Birgit Nilsson

Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005)

soprano · Sweden
1967. Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Josef Greindl (Hagen), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Ludmila Dvoraková (Gutrune), Martha Mödl (Waltraute), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde), Marga Höffgen (1. Norn), Annelies Burmeister (2. Norn), Anja Silja (3. Norn).Read moreCollapse
1967. Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Josef Greindl (Hagen), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Ludmila Dvoraková (Gutrune), Martha Mödl (Waltraute), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde), Marga Höffgen (1. Norn), Annelies Burmeister (2. Norn), Anja Silja (3. Norn).
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Theo Adam (Der Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinge (Alberich), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Vera Soukupova (Erda), Erika Köth (Waldvogel). 1967.Read moreCollapse
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Theo Adam (Der Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinge (Alberich), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Vera Soukupova (Erda), Erika Köth (Waldvogel). 1967.
Tristan: Jon Vickers; Isolde: Birgit Nilsson; Brangaene: Ruth Hesse; Marke: Bengt Rundgren; Kurwenal: Walter Berry; Melot: Stan (Stass) Unruh; Hirt: Horst R Laubenthal; Steuerman: Horst R Laubenthal. New Philharmonia Chorus. 1973.Read moreCollapse
Tristan: Jon Vickers; Isolde: Birgit Nilsson; Brangaene: Ruth Hesse; Marke: Bengt Rundgren; Kurwenal: Walter Berry; Melot: Stan (Stass) Unruh; Hirt: Horst R Laubenthal; Steuerman: Horst R Laubenthal. New Philharmonia Chorus. 1973.
1966. Regine Crespin, James King, Gottlob Frick, Helen Watts, Vera Little, Berit Lindholm, Marilyn TylerRead moreCollapse
1966. Regine Crespin, James King, Gottlob Frick, Helen Watts, Vera Little, Berit Lindholm, Marilyn Tyler
Donna Anna-Birgit Nilsson, Il Commendatore-Martti Talvela, Donna Elvira-Martina Arroyo, Leporello-Ezio Flagello, Masetto-Alfredo Mariotti, Zerlina-Reri Grist. Tschechischer Sängerchor Prag. Prague National Theatre. 1967.Read moreCollapse
Donna Anna-Birgit Nilsson, Il Commendatore-Martti Talvela, Donna Elvira-Martina Arroyo, Leporello-Ezio Flagello, Masetto-Alfredo Mariotti, Zerlina-Reri Grist. Tschechischer Sängerchor Prag. Prague National Theatre. 1967.
Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson, Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli, Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica, Il sagrestano - Alfredo Mariotti, Spoletta - Piero de Palma, Sciarrone - Dino Mantovani, Un carceriere - Dino Mantovani, Un pastore - Patrizio Veronelli. June 1966, Rome.Read moreCollapse
Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson, Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli, Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica, Il sagrestano - Alfredo Mariotti, Spoletta - Piero de Palma, Sciarrone - Dino Mantovani, Un carceriere - Dino Mantovani, Un pastore - Patrizio Veronelli. June 1966, Rome.
Rey de Egipto - Ferruccio Mazzoli, Amneris - Grace Bumbry, Aida - Birgit Nilsson, Radames - Franco Corelli, Ramfis - Bonaldo Giaiotti, Amonasro - Mario Sereni, Gran Sacerdotisa - Mirella Fiorentini, Mensajero - Piero de Palma. 1967.Read moreCollapse
Rey de Egipto - Ferruccio Mazzoli, Amneris - Grace Bumbry, Aida - Birgit Nilsson, Radames - Franco Corelli, Ramfis - Bonaldo Giaiotti, Amonasro - Mario Sereni, Gran Sacerdotisa - Mirella Fiorentini, Mensajero - Piero de Palma. 1967.
1971.Read moreCollapse
1971.
