Aase Nordmo Løvberg

Løvberg was born in Målselv, Troms in 1923.[1] Her family were farmers.[2]

Løvberg made her professional début in Oslo in 1948 at the University of Oslo.[1]

She sang at the Concert Hall in Stockholm during the 1952 Olympics. That year, she moved to Stockholm, where she would live until the 1970.[1] Jussi Björling and Birgit Nilsson were two of the singers with whom she regularly performed.[1][2] In 1957, Herbert von Karajan asked Løvberg to perform at the Vienna State Opera. She accepted, making her international debut as Sieglinde in Die Walküre. That year, she was appointed a knight of the first class for the Order of St. Olav.[1]

Løvberg performed at the Metropolitan Opera and the Covent Garden Opera.[1]

She became Norway's first professor of singing when the Norwegian Academy of Music opened in 1973. She was director of the Norwegian Opera starting in 1978.[1]

In 1981, she retired from her position as director of the Opera. That year, she was also named a commander of the Order of St. Olav.[1]

Løvberg lived her last years in Lillehammer, Oppland, where she died aged 89.[1]

She is also a member of the Order of the Polar Star.[1]

Works about Aase Nordmo Løvberg

• Baxter, Robert. "Aase Nordmo Lovberg (sound recording)." The Opera Quarterly 20, no. 4 (2004): 750-752.
• Sandvik, Guri. Aase Nordmo Løvberg. Lublin: Orkana (2008). ISBN 9788281040823

• Aase Nordmo Løvberg at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

• Aase Nordmo Løvberg at IMDb
• Aase Nordmo Løvberg discography at Discogs
• Aase Nordmo Løvberg at Find a Grave