With her unforgettable voice, Birgit Nilsson became the face of opera in the 1950s through the 1970s. She was best known for her groundbreaking turns in Wagner, Strauss, and Puccini operas such as ...

As I was loosening the spine of the new English translation of Birgit Nilsson's autobiography, I chanced on this unforgettable confession: "That was the first and last time I went on stage without ...

We hear a duet from Beethoven’s Fidelio with James McCracken. From Verdi’s Macbeth – Ambizio spirto. In questa reggia from Puccini’s Turandot with Franco Corelli. Non mi dir from Mozart’s Don Giovanni ...

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 ...

"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 ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — She was a celebrated star on the stages of the world's greatest opera houses. But a diva, Birgit Nilsson was not.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- She was a celebrated star on the stages of the world's greatest opera houses. But a diva, Birgit Nilsson was not. "The thing that was remarkably wonderful about her was that she ...

Italian director Riccardo Muti was awarded the €720,000 prize in memory of Sweden’s legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson for 2011, according to the jury. Mr Muti, currently the music director of the ...

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Birgit Nilsson, whose prodigious voice, unrivaled stamina and thrilling high notes made her the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II era, has died. She was 87. A funeral was held ...