Birgit Nilsson - Turandot, Franco Corelli - Calaf, Galina Vishnevskaya - Liù, Nicola Zaccaria - Timur, Angelo Mercuriali - Emperor Altoum, Renato Capecchi - Ping, Franco Ricciardi - Pang, Piero de Palma - Pong, Virgilio Carbonari - Mandarin. Live performance, Milan, December 7, 1964.Read moreCollapse
Birgit Nilsson - Turandot, Franco Corelli - Calaf, Galina Vishnevskaya - Liù, Nicola Zaccaria - Timur, Angelo Mercuriali - Emperor Altoum, Renato Capecchi - Ping, Franco Ricciardi - Pang, Piero de Palma - Pong, Virgilio Carbonari - Mandarin. Live performance, Milan, December 7, 1964.
October 1977 The Emperor - James King, The Empress - Leonie Rysanek, The Nurse - Ruth Hesse, A Spirit-messenger - Peter Wimberger, Keeper of the Gates of the Temple - Lotte Rysanek, Apparition Of A Youth - Ewald Aichberger, The Voice of the Falcon - Lotte Rysanek, A Voice from above - Gertrude Jahn, Barak - Walter Berry, his wife - Birgit Nilsson, The One-Eyed - Hans Helm, The One-Armed - Lorenzo alvary, The Hunchback - Murray Dickie, Children Voice - Gertrude Jahn.Read moreCollapse
October 1977 The Emperor - James King, The Empress - Leonie Rysanek, The Nurse - Ruth Hesse, A Spirit-messenger - Peter Wimberger, Keeper of the Gates of the Temple - Lotte Rysanek, Apparition Of A Youth - Ewald Aichberger, The Voice of the Falcon - Lotte Rysanek, A Voice from above - Gertrude Jahn, Barak - Walter Berry, his wife - Birgit Nilsson, The One-Eyed - Hans Helm, The One-Armed - Lorenzo alvary, The Hunchback - Murray Dickie, Children Voice - Gertrude Jahn.
Leonora`s aria from the opera `The Power of Fate` (Son giunta).Read moreCollapse
Leonora`s aria from the opera `The Power of Fate` (Son giunta).
Aria of Eboli from the opera `Don Carlos` (O don fatale...).Read moreCollapse
Aria of Eboli from the opera `Don Carlos` (O don fatale...).
Aria of Abigail from the opera `Nabucco` ( Ben io t`invenni ... Anhc`io dischiuso ...).Read moreCollapse
Aria of Abigail from the opera `Nabucco` ( Ben io t`invenni ... Anhc`io dischiuso ...).
Aria of Lady Macbeth from the opera `Macbeth` (Ambizioso spirito).Read moreCollapse
Aria of Lady Macbeth from the opera `Macbeth` (Ambizioso spirito).
Lohengrin: Wolfgang Windgassen, Elsa: Birgit Nilsson, Ortrud: Astrid Varnay, Friedrich von Telramund: Hermann Uhde, Konig Heinrich: Theo Adam. 1954.Read moreCollapse
Lohengrin: Wolfgang Windgassen, Elsa: Birgit Nilsson, Ortrud: Astrid Varnay, Friedrich von Telramund: Hermann Uhde, Konig Heinrich: Theo Adam. 1954.
Wolfgang Anheisser, Dieter Weller, Birgit Nilsson, Erika Köth, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Jürgen Förster, Franz Crass, Wolfgang Büttner. 1969.Read moreCollapse
Wolfgang Anheisser, Dieter Weller, Birgit Nilsson, Erika Köth, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Jürgen Förster, Franz Crass, Wolfgang Büttner. 1969.
