Karen-Marie Flagstad (November 24, 1904 – December 25, 1992) was a Norwegian soprano opera singer.
40-523: Flagstad is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karen-Marie Flagstad (1904–1992), Norwegian opera singer Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962), Norwegian opera singer Maja Flagstad (1871–1958), Norwegian pianist Michael Flagstad (1869–1930), Norwegian musician and conductor Mikkel Flagstad (1930–2005), Norwegian jazz musician See also [ edit ] Fløgstad [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
80-486: A libretto by Helmina von Chézy , several passages of which (notably the music for the villainous couple Lysiart and Eglantine) anticipate the early, romantic operas of Richard Wagner . In 1824, Weber received an invitation from The Royal Opera , London, to compose and produce Oberon , based on Christoph Martin Wieland 's poem of the same name . Weber accepted the invitation, and in 1826 he travelled to England, to finish
120-662: A concert tour in 1802 the Webers returned to Augsburg where it is believed Peter Schmoll premiered. In mid 1803, Weber continued his studies in Vienna with Abbé Vogler, founder of important music schools in Mannheim , Stockholm, and Darmstadt . Another famous pupil of Vogler in Darmstadt was Jakob Meyer Beer, later known as Giacomo Meyerbeer , who became a close friend of Weber. In letters they addressed each other as "brother". Vogler recommended
160-460: A diary to list his expenses and correspondence, and make occasional comments on special events. Weber remained prolific as a composer during this period, writing a quantity of religious music , mainly for the Catholic mass . This, however, earned him the hostility of conservatives working for the re-establishment of traditional chant in liturgy . In his biography of Weber, Warrack notes that Weber
200-502: A eulogy "An Weber's Grabe" WWV 72 for the reburial. The piece for male choir a cappella was premiered on 16 December 1844 in Dresden. For this occasion Wagner also composed Funeral Music for Winds after Themes from "Euryanthe" of Weber, WWV 73. Weber's unfinished comic opera Die drei Pintos ( The Three Pintos ) was originally given by his widow to Meyerbeer for completion; it was eventually completed by Gustav Mahler , who conducted
240-448: A major impact on subsequent German composers including Marschner , Meyerbeer , and Wagner ; his compositions for piano influenced those of Mendelssohn , Chopin and Liszt . His best known work, Der Freischütz , remains among the most significant German operas . Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was born around 18 November 1786 in Eutin , Bishopric of Lübeck . He was the eldest of
280-618: A modest output of non-operatic music, which includes two symphonies, two concertos and a concertino for clarinet and orchestra, a bassoon concerto , a horn concertino , two concertos and a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, piano pieces such as Invitation to the Dance ; and many pieces that featured the clarinet, usually written for the virtuoso clarinetist Heinrich Baermann . His mature operas— Silvana (1810), Abu Hassan (1811), Der Freischütz (1821), Die drei Pintos ( comp. 1820–21), Euryanthe (1823), Oberon (1826)—had
320-505: A new model for the one-movement concerto in several contrasting sections (such as Liszt's, who often played the work), and was acknowledged by Stravinsky as the model for his Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra . Weber's shorter piano pieces, such as the Invitation to the Dance , were later orchestrated by Berlioz, while his Polacca Brillante was later set for piano and orchestra by Liszt. However, Weber's piano music all but disappeared from
360-677: A successful performance of Silvana in Berlin later that year. From 1813 to 1816, he was director of the Opera in Prague; from 1816 to 1817 he worked in Berlin, and from 1817 onwards he was director of the prestigious Opera in Dresden , working hard to establish a German opera , in reaction to the Italian opera which had dominated the European music scene since the 18th century. He was inspired in this endeavour by
400-862: A theatre company in Hamburg. After a brief stay in Vienna, he joined the theatre company of Johann Friedrich Toscani (husband of Elisabeth Toscani ) and Peter Carl Santorini, who performed in Kassel , Marburg , and Hofgeismar . He tried repeatedly to establish a lasting company of his own but had only intermittent success. Franz Anton's half-brother, Franz Fridolin Weber [ de ; fr ] , married Cäcilia Stamm and had four daughters— Josepha , Aloysia , Constanze , and Sophie —all of whom became notable singers. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart attempted to woo Aloysia, composing several pieces for her. After she rejected his advances, Mozart went on to marry Constanze; thus Mozart's wife
