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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SPRING, 1994
by Helga Malis
-J- jraldine Anderson, one of Canada’s talented young sopranos,
1 / graciously agreed to be interviewed at her mother’s (Helga
w Anderson’s) home in November 1993. She had come to
Winnipeg to perform in “Israel in Egypt" with the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra at the Centennial Concert Hall. Valdine and her three young
daughters were staying at “Amma's,” where this relaxed conversation
between Valdine and Helga Malis took place.
Ijelga: I understand you are living in the German market. It’s very exciting
Germany. for us.
Valdine: Yes, we’ve just moved there. Ildga: Where in Germany are you
My husband is working for a living?
Canadian firm which just moved into Valdine: We are living in a town just