Aase Nordmo Løvberg
Aase Nordmo Løvberg ( born June 10, 1923 in Målselv; † January 25, 2013 in Lillehammer ), in the German-speaking area known as Aase Nordmo - Lövberg, was a Norwegian opera singer in the soprano voice type.
Life
Nordmo - Lövberg was born in the small Norwegian town of Narvik Målselv in the province of Troms. You already sang in the church choir as a child and joined church concerts as a soloist. She completed vocal studies with Hjaldis Ingebjart in Oslo. In 1948 she made her debut as a concert singer at a university concert. In 1951 she made her debut as an opera singer on stage at the Opera House in Oslo; she sang the role of Imogen in the world premiere of Cymbeline by Arne Eggen. In 1952 she guested on Konserthuset in Stockholm. Then it was founded in 1953 committed to the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Your first role was Elisabeth in Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. She was there until 1970 member of the ensemble.
Nordmo - Lövberg sang on stage mainly roles of the dramatic soprano compartment. She was considered significant Wagner singer. At the Royal Opera in Stockholm, she joined, in addition to numerous Wagnerian roles, including as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the title role in the opera Aida, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Desdemona in Otello, Elizabeth of Valois in Don Carlos, Micaela in Carmen, the title role in Tosca Floria Tosca and as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier at the opera.
Between 1957 and 1965 she appeared regularly at the Vienna State Opera. In April 1957 she made her debut there under the baton of Herbert von Karajan as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre. Karajan had Nordmo - Lövberg committed specifically for this role to Vienna. She sang at the Vienna State Opera in addition to the role of Sieglinde (1957-1965) Elisabeth in Tannhäuser still (1957/1958), Amelia in Un ballo in maschera (1960) and Leonore in Fidelio ( 1958, 1960).
In 1959 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City with the role of Elsa in Wagner's opera Lohengrin. She performed there until 1961, also still as Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, as Sieglinde and as Leonore on. In 1960 she sang at the Bayreuth Festival, she appeared there as Elsa, Sieglinde as third Norn in Wagner's Götterdämmerung.
In addition, she performed at the Opera House Oslo ( from 1960, where in 1970 again as Senta in The Flying Dutchman ), at the Grand Theatre ( Stora Teatern ) in Gothenburg ( 1963 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser in 1967 as Tosca), the Royal Opera Copenhagen ( 1963 / 1964 as Leonore in Fidelio ) at the Opera House in Cagliari (1965, as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser ). She sang at Covent Garden Opera, La Scala in Milan, at the Opera House Rome as well as in Hamburg and Munich.
In addition to her career as an opera singer Nordmo - Lövberg was extensively worked as a concert singer. She gave concerts in Philadelphia and went on with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, a concert tour of the United States.
In 1970 she gave up her singing career and taught as a music teacher and vocal coach in Oslo. From 1973 she was a professor of singing at the Academy of Music Oslo ( Since Norges musikkhøgskole LMWH). From 1978 to 1981 she was director of the Opera House Oslo.
Nordmo - Lövberg was excellent and received many awards for her artistic achievements. She was Knight and Commander of the Order of St. Olav's first class. She was awarded the Swedish Order of the North Star ( Kungliga Nordstjärneorden ), and numerous other honors.
Nordmo - Lövberg died at the age of 89 years in their long-term residence Lillehammer.
Audio
Recordings with Nordmo - Lövberg are relatively few. Columbia is a recital was published with her. For EMI she appeared in 1957, under the baton of Otto Klemperer, besides Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt and Hans Hotter on a gramophone recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony with.
However, there are live recordings of opera performances and radio recordings. Numerous performances, especially from the Bayreuth Festival. Her performances as Elsa ( Lohengrin ) and Sieglinde ( Die Walküre ), respectively from 1960, are documented in this way for posterity. Meanwhile, these performances, often under various different record labels, has been released on CD.