440-669: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Karen-Marie Flagstad Flagstad was born in Oslo and was one of Norway's leading singers in her time. She was the sister of the world-renowned singer Kirsten Flagstad , and the daughter of the conductor Michael Flagstad and the pianist Maja Flagstad . She played minor roles as part of her family's engagement with the short-lived Opera Comique (1918–1921), and had her serious stage debut (1926) as Hannah in Eduard Künneke 's The Cousin from Nowhere . Another of her early roles
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#1732854790735480-681: Is lost. Six fughettas for piano of the twelve-year-old Weber were published in Leipzig . Weber's musical education was extended by a mastering of lithography which he learned in the workshop of Alois Senefelder (the inventor of the process) and Franz Gleißner (autumn 1799). A set of his Variations for the Pianoforte was lithographed by Weber himself. In 1800, the family moved to Freiberg in Saxony , where Weber, then 14 years old, wrote an opera called Das stumme Waldmädchen ( The Silent Forest Maiden ). It
520-452: The Andante e Rondo ungarese (a reworking of a piece originally for viola and orchestra) are also popular with bassoonists. Weber's contribution to vocal and choral music is also significant. His body of Catholic religious music was highly popular in 19th-century Germany, and he composed one of the earliest song cycles , Die Temperamente beim Verluste der Geliebten ( [Four] Temperaments on
560-448: The surname Flagstad . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flagstad&oldid=1176522938 " Categories : Surnames Norwegian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
600-601: The 17-year-old Weber for the post of Director at the Breslau Opera in 1804; Weber was offered and accepted the post. He sought to reform the Opera by pensioning off older singers, expanding the orchestra, and tackling a more challenging repertoire. His ambitious and dedicated work as director of the orchestra was acknowledged, though his tempi were frequently criticized as too fast. As the daily routine did not leave sufficient time for his own creative work, Weber did not seek to extend his two-year appointment. After an interlude at
640-493: The Loss of a Lover ). Weber was also notable as one of the first conductors to conduct without a piano or violin. Weber's orchestration has also been highly praised and emulated by later generations of composers— Berlioz referred to him several times in his Treatise on Instrumentation while Debussy remarked that the sound of the Weber orchestra was obtained through the scrutiny of the soul of each instrument. His operas influenced
680-510: The Munich court clarinetist Heinrich Baermann and composed the Concertino in E ♭ Major, Op. 26, J. 109 , and the two concerti J. 114 and J. 118 for him; from December 1811 through March 1812, Weber went on tour with Baermann playing the clarinet works, and it was some of the final concerts on this tour that changed public, critical, and royal opinions of Weber's work, and helped him to mount
720-565: The court of Duke Eugen of Württemberg , who resided in Silesia , Weber served from 1807 to 1810 in Stuttgart as private secretary to Duke Ludwig , brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg . Weber's time in Württemberg was plagued with troubles. He fell deeply into debt and became entangled in the financial manipulations of his employer, e.g. the sale of confirmations of ducal service which exempted
760-501: The death of Carl's mother, his paternal aunt Adelaide took over the care of him. A visit to Joseph Haydn in Vienna, presumably in hope of advanced teaching, was fruitless. In autumn 1798, Weber moved to Munich where he studied singing with Johann Evangelist Wallishauser and composing with Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, who supervised Weber's first opera, Die Macht der Liebe und des Weins [ de ] ( The Power of Love and Wine ). Like his other compositions of that period, this opera
800-603: The first performance in Leipzig on 20 January 1888. Weber's operas Der Freischütz , Euryanthe , and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantische Oper (Romantic opera) in Germany. Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German opera, Euryanthe developed the leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and, at
