About Siff Pettersen
Lived 1934 – 2000. Siff Pettersen was a singer.
Sigfrid Bergljot "Siff" Pettersen (20 June 1934 – 12 December 2000) was a Norwegian operatic soprano.
She was born in Bergen. She attended piano and voice lessons here before taking her formal education in Frankfurt (1957–1960) as well as training under Paul Lohmann in Wiesbaden.
She made her debut at the Wuppertal Opera in 1960. She was employed at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf from 1961 to 1976. She later worked in voice pedagogy, and Shostakovich.
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Who was Siff Pettersen?
Norwegian singer
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Siff Pettersen was born in 1934.
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Siff Pettersen died in 2000.
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Siff Pettersen was a singer.
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