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Disella Larusdottir

Disella Larusdottir

Icelandic opera singer

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Disella, and not as Larusdottir.

Disella Larusdottir (born 12 March 1977) is an Icelandic opera soprano that has sung for the Metropolitan Opera of New York. In 2022, she received a Grammy for the best opera recording and became the second Icelander to win the award.[1]

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She is the daughter of Lárus Sveinsson, a trumpet player and Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir, an actress, and she has two sisters. She published the album Solo noi in 2007 and has sung in Söngvakeppnin, the Icelandic competition that selects its entries for Eurovision. She graduated from Westminster Choir College in 2005. In 2007 she became an semi-finalist in Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

References

  1. [1]
    "From Iceland — Dísella Lárusdóttir Won Grammy For Best Opera Recording". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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