrait of Nanny Larsen-Todsen

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Name	Larsen-Todsen, Nanny
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Date of birth	2 August 1884
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Date of death	26 May 1982
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