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Born July 12, 1895 • Hamar • Norway
Died December 7, 1962 (aged 67) • Oslo • Norway

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Helen Traubel
American opera singer
Birgit Nilsson, 1969.
Birgit Nilsson
Swedish singer
Lillian Nordica as Selika in Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, 1892.
Lillian Nordica
American opera singer
Lehmann, Lilli
Lilli Lehmann
German singer
Katharina Klafsky
Hungarian singer
Grace Bumbry
American opera singer
La Julia Rhea
American singer
Anna Netrebko
Russian-Austrian singer
“La Divina”
Maria Callas
American singer
Jenkins, Florence Foster
Florence Foster Jenkins
American singer
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
American opera singer
Grace Moore.
Grace Moore
American singer
Sumi Jo
South Korean opera singer
He Hui
Chinese opera soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1956.
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German singer
Lily Pons
American singer
Dawn Upshaw
American singer
Patricia Racette
American singer
Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
American singer
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
American opera singer

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