840-546: The ideals of the Sturm und Drang period, and also by the German folk song collection " Des Knaben Wunderhorn " by Arnim and Brentano . It was in 1816 that he wrote the Duet Op. 38 for guitar and piano, possibly inspired by similar works printed in Vienna by such composers as Hummel and Diabelli . On 4 November 1817, he married Caroline Brandt [ de ] , a singer who created
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#1732854790735880-408: The musical repertoire. His compositions for the clarinet, which include two concertos, a concertino , a quintet , a duo concertante, and variations on a theme from his opera Silvana , are regularly performed today. His Concertino for Horn and Orchestra requires the performer to simultaneously produce two notes by humming while playing—a technique known as " multiphonics ". His bassoon concerto and
920-564: The popular Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber , based on Weber's lesser-known keyboard works and the incidental music to Turandot . Weber also wrote music journalism and was interested in folksong , and learned lithography to engrave his own works. A virtuoso pianist himself, Weber composed four sonatas , two concertos, and the Konzertstück in F minor ( Concert Piece ), which inspired composers such as Chopin, Liszt, and Mendelssohn. The Konzertstück provided
960-428: The purchaser from military service. Weber was arrested and charged with embezzlement and bribery. As he could disprove the allegations, the case was brought under civil law to avoid compromising the de facto manipulator, the brother of the king. Weber agreed to pay the costs (the last payment was made in 1816) and was banished from Württemberg together with his father. As a sobering side effect, Weber started to keep
1000-507: The repertoire. There are several recordings of the major works for the solo piano, including complete recordings of the piano sonatas and the shorter piano pieces, and there are recordings of the individual sonatas by Claudio Arrau (1st sonata), Alfred Cortot and Emil Gilels (2nd sonata), Sviatoslav Richter (3rd sonata), and Leon Fleisher (4th sonata). The Invitation to the Dance , although better known in Berlioz's orchestration (as part of
1040-1019: The same name , and Ariadne in his Ariadne auf Naxos . She was married to the Austrian pianist Johann Crkal (1891–1939) and she performed in Italy and France as Karen Maria Crkal , first as a guest together with her sister as Brünnhilde at La Scala as Ortlinde in Wagner's Die Walküre (1949). She repeated the role in Rome (1952) and then in Bordeaux together with Beate Asserson (1954). She performed again at La Scala in 1953 as Wellgunde in Götterdämmerung . She also appeared in other operas (including Carl Maria von Weber 's Der Freischütz , Beethoven 's Fidelio , and Eugen d'Albert 's Tiefland for NRK ), appeared on radio with her brother Lasse Flagstad on piano (1946),
1080-465: The same time, revealed Weber's lifelong interest in the music of non-Western cultures. This interest was first manifested in Weber's incidental music for Schiller 's translation of Gozzi 's Turandot , for which he used a Chinese melody, making him the first Western composer to use an Asian tune that was not of the pseudo-Turkish kind popularized by Mozart and others. Weber's compositions for clarinet, bassoon, and horn occupy an important place in
1120-410: The three children of Franz Anton von Weber and his second wife, Genovefa Weber , a Viennese singer. He was baptized Catholic on 20 November 1786 with the name Carl Friedrich Ernst; the alternative second name Maria appeared only later. His brother and sister died in infancy. Both parents were Catholic and originally came from the far south of Germany. The " von " was an affectation of his father's, who
1160-469: The title role of Silvana . In 1819, he wrote perhaps his most famous piano piece, Invitation to the Dance . The successful premiere of Der Freischütz on 18 June 1821 in Berlin led to performances all over Europe. On the very morning of the premiere, Weber finished his Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra , and he premiered it a week later. In 1823, Weber composed his first (and only) full-length, through-composed opera Euryanthe to
1200-549: The work and conduct the premiere on 12 April. Weber was already suffering from tuberculosis when he visited London. He conducted the premiere and twelve sold-out performances of Oberon in London during April and in May, and despite his rapidly worsening health, he continued to fulfil commitments for private concerts and benefits. He died in his sleep during the night on 5 June 1826 at the home of his good friend and host Sir George Smart ; he
