Oda Balsborg

Oda Balsborg was a Danish operatic soprano. She was born in Copenhagen on 12 January 1934 and died there on 2 September 2014, aged 80.

Her repertoire included the roles of Clorinda in La Cenerentola, the First Lady in The Magic Flute and Woglinde in Das Rheingold.[1] On record, in the last of these roles, she is heard singing the opening words in the first published recording of the work, conducted by Georg Solti in 1958.[2] Earlier, Balsborg sang Gerhilde in Solti's recording of act 3 of Die Walküre in which Kirsten Flagstad sang Brünnhilde.[3][4]

References

1. Ross, pp. 456, 512 and 538
2. Notes to Decca set 414 101-1 OCLC 1108880413
3. Culshaw, p. 75
4. Notes to Decca set 467 124-2 OCLC 48623838

Sources

• Culshaw, John (1967). Ring Resounding. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 978-0-436-11800-5.
• Ross, Anne (1961). The Opera Directory. London and New York: John Calder and Sterling. OCLC 1036766466.