Borghild Langaard Explained

Borghild Langaard
Birth Name:Borghild Bryhn
Other Names:
  • Borghild Bryhn Langaard
  • Borghild Lindvig
  • Borghild Brunelli
Birth Date:23 July 1883
Birth Place:Kongsvinger, Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Spouse:
  • Mads Conrad Langaard (married 1909-1916)
  • Bjarne Lindvig (married 1918-?)
  • Ermanno Brunelli (married 1930-?)

Borghild Bryhn Langaard, (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 operaSjømandsbruden 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[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Svendsen . Trond Olav . Borghild Langaard . Norsk biografisk leksikon . Norwegian . 24 April 2019.