1240-411: The work of later opera composers, especially in Germany, such as Marschner, Meyerbeer, and Wagner, as well as several nationalist 19th-century composers such as Glinka . Homage has been paid to Weber by many 20th-century composers, such as Debussy and Stravinsky . Mahler completed Weber's unfinished comic opera Die drei Pintos and made revisions of Euryanthe and Oberon while Hindemith composed
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1280-564: Was 39 years old. He was buried in London. Eighteen years later, in December 1844, his remains were transferred to the family burial plot in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden at the side of his youngest son Alexander, who at the age of 19 had died of measles seven weeks before. The simple gravestone, designed by Gottfried Semper , lies against the northern boundary wall. Wagner composed
1320-665: Was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the early Romantic period . Best known for his operas , he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper (German Romantic opera). Throughout his youth, his father, Franz Anton [ de ] , relentlessly moved the family between Hamburg , Salzburg, Freiberg , Augsburg and Vienna . Consequently he studied with many teachers—his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel , Michael Haydn , Giovanni Valesi , Johann Nepomuk Kalcher , and Georg Joseph Vogler —under whose supervision he composed four operas, none of which survive complete. He had
1360-541: Was a cousin of Carl Maria von Weber. A gifted violinist, Franz Anton had ambitions of turning Weber into a child prodigy like Mozart. Weber was born with a congenital hip disorder and did not begin to walk until he was four. But by then, he was already a capable singer and pianist. Franz Anton gave Weber a comprehensive education, which was frequently interrupted by the family's moves. In 1796, Weber continued his musical education in Hildburghausen , Thuringia , where he
1400-886: Was a director in the Norwegian Opera Association ( Norsk Operaforbund ), and worked with the People's Theater in Oslo. Flagstad was employed at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet (led by her sister) from 1958 to 1961, where she was acclaimed in the role of Ågot in Waldemar Thrane 's Fjeldeventyret (The Mountain Tale, 1960) and later worked as a répétiteur (like her mother). She died in Oslo. Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( c. 18 November 1786 – 5 June 1826)
1440-418: Was an accomplished guitarist. It was in this year that his first song with guitar accompaniment, "Liebeszauber", was printed. Some of his most original and innovative songs were written during the following years, including "Er an Sie" (1808) and "Was zieht zu deinem Zauberkreise" (1809). In 1810, Weber visited several cities throughout Germany; 1811 was a pivotal year in his career when he met and worked with
1480-660: Was in Emmerich Kálmán 's Die Bajadere . Her first major roles were as Amor in Christoph Willibald Gluck 's Orfeo ed Euridice ( Central Theater , 1933) and Giuiletta in Jacques Offenbach 's The Tales of Hoffmann ( National Theatre , 1938) under the direction of Olav Kielland . Flagstad traveled abroad and sang on American radio. On the German stage, she played Salome in Richard Strauss 's opera of
1520-546: Was instructed by the oboist Johann Peter Heuschkel . After moving to Salzburg in autumn 1797, Weber studied from 1798 with Michael Haydn , younger brother of the better-known Joseph Haydn , who agreed to teach Weber free of charge. His time in Salzburg was overshadowed by the death of his mother Genovefa, who succumbed to tuberculosis on 13 March 1798, and that of his one-year-old sister Antonetta on 29 December 1798 in Munich . After
1560-408: Was not an aristocrat and who claimed descent from a south German noble family which was already extinct at the time. In April 1779, Franz Anton had been appointed director of the prince-bishopric orchestra, Eutin, which, however, was dissolved in 1781 because of spending cuts. He then took the position of Eutin's municipal music director. Dissatisfied with this position, he resigned in 1787 and founded
1600-665: Was produced at the Freiberg and Chemnitz theatres and later in Saint Petersburg (1804), Vienna ( 1805/1805 ) and Prague (1806). The young Weber also began to publish articles as a music critic, for example in the Leipziger Neue Zeitung in 1801. In 1801, the family returned to Salzburg, where Weber resumed his studies with Michael Haydn. Weber composed his third opera Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn ( Peter Schmoll and His Neighbours ) of which his teacher approved. After
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