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Ellen GulbransonNorwegian soprano Ellen Gulbranson (1863-1946). Originally Ellen Norgren. She made her stage debut (1889) at the Royal Opera in Stockholm as Aida. Although she received her vocal training elsewhere (notably with the Marchesi family), she was enrolled in Cosima Wagner's training school in 1892 and made her first Bayreuth Festival appearance in 1896 as Brünnhilde (seen here), which was so sensational that it drove her alternate, the esteemed Lilli Lehmann, from Bayreuth. |