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Birth Name: | Borghild Bryhn |
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Birth Date: | 23 July 1883 |
Birth Place: | Kongsvinger, Norway |
Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
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Borghild Bryhn Langaard, (23 July 1883 – 20 November 1939) was a Norwegian operatic soprano.
Borghild Bryhn was born on 23 July 1883 in Kongsvinger. She died on 20 November 1939 in Oslo.[1]
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.