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Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic works of Wagner and Strauss, though she sang the operas of many other composers, including Verdi and Puccini. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register.
Overview
Nilsson made such strong imprints on many roles that they came to be known as the "Nilsson repertory". She sang the operas of Richard Strauss and made a specialty of Puccini's Turandot, but it was the music of Wagner that made her career. She once said that Isolde made her famous and Turandot made her rich. Her olympian command of his music was comparable to that of Kirsten Flagstad, who owned the Wagner repertory at the Metropolitan Opera during the years before World War II.
Biography
Early life
Birgit Nilsson was born Märta Birgit Svensson on a farm at Västra Karup in Skåne (100 km/60 miles north of Malmö) to Nils Svensson and Justina Svensson née Paulsson. When she was three years old she began picking out melodies on a toy piano her mother bought for her. She once told an interviewer that she could sing before she could walk, adding, "I even sang in my dreams". Her vocal talent was first noticed when she began to sing in her church choir. A choirmaster near her home heard her sing and advised her to take voice lessons.
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A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson
New Yorker 06 Jun 2018
Alex Ross on the careers and legacies of two of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century, the Swedish opera singers Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson ... ....
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Local ties to winner of world-renowed Metropolitan Opera Competition
Creston News Advertiser 22 May 2018
Jessica Faselt of Iowa City, granddaughter of Marilyn Raasch Woltmann originally from Bridgewater, was announced as one of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council audition winners April 29 ... The MONC Auditions Grand Final Concert was held on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center ... Faselt was the recipient of the $15,000 Birgit Nilsson Award of the American-Scandinavian Foundation ... John Muriello in 2014 ... ....
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Bilingual Music: Swedish soprano Nina Stemme wins Birgit Nilsson Prize 雙語音樂：瑞典女高音妮娜‧史坦梅贏得碧爾姬‧妮爾森大獎
Taipei Times 18 May 2018
Swedish opera singer Nina Stemme has won the US$1 million prize awarded in memory of the Nordic nation’s legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson, the award’s panel of judges said on Tuesday ... The Birgit Nilsson Prize of US$1 million, the largest given in the world of classical music, is awarded approximately every three years for outstanding achievement and ......
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Soprano wins top prize in memory of Swedish opera legend
Topix 16 May 2018
Swedish opera singer Nina Stemme has won the one-million dollar prize awarded in memory of the Nordic nation's legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson. The prize, one of the largest in the world of classical music, is given every three or four years to recognize the achievements of an active artist in the field ... ....
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For Birgit Nilsson’s 100th, New Releases and a $1 Million Prize
New York Times 15 May 2018
The centennial of the great Swedish soprano is being marked with boxed sets, a book, a documentary and an award for the dramatic soprano Nina Stemme ... ....
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'A package every Wagner lover should seek out': Decca marks Birgit Nilsson's centenary with a magnificent 79-CD box set featuring 27 complete operas
This is Money 12 May 2018
La Nilsson ... This magnificent box does Birgit Nilsson proud in this her centenary year ... This magnificent box does Birgit Nilsson proud in her centenary year ... Of special significance are two Rings; Georg Solti’s celebrated studio recording from Vienna and a live one from Bayreuth from 1966/67 under Karl Bohm when, vocally, Nilsson was in her absolute prime ... As well as a great singer, Nilsson was a great character....
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Mississippi Opera delivers with Turandot
The Northside Sun 11 May 2018
Special to the Sun Regardless how you slice it, Turandot is a big deal. And the Mississippi Opera recently dealt a big deal with it in Thalia Mara Hall. Full disclosure ... The first of its productions I saw was in 1948 and I have seen many since ... Elizabeth Beers Kataria is probably not a full throated dramatic soprano, a la Birgit Nilsson (who is?), but she managed to scale the heights well and presented a good account of the role....
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Iowa City artist wins national opera award
The Gazette - Cedar Rapids 05 May 2018
Jessica Faselt of Iowa City is one of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition winners, announced April 29 ... From there, 25 singers were sent to New York for the semifinals. Nine singers were then chosen to compete in the Grand Final Concert, where five were chosen as the Grand Prize Winners, including Faselt, who received the $15,000 Birgit Nilsson Award of the American-Scandinavian Foundation ... ....
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Sony Classical Celebrates Living Stereo on Global Social Media and Streaming Platforms
Market Watch 27 Apr 2018
... and Leopold Stokowski; pianists Van Cliburn, Emil Gilels, Byron Janis and Arthur Rubinstein; guitarist Julian Bream; violinist Jascha Heifetz; cellist Gregor Piatigorsky; singers Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson and Marian Anderson; and such ensembles as the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and the Robert Shaw Chorale....
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STROBEL: Friendly arm-twister Mort Greenberg dies at 89
Toronto Sun 23 Apr 2018
It’s like Santa Claus just died. Around noon Saturday, with 248 shopping days ’til Christmas, Mort Greenberg breathed his last at the old Toronto East General. He was a few hours past his 89th birthday ... (Some might say he succeeded.) ... Mort fared much better. He was an opera nut who could sing any aria you named, and was pals with celebrated Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson ... “Birgit, meet Harpo. Harpo, Birgit.” ... W ... ....
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Sony Classical Releases The 2018 New Year's Concert With The Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Market Watch 05 Jan 2018
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of the recording of one of the world's most famous classical music events ... In 2011, Riccardo Muti was awarded two Grammy Awards, was selected as the recipient of the coveted Birgit Nilsson Prize, received the Opera News Award in New York and was awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts ... 2018 New Year's Concert ... Einzugsmarsch....
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Mezzo-soprano Von Stade is modest about her fame
Star Advertiser 23 Mar 2017
Shhh. There’s an opera diva in town, one of the greatest of the past 50 years or so. Just don’t expect Frederica Von Stade to tell you about it. The beloved mezzo-soprano has come to Hawaii to perform in Hawaii Opera Theatre’s production of “Three Decembers,” a piece written for her by Jake Heggie, the preeminent American opera composer today ... “Birgit Nilsson would sing one night, Joan Sutherland the next, Marilyn Horne of course....
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