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Act One: Nin sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin) 🙅
#BirgitNilsson #HermannUhde #WolfgangWindgassen

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📆October 11, 2018 Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme is awarded the fourth $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Soprano #NinaStemme #BirgitNilssonPrize #BirgitNilsson

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics

Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Karl Böhm:
🎵 Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

#BBCRadio3 #RichardWagner #BirgitNilsson #BayreuthFestivalOrchestra #KarlBöhm

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"Turandot"

"Turandot"

#BirgitNilsson was born on a farm in Skåne in southern Sweden #OnThisDay in 1918, destined to become one of the great sopranos of her day; here she's singing "In questa reggia" in "Turandot" in 1971:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-GV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYTN...
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Birgit Nilsson was a Swedish farmgirl who milked 10 cows on the eve of her entrance exam to The Stockholm Music Academy. She went on to conquer international opera house stages with Wagner, Strauss & Puccini. "Is there any more wonderful profession than mine?" -BN

#botd #OperaSky #BirgitNilsson

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#BirgitNilsson was born on a farm in Sweden #OnThisDay in 1918, destined to become one of the great sopranos of her day before retiring to her farm & dying at the age of 87 in 2005; this documentary tells her remarkable story:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYTN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_...

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Act One: Nin sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin) 🏎
#BirgitNilsson #HermannUhde #WolfgangWindgassen

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Boston, Public Library, Arts Department, NK4799 – Wagner (1876).
Photograph of Amalie Materna, as Brünnhilde, by J. Albert.
Available on digitalcommonwealth.org

Boston, Public Library, Arts Department, NK4799 – Wagner (1876). Photograph of Amalie Materna, as Brünnhilde, by J. Albert. Available on digitalcommonwealth.org

Brünnhilde’s Battle Cry for 4 historical sopranos: “Hojotoho!” from “Die Walküre” by Wagner (🧵4 videos. See photo and video credits below)
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#bluesky #blueskyopera #singing #opera #soprano #kirstenflagstad #fridaleider #birgitnilsson #ritahunter #hojotoho #walkure #richardwagner

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Lithograph of the 1926 Promotional poster by Leopoldo Metlicovitz, printed by Ricordi, 138 cm x 97 cm.
Available on christies.com

Lithograph of the 1926 Promotional poster by Leopoldo Metlicovitz, printed by Ricordi, 138 cm x 97 cm. Available on christies.com

A princely duet, with a solo bonus: “In questa reggia” from “Turandot” by Puccini (🧵4 videos. See photo and video credits below)
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#bluesky #blueskyopera #singing #opera #ginacigna #francescomerli #birgitnilsson #francocorelli #ghenadimitrova #nicolamartinucci #evaturner #turandot #giacomopuccini

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#joansutherland #birgitnilsson #leontyneprice #jonnymains #tomcox #cedricgrolet #bengazur

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Birgit Nilsson in “Tristan und Isolde,” Vienna State Opera, 1967. © The Birgit Nilsson Foundation/Fayer

On December 18, 1959, Nilsson made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Isolde in Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.”

#birgitnilsson
#nilsson
#tristanundisolde
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@wienerstaatsoper

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🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics

Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic & Georg Solti:
🎵 'Fliegt hei, ihr Raben!' From Immolation Scene of Gotterdammerung

#BBCRadio3 #RichardWagner #BirgitNilsson #ViennaPhilharmonic #GeorgSolti

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🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #PrivatePassions

Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Karl Bohm:
🎵 Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Tristan und Isolde)

#BBCRadio3 #RichardWagner #BirgitNilsson #BayreuthFestivalOrchestra #KarlBohm

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Birgit Nilsson

Birgit Nilsson

#BirgitNilsson was born #OnThisDay in 1918, becoming one of the great sopranos of her day, scaling the heights of #opera before retiring to her farm & dying at the age of 87 in 2005; this documentary tells her remarkable story:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYTN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_...

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🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #Breakfast

Charles Gounod, Åke Levén, Trad. & Birgit Nilsson:
🎵 Gounod: Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846

#radio3 #CharlesGounod #ÅkeLevén #Trad #BirgitNilsson

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