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 ...

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 ...

Birgit Nilsson, the Swedish opera singer whose vocal brilliance, physical prowess and dramatic intensity made her the leading Wagnerian soprano of her day, died on Christmas Day at age 87, according ...

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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 ...

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. She was 87. A ...

Birgit Nilsson, 87, 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, the Stockholm daily Svenska ...

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 ...

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Märta Birgit Svensson (Birgit Nilsson), opera singer: born Västra Karup, Sweden 17 May 1918; married 1948 Bertil Niklasson; died 25 December 2005. Famous above all for her stupendous performances of ...

Birgit Nilsson was raised to be a farmwife, but she was born to be a diva. Over the objections of her father, Nilsson attended music school in Stockholm and eventually became a global star admired for ...