Flagstad Hemmed In?

Kirsten Flagstad, greatest soprano of U.S. opera, who untold times has ho-yo-to-hoed Bruennhilde's clarion calls, last week seemed to be in Bruennhilde's plight--hemmed in by a ring of fire. From Oslo in her native Norway, whither she flew last April to join her husband, came a report that her husband said that Flagstad would remain there until war ends.

The only question was whether her husband said it and knew what he was talking about. Soprano Flagstad departed from the U.S. with little money and clothing, left a daughter and a stepdaughter there, promised to return in September for 80 concert and opera engagements. The Metropolitan's General Manager Edward Johnson, whose box office would be hard hit by the loss of Flagstad, hopefully doubted the report from Oslo. Said he: "I'm a little suspicious of a catch in it."

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