"I've always tried to remember what my mother used to tell me. 'Stay close to the earth. Then when you fall down, it won't hurt so much.'" Birgit Nilsson, the Swedish soprano, took her mother's advice ...

“You are the greatest Brünnhilde I have heard in 40 years.” “And who did you hear 40 years ago?” inquired Birgit Nilsson of what must have been a momentarily flummoxed Karl Böhm. The wit and the voice ...

The supreme dramatic soprano of her age, this collection of Nilsson’s live works, many of them remastered, is fascinating (Sony Classical, 31 CDs) Those who were lucky enough to hear Birgit Nilsson ...

Two of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century were born in Sweden a century ago, within a few weeks of each other. The first to arrive was Astrid Varnay, on April 25, 1918; after her, ...

STOCKHOLM — “Today’s stage is a music celebration that honors both the legacy of Birgit Nilsson and this year’s laureate, France’s Aix-en-Provence Festival,” said Susanne Rydén, head of the Birgit ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been announced as the recipient of the 2022 Birgit Nilsson Prize. Yo-Yo Ma is the first instrumentalist to receive the $1 million Prize which has previously been awarded to ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Märta Birgit Svensson (Birgit Nilsson), opera singer: born Västra Karup, ...

Birgit Nilsson, considered the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation, has died. She was 87. Nilsson died Dec. 25, the Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported. The cause of death was not ...

Birgit Nilsson, who has died aged 87, was considered to be the greatest Wagnerian soprano of her day; she had a rock-solid technique and a voice of such soaring, unforced power that it was able to cut ...