December 20-22, 1951Read moreCollapse
December 20-22, 1951
Don Fernando: Siegfried Vogel, Don Pizarro: Theo Adam, Florestan: Ludovic Spiess, Leonore: Birgit Nilsson, Rocco: Franz Crass, Marzelline: Helen Donath, Jaquino, Pfortner: Gerhard Unger, Erster Gefangener: Fernando Jacopucci, Zweiter Gefangener: Franco Calabrese. Maestro del Coro: Gianni Lazzari. March 17, 1970, Rome.Read moreCollapse
Don Fernando: Siegfried Vogel, Don Pizarro: Theo Adam, Florestan: Ludovic Spiess, Leonore: Birgit Nilsson, Rocco: Franz Crass, Marzelline: Helen Donath, Jaquino, Pfortner: Gerhard Unger, Erster Gefangener: Fernando Jacopucci, Zweiter Gefangener: Franco Calabrese. Maestro del Coro: Gianni Lazzari. March 17, 1970, Rome.
Gerhard Stolze (Herod), Grace Hofmann (Herodias), Josephine Veasey (page of Herodias), Liselotte Michael (slave), Paul Ken, Stefan Schwer, Kurt Equilutz, Aron Gestner, Max Prebstl (5 Jews), Tom Krause, Nigel Douglas (2 Nazarenes), Zenon Kosnowski, Heinz Holechek (2 soldiers). Recording - October 1961, ViennaRead moreCollapse
Gerhard Stolze (Herod), Grace Hofmann (Herodias), Josephine Veasey (page of Herodias), Liselotte Michael (slave), Paul Ken, Stefan Schwer, Kurt Equilutz, Aron Gestner, Max Prebstl (5 Jews), Tom Krause, Nigel Douglas (2 Nazarenes), Zenon Kosnowski, Heinz Holechek (2 soldiers). Recording - October 1961, Vienna
Klytaemnestra - Regina Resnik, Elektra - Birgit Nilsson, Chrysothemis - Marie Collier, Aegisth - Gerhard Stolze, Orerst - Tom Krause. Recorded - Vienna, 1967Read moreCollapse
Klytaemnestra - Regina Resnik, Elektra - Birgit Nilsson, Chrysothemis - Marie Collier, Aegisth - Gerhard Stolze, Orerst - Tom Krause. Recorded - Vienna, 1967
Boston Chorus Pro Musica Alfred Nash Patterson - director. Recorded: October 5-6, 1964 and April 5, 1965, BostonRead moreCollapse
Boston Chorus Pro Musica Alfred Nash Patterson - director. Recorded: October 5-6, 1964 and April 5, 1965, Boston
Dresden Version / Birgit Nilsson (Elisabeth / Venus), Theo Adam (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Horst R. Laubenthal (Walter von der Volgelweide), Klaud Hirte (Biterolf), Friendrich Lenz (Heinrich der Schreiber), Hans Sotin (Reinmar von Zweter), Caterina Alda (Ein junger Hirte) / studio recording at Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin; December 1968, February & May 1969Read moreCollapse
Dresden Version / Birgit Nilsson (Elisabeth / Venus), Theo Adam (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Horst R. Laubenthal (Walter von der Volgelweide), Klaud Hirte (Biterolf), Friendrich Lenz (Heinrich der Schreiber), Hans Sotin (Reinmar von Zweter), Caterina Alda (Ein junger Hirte) / studio recording at Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin; December 1968, February & May 1969
Choir of the Accademia Santa Cecilia. Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Cornell McNeil (Renato), Birgit Nilsson (Amelia), Juliet Simionato (Ulrika), Silvia Stahlman (Oscar), Tom Krause (Silvano), Fernando Corena (Samuel), Liberto Arbace (Tom), Piero de Palma (judge), Vittorio Pandano (Amelia`s servant). Rome, July 1961Read moreCollapse
Choir of the Accademia Santa Cecilia. Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Cornell McNeil (Renato), Birgit Nilsson (Amelia), Juliet Simionato (Ulrika), Silvia Stahlman (Oscar), Tom Krause (Silvano), Fernando Corena (Samuel), Liberto Arbace (Tom), Piero de Palma (judge), Vittorio Pandano (Amelia`s servant). Rome, July 1961
Isolde`s Liebestod from `Tristan and Isolde`. Royal Albert Hall, London, 6 September 1963.Read moreCollapse
Isolde`s Liebestod from `Tristan and Isolde`. Royal Albert Hall, London, 6 September 1963.
