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Description
Nordica was the first American diva to sing Wagner and the first to sing Elsa. She studied the role under Cosima Wagner, Richard Wagner's wife.
Nordica was born Lillian Norton in Farmington in 1857.
About This Item
- Title: Lillian Nordica as the Bayreuth Elsa, ca. 1894
- Creator: Aime Dupont, 574 Fifth Ave., New York
- Creation Date: circa 1894
- Subject Date: circa 1894
- Location: Farmington, Franklin County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15 cm x 10 cm
- Local Code: Parlor album
- Object Type: Image
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- Nordica, Lillian, 1857-1914--Performances
- Sopranos--(Singers)
- Nordica, Lillian, 1857-1914--Publicity photographs
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For more information about this item, contact:
Nordica Memorial Association116 Nordica Lane, Farmington, ME 04938
(207) 778-2042
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