Birgit Nilsson, the dominant Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II period, whose unforced, voluminous sound, superhuman stamina and steely vocal brilliance thrilled audiences as she took on the ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Birgit Nilsson, the farmer's daughter who became renowned in the world's great opera houses for her dazzling voice and among colleagues for her playful sense of humor, has died at ...

From a certain perspective, the history of Wagner’s “Ring” Cycle can be charted as a litany of the artists who have undertaken to sing the astonishingly challenging principal roles — the tenors who ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — A $1 million classical music prize has been established to commemorate the late Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson. The prize is the largest to be awarded in the history of classical ...

Think Birgit Nilsson, the Swedish soprano, and you think of a voice of tremendous, chair-rattling, paint-peeling power. The singer died in 2005, but beforehand she arranged to create an award that ...

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El violoncelista estadounidense de origen chino Yo-Yo Ma ha sido distinguido este martes en Suecia con el premio Birgit Nilsson, dotado con 1 millón de dólares (960.000 euros) y considerado uno de los ...

Sweden’s Birgit Nilsson is the world’s reigning Wagnerian soprano. Austria’s Herbert von Karajan has no superior as a conductor of the Ring cycle. Alas, two great melodies do not always pro duce a ...

Birgit Nilsson, whose prodigious voice, unrivaled stamina and thrilling high notes made her the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II era, died Dec. 25 in Sweden. She was 87. Born on a ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden 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 at the age of 87. A ...

As we celebrate Birgit Nilsson’s centenary in 2018, Mike Ashman explores the great Swedish soprano’s legacy through the memories and accounts of her friends and colleagues Birgit Nilsson, whose 100th ...