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Called "the voice of the century", Kirsten ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century. Desmond Shawe-Taylor wrote of her in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera: "No one within living memory surpassed her in sheer beauty and consistency of line and tone." (Wiki)
Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth (Purcell)
Serse: Ombra Mai Fu (Handel)
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che Faro Senza Euridice (Gluck)
Matthew Passion: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (Bach)
Agnes Dei (Bizet)
Tannhauser: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau (Wagner)
Tristan und Isode: Doch Nun Von Tristan? (Wagner)
Grieg: Ved Rondane (from 12 Songs Op. 33)
Grueg: Den Saerde Op.33 No. 3
Grieg: En Drom Op. 48 No 6
Grieg: Tak for dit råd (No. 4 from Fire Dikte fra "Fiskerjenten", Op. 21)
Grieg: Varen Op.33 No. 2
Grieg: Fra Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1
Grieg: Guten Op 70 No 1
Grieg: Eros (from 5 Songs Op. 70)
Grieg: En svane Op.25 No.2