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Randi Helseth (February 9, 1905 – September 24, 1991) was a Norwegian singer. Helseth was born in
Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
. She made her debut in 1934 as a concert singer, and in 1938 as an opera singer. Helseth was associated with the National Theatre in Oslo, the National Theater in
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, and the Norwegian National Opera, and she performed as a soloist both in Norway and abroad, including the United States. She taught the soprano Solveig Kringlebotn. Helseth won the Norwegian Music Critics Award for 1949/1950. In May 2000, a bust of Helseth by Nina Sundbye was unveiled in Ås.


Discography

* ''Randi Helseth''. Pro Musica, 1985


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External links


Randi Helseth
at the National Theatre in Oslo

at the Norwegian Music History Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Helseth, Randi 1905 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Norwegian women opera singers Norwegian sopranos Musicians from Oslo