Borghild Langaard

Borghild Langaard
Borghild Langaard
	Borghild Bryhn (1920)
Born	Borghild Bryhn; July 23, 1883; Kongsvinger, Norway
Died	November 20, 1939 (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-?);

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

Biography

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

Career

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]

In the period 1908-1916, Borghild Bryhn Langaard made several gramophone recordings, including art songs by Grieg, and excerpts from her operatic repertoire.

Footnotes

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

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[Borghild_Langaard-1] Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Borghild Langaard". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 April 2019.

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