中文名：Ingrid Bjoner 国籍：挪威 出生地：Kråkstad 职业：歌手 生日：1927-11-08 逝世日期：2006-09-04 简介：Ingrid Kristine Bjoner Pierpoint (November 8, 1927, Kråkstad – September 4, 2006, Oslo) was a Norwegian soprano who had a prolific international opera career between 1956 and 1990. She was particularly celebrated for her portrayal of Wagnerian heroines and for her performances in operas by Richard Strauss. In addition to performing in operas, Bjoner was an active concert soloist and recital performer throughout her career. In 1964, she was awarded the St Olav's medal by King Olav V of Norway. 成名：In 1959, Bjoner joined the roster at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where she sang regularly for three seasons. That same year she made her first appearance at the Vienna State Opera where she returned periodically through 1986 in such roles as Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, Desdemona in Otello, Leonore in Fidelio, Rezia in Oberon, and the title role in Turandot. In 1960, Bjoner made her United States debut with the San Francisco Opera as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin and her debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Freia, Helmwige, and Gutrune in Wagner's The Ring Cycle, both of them critical successes. That same year she earned contracts with the Royal Swedish Opera and the Norwegian National Opera which made her a repeat performer in those houses during the 1960s and 1970s. This was followed by engagements at various opera houses around the world throughout the 1960s, including the Polish National Opera, La Monnaie, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Hamburg State Opera, Vienna State Opera, Vancouver Opera, Zurich Opera, Miami Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company, and the Royal Opera at Covent Garden among others. In 1961, Bjoner joined the roster at the Bavarian State Opera where she performed repeatedly through 1965. Her roles with the company included the Empress in Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten (1963), the title role in Strauss's Daphne (1964), and Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (1965) among others. During this time, Bjoner was also engaged by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1961 and 1967. Her first appearance at the Met was as Elsa on October 28, 1961 opposite Sándor Kónya as Lohengrin. Her other roles at the Met during this time included Ariadne, Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Anna, the Empress, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Gutrune. While in New York, she sang the role of The Duchess of Parma for the American premiere of Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust presented in a concert setting at Carnegie Hall on December 1, 1964.