Danish soprano Inga Nielsen dies at 61

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) — Internationally renowned Danish soprano Inga Nielsen has died of cancer in Copenhagen at the age of 61, hospital sources and her family said Monday.

Born on June 2, 1946, Nielsen, who died Sunday evening at the Gentofte hospital in northern Copenhagen, had for the past 30 years belonged to the international opera elite and was especially famous for her interpretations of Mozart.

Nielsen, who released her first Danish record at the tender age of nine, hit the world stage in 1975 when she joined the Frankfurt opera.

She stayed there for five years before going freelance and was subsequently hailed for performances on opera stages around the world, including in Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Paris, London and New York.

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