Birgit Nilsson during a televised opera concert in Stockholm in July 1963.
Born
(1918-05-17)17 May 1918[1]
Västra Karup, Skåne, Sweden
Died
25 December 2005(2005-12-25) (aged 87)[2]
Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden
Education
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Occupation
Wagnerian soprano
Years active
1946–1984
Awards
Hovsångerska, 1954[3]
Bavarian Kammersängerin
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Gramophone's Hall of Fame in 2012[4]
Illis quorum
Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.[5] Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register.
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^"Birgit Nilsson". The Independent. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^"Honours and Awards". BirgitNilssonPrize.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^"Birgit Nilsson (soprano)". Gramophone. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
^Holland, Bernard (12 January 2006). "Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
Märta BirgitNilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertoire of operatic and vocal works,...
The BirgitNilsson Prize is the largest prize in classical music, awarded approximately every three years to an active artist or institution who has contributed...
100-kronor banknote; blue Ingmar Bergman on the 200-kronor banknote; green BirgitNilsson on the 500-kronor banknote; red Dag Hammarskjöld on the 1,000-kronor...
Culshaw assembled for the cycle included Kirsten Flagstad, Hans Hotter, BirgitNilsson and Wolfgang Windgassen. Apart from Arabella in 1957, in which he substituted...
to great acclaim at the Met until 1974 in roles such as Calaf (with BirgitNilsson as Turandot), Cavaradossi, Maurizio, Ernani, Rodolfo and Edgardo. He...
The final performance of that last season was on March 21, 1961, with BirgitNilsson and Franco Corelli in Turandot. After the Tuesday night visits were...
squillo rather than volume in the course of a performance, for example BirgitNilsson. Starker, Leonard Bonn. "From physics to music: an analysis of the role...
made her Chicago Lyric Opera debut as Liu in Puccini's Turandot with BirgitNilsson in the title role, and sang Massenet's Thaïs. Her Liu was well received...
letters, or underlines or italics. For example, Märta Birgit* Nilsson is known as BirgitNilsson, while Björn* Kristian Ulvaeus is known as Björn Ulvaeus...
passion for opera as a youth, having seen his first opera (Turandot with BirgitNilsson in the title role) at around the age of ten. As a teenager, Waltz would...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras and with BirgitNilsson as the soprano soloist. The first music played was the Prelude to Die...
Recital Best Classical Opera Production Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), BirgitNilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi & the Rome Opera Orchestra...
activist Aurora Nilsson (1894–1972), Swedish writer Bengt Nilsson (born 1954), Swedish actor BirgitNilsson (1918–2005), Swedish soprano Bo Nilsson (1937–2018)...
Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for Verdi: Requiem 2011 BirgitNilsson Prize 2011 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. 2018 Praemium Imperiale...
1992 Frans Suell was christened in Malmö by the Swedish opera singer BirgitNilsson. The following day she set on her maiden voyage from Malmö to Travemünde...
Laureates 1950s Igor Stravinsky (1959) 1960s Leonard Bernstein (1965) BirgitNilsson (1966) Witold Lutosławski (1967) Benjamin Britten (1968) Boris Christoff...
The Guardian. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2020. BirgitNilsson (2007). La Nilsson: My Life in Opera. UPNE. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-55553-670-1. Roy...
Björling, Gösta Winbergh, Nicolai Gedda, Peter Mattei, Jenny Lind, BirgitNilsson, Elisabeth Söderström, Fritz Arlberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Katarina...
recording of Puccini's Turandot, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and starring BirgitNilsson as Turandot, Jussi Björling as Calaf, Tebaldi as Liù and Giorgio Tozzi...
the International Music Score Library Project Full text and some performances "Liebestod", concert performance on YouTube, BirgitNilsson Portal: Opera...
and is now available as a live recording. In the 1960s, the soprano BirgitNilsson was considered the major Isolde interpreter, and she was often partnered...
Janowitz Jonas Kaufmann Simon Keenlyside Emma Kirkby Anna Netrebko BirgitNilsson Jessye Norman Anne Sofie von Otter Luciano Pavarotti Leontyne Price...
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