Borghild Bryhn Langaard, née Bryhn (23 July 1883 – 20 November 1939) was a Norwegian operatic soprano.

Borghild Langaard
Borghild Bryhn (1920)
Born
Borghild Bryhn

(1883-07-23)July 23, 1883
Kongsvinger, Norway
DiedNovember 20, 1939(1939-11-20) (aged 56)
Oslo, Norway
Other names
  • Borghild Bryhn Langaard
  • Borghild Lindvig
  • Borghild Brunelli
Spouses
  • Mads Conrad Langaard (married 1909-1916)
  • Bjarne Lindvig (married 1918-?)
  • Ermanno Brunelli (married 1930-?)
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Borghild Bryhn Langaard in 1916

Biography

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Borghild Bryhn was born on 23 July 1883 in Kongsvinger. She died on 20 November 1939 in Oslo.[1]

Career

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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 [no]. 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]

 
Appearing in a 1908 Pathéphone commercial.

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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  1. ^ a b c d Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Borghild Langaard". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 April 2019.