Eidé Norena
Karoline "Kaja" Eide Hansen, known professionally as Eidé Norena (April 26, 1884 – November 13, 1968) was a Norwegian soprano.
Born in Horten, Norena studied in Oslo, Weimar, London, and Paris;[1] her teachers included Ellen Gulbranson and Raimund von zur-Mühlen,[2] and she received advice as well from Nellie Melba.[3] She began her career as a concert singer before making her stage debut in Orfeo ed Euridice in Oslo. Soon thereafter she auditioned for Arturo Toscanini, who hired her to sing at La Scala.[4] She sang at the Royal Opera House for several seasons, and from 1933 to 1938 she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera,[1] bowing there in La bohème on February 9, 1933. For six seasons she was on the roster of the Chicago Civic Opera.[4] Norena was highly regarded as an actress, having been trained by her onetime husband, Egil Eide,[3] to whom she was married from 1909 until 1939.[5] Highly regarded for her work in Italian roles, she was especially noted for her performances as Gilda and Desdemona. She died in Monthey, Switzerland.[1]
Norena recorded a number of operatic excerpts over the course of her career; many of these performances are still available on compact disc.[6]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c Leslie Orrey; Gilbert Chase (September 1976). The Encyclopedia of opera. Scribner. ISBN 9780684136301.
- ^ "Norena, Eidé (real name, Kaja Andrea Karoline Hansen- Eidé)". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Eide Norena – one of the all time greats". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b David Ewen (1963). Encyclopedia of the Opera. Hill and Wang.
- ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav (28 September 2014). "Kaja Eide Norena". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Guest (9 January 2013). "Eidé Norena (1884–1968)". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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