Live - 3 January 1970 - StockholmRead moreCollapse
Live - 3 January 1970 - Stockholm
Op. 38, ¹ 1 (`Hostkvall`). Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Op. 38, ¹ 1 (`Hostkvall`). Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.
`Kornblumen`. Recorded November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
`Kornblumen`. Recorded November 12, 1967, New York.
`Sterke Scheite`. Recording - September 29, 1973, Sydney.Read moreCollapse
`Sterke Scheite`. Recording - September 29, 1973, Sydney.
May 1963 - Aria `Leise, Leise, fromme weise`Read moreCollapse
May 1963 - Aria `Leise, Leise, fromme weise`
Op. 10, No. 1 (`Zueignung`). Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Op. 10, No. 1 (`Zueignung`). Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.
1975 - Vinyl transfer - Act 1 Excerpt from `Schlafst du gast` to end of Act.Read moreCollapse
1975 - Vinyl transfer - Act 1 Excerpt from `Schlafst du gast` to end of Act.
August 1963. Arranged by Totzauer.Read moreCollapse
August 1963. Arranged by Totzauer.
Op. 36, ¹ 4 (`Sav, sav susa`). Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Op. 36, ¹ 4 (`Sav, sav susa`). Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.
1965 - Excerpt: No.2 Varen - VPO as Vienna Opera OrchestraRead moreCollapse
1965 - Excerpt: No.2 Varen - VPO as Vienna Opera Orchestra
May 1963 - Act 1 `Abscheulicher!`Read moreCollapse
May 1963 - Act 1 `Abscheulicher!`
Recorded: April 20, 1974, Rome (live).Read moreCollapse
Recorded: April 20, 1974, Rome (live).
May 1963 - Aria `Einsam in truben tagen`Read moreCollapse
May 1963 - Aria `Einsam in truben tagen`
Macbeth - Giuseppe Taddei, Lady Macbeth - Birgit Nilsson, Banco - Giovanni Foiani, Macduff - Bruno Prevedi, Malcolm - Piero de Palma. Choir and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. 1965.Read moreCollapse
Macbeth - Giuseppe Taddei, Lady Macbeth - Birgit Nilsson, Banco - Giovanni Foiani, Macduff - Bruno Prevedi, Malcolm - Piero de Palma. Choir and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. 1965.
1965 - Excerpt: No.2 En svane - VPO as Vienna Opera OrchestraRead moreCollapse
1965 - Excerpt: No.2 En svane - VPO as Vienna Opera Orchestra
Lisa Tunnell, Gösta Böcklin. Stockholm Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. Recorded: March 1948, Stockholm (live).Read moreCollapse
Lisa Tunnell, Gösta Böcklin. Stockholm Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. Recorded: March 1948, Stockholm (live).
Op. 48, No. 1 (`Freundliche Vision`). Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Op. 48, No. 1 (`Freundliche Vision`). Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.
¹ 1 (`Aebleblomst`). Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
¹ 1 (`Aebleblomst`). Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.
Op. 41, ¹ 1 (`Wiegenlied`). Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Op. 41, ¹ 1 (`Wiegenlied`). Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.
Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.
`Se il ciel mi divide`. John Wustman - piano. Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
`Se il ciel mi divide`. John Wustman - piano. Recorded: November 12, 1967, New York.
May 1963 - Aria `Ozean, zu ungeheuer!`Read moreCollapse
May 1963 - Aria `Ozean, zu ungeheuer!`
Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.Read moreCollapse
Recording - November 12, 1967, New York.
August 1963Read moreCollapse
August 1963
 
     
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