Aase Nordmo Løvberg – Aase Nordmo Løvberg

Richard Wagner: Dich, teure Halle from Tannhaüser (Elisabeth) · Einsam in trüben Tagen from Lohengrin (Elsa) · Umberto Giordano: La mamma morta from Andrea Chénier (Maddalena) · Amilcare Ponchielli: Suicidio from La Gioconda (Gioconda) · W.Amore…. Mozart: Recitative and Aria from Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) · Don Ottavio, son morta · Or sai chi l'onore · Giuseppe Verdi: from Otello (Desdemona) Era più calmo? · Mia madre aveva una povera ancella · Ave Maria Giacomo Puccini: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore from Tosca (Tosca) · R. Strauss: Ständchen · Zueignung · Vier letzte Lieder

Aase Nordmo Løvberg, soprano · Sven Olof Eliasson, tenor · Randi Brandt Gundersen, mezzo-soprano · Philharmonia Orchestra · Walter Susskind, conductor · Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra · Øivin Fjeldstad, conductor · Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra · Arvid Fladmoe, conductor · The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra · Odd GrÜner-Hegge, conductor · Okku Kamu, conductor · The Royal Orchestra Stockholm · Sixten Ehrling, conductor

– I always feel religious when I hear that girl sing. [Jussi Björling, colleague]

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The voice from the North

She came from the distant Målselv in northern Norway. Her unique talent was discovered by a music-loving officer of the Norwegian army in 1940, urging her to get voice lessons. Fortunately for us, she took his advice. 10. June 2003 we celebrate the 80th birthday of Aase Nordmo Løvberg, presenting this CD with some of the finest performances from her entire career. 1957 saw Aase Nordmo Løvberg’s debut at the Vienna Staatsoper, hand picked by Karajan. He had heard her first in a recording of Grieg’s Haugtussa. The same year she performed for the first time in USA with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and in 1959 she was engaged for four seasons at the Metropolitan Opera House doing Leonore, Elsa, Sieglinde and Eva. In 1960 she was of course at the Bayreuth Festspiele, with great success.

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– I always feel religious when I hear that girl sing. [Jussi Björling, colleague]

There is something about voices that make a very special imprint in the minds of the listener. Voices touch us immediately – we relate and interpret as a matter of course, whether it is to the voice of a speaker or a singer. In this respect we are all natural experts on the understanding and interpretation of voice, maybe one reason why audiences throughout music history react so ecstatically when they come across the voice.

It was the opera in Stockholm that ‘found’ her first. After a stunning 1948 debut in Oslo, a concert that had to be repeated – twice – because of the fantastic reception, Aase Nordmo Løvberg became a permanent member of the cast from 1954 until 1969. Together with such names as Jussi Björling, Birgit Nilsson and Nicolai Gedda she embodied the ‘golden age’ of the Stockholm opera.

She came from the distant Målselv in northern Norway. Her unique talent was discovered by a music-loving officer of the Norwegian army in 1940, urging her to get voice lessons. Fortunately for us, she took his advice. 10. June 2003 we celebrate the 80th birthday of Aase Nordmo Løvberg, presenting this CD with some of the finest performances from her entire career.

Aase Nordmo Løvberg |Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra |Øivin Fjeldstad |Richard Strauss |Richard Wagner |Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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EAN : 7033662018031

Cat.No.: PSC1803

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