Löveberg, Aase (née Nordmo)
Löveberg, Aase (née Nordmo)
Löveberg, Aase (née Nordmo), Norwegian soprano; b. Mâlselv, June 10, 1923. She was born into a peasant family; spent her childhood on a farm near the Arctic Circle. When she was 19 she went to Oslo, where she studied voice with Haldis Ingebjart. She made her operatic debut in Oslo on Dec. 3, 1948; then sang in Stockholm, Vienna, Paris, and London. She made her first American appearance as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orch. (Dec. 6, 1957); then pursued her career mainly in Norway, later serving as manager of the Oslo Opera (1978–81).
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