she gave many benefit concerts throughout Norway. She was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 1960 and died of the disease on 7 December 1962. At her request she was buried in an unmarked grave in Vestre Gravlund Cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo. The largest floral arrangement at her funeral was sent by Lauritz Melchior. Repertoire Flagstad sang many roles, especially in the early part of her career, before she became famous as a Wagnerian dramatic soprano. This is a list of her principal ones with role debut dates. Nuri in Tiefland (d’Albert), Nationaltheatret, Christiania, 12 December 1913 Germaine in Les cloches de Corneville (Planquette), Nationaltheatret, Christiania, 12 September 1914 Aagot in Fjeldeventyret (Waldemar Thrane), Open-air theatre, Frogner, Christiania, 23 June 1915 Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Opera Comique, Christiania, 23 March 1919 Fatime in Abu Hassan by (Weber), Opera Comique, Christiania, 26 April 1919 Ganymed in Die schöne Galathee (von Suppé), Opera Comique, Christiania, 25 March 1919 Desdemona in Otello (Verdi), Opera Comique, Christiania, 26 January 1921 Amelia in Un ballo in maschera (Verdi), Opera Comique, Christiania, 20 February 1921 Countess Mariana in Die Frau im Hermelin by (Jean Gilbert), Mayol, Christiania, 15 July 1922 Princess Jutta in Das Hollandweibchen (Kálmán), Mayol, Christiania, 10 November 1922 Countess Francesca in Wenn Liebe erwacht (Eduard Künnecke), Mayol, Christiana, 12 September 1923 Odette Darimonde in Die Bajadere (Kálmán), Mayol, Christiania, 30 September 1923 Countess in Eine Frau von Format (Michael Krasznay-Krausz), Brunns Teatern, Helsinki, 17 June 1928 Countess Mariza in Gräfin Mariza (Kálmán), Brunns Teatern, Helsinki, 26 July 1928 Agathe in Der Freischütz (Weber), Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, 4 October 1928 Michal in Saul og David (Nielsen), Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, 29 November 1928 Aida in Aida (Verdi), Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, 7 March 1929 Elsa in Lohengrin (Wagner), Nationaltheatret, Christiania, 14 June 1929 Tosca in Tosca (Puccini), Nationaltheatret, Christiania, 28 June 1929 Anita in Jonny spielt auf (Ernst Krenek), Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, 10 April 1931 Dorotka in Schwanda the Bagpiper (Jaromír Weinberger), Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, 3 December 1931 Rodelinda in Rodelinda (Handel), Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, 16 February 1932 Isolde in Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), Nationaltheatret, Christiania, 29 June 1932 Eva in Die Meistersinger (Wagner), Nationaltheatret, Christiania, 7 June 1933 Ortlinde in Die Walküre (Wagner), Bayreuth Festival, 25 July 1933 Third Norn in Götterdämmerung (Wagner), Bayreuth Festival, 28 July 1933 Gutrune in Götterdämmerung (Wagner), Bayreuth Festival, 29 July 1934 Sieglinde in Die Walküre (Wagner),