Kari Frisell

{{Short description|Norwegian singer and pedagogue (1922–2022)}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Kari Frisell | image = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1922|8|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |2022|6|3|1922|8|20|df=y}} | death_place = Oslo | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Operatic soprano and pedagogue | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Jan Thomas Njerve | children = | relatives = | awards = Norwegian Music Critics Award (1963/64) }} '''Kari Frisell''' (20 August 1922 – 3 June 2022) was a Norwegian operatic soprano and pedagogue.

==Musical career== Frisell studied under {{ill|Mimi Hviid|no}} in Oslo, and further in Vienna and New York. She made her concert debut in Oslo in 1946. In 1946 she also performed as Michaela in Bizet's opera ''Carmen'', staged in Bergen. She also starred in the 1946 film ''Vi vil leve''. She was assigned with the Norwegian National Opera from its inaugural year in 1958 to 1971. As song pedagogue Frisell was assigned with the Oslo Conservatory of Music from 1970, and with the Norwegian Academy of Music from 1973 to 1988.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kari Frisell |first=Hilde |last=Holbæk-Hanssen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kari_Frisell |language=no |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

She was awarded the Norwegian Music Critics Award for 1963/64.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kritikerprisen |first=Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kritikerprisen |language=no |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== Frisell was born in Oslo on 20 August 1922.<ref name=snl/> She was married to painter Jan Thomas Njerve.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jan Thomas Njerve |encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon |url=https://nkl.snl.no/Jan_Thomas_Njerve |language=no |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> She died in Oslo on 3 June 2022, aged 99.<ref name=snl/>

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