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This Day in Minnesota History

January 25, 1903

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Olive Fremstad makes her debut with New York's Metropolitan Opera, singing the role of Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre. Born in Scandinavia, she had been adopted by a St. Peter couple. A true diva, Fremstad would be legendary for her vocal powers as well as her temperament. She died in New York in 1951.

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