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𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 — 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘁 — 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 — 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 — 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶 — 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶-𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1cTAD71auM 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 — La Principessa Turandot 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — Il Principe Ignoto 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 — Liu, Giovine Schiava 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶…

Sir Georg Solti and Birgit Nilsson studying the score for Strauss’s Salome

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 (𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢, 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢) 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟔 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚)

Isolde 1959 - Birgit Nilsson

𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖-𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓). 𝐀𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟕.

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 1941

𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶

The conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 with guest soloist, 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧. The Cleveland Orchestra rehearsed at the Opera House today. October 2, 1973. (Photo by Kevin John Berry/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞 - 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗧 𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 Birgit Nilsson was born Märta Birgit Svensson on 17 May 1918 in Västra Karup, Sweden,…

𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒

# **Verdi - Requiem - Boston Symphony - Birgit Nilsson - Carlo Bergonzi - Ezio Flagello - Erich Leinsdorf ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/verdi-requiem-148185033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/verdi-requiem-148185033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Giuseppe Verdi: Aida - Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma - Zubin Mehta** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/giuseppe-verdi-147060106?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/giuseppe-verdi-147060106?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

**The Turandot cast (Franco Corelli, Birgit Nilsson and Mirella Freni) **with Julie Andrews (1966 Metropolitan Opera)

# The conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, **Lorin Maazel** with guest soloist, **Birgit Nilsson.** The Cleveland Orchestra rehearsed at the Opera House today. October 2, 1973. (Photo by Kevin John Berry/Fairfax Media via Getty…

𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 - 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞" Bayreuth 1966 - 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐁ö𝐡𝐦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CppOfQ2EWJ8&t=2s Tristan. 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧 Marke 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚 Isolde. 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 Kurwenal 𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 Melot 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 Brangäne. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧 Ein Hirt. 𝐄𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧…

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𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Erich Kleiber was one of the great representatives of the Central European conducting tradition, yet he never belonged comfortably to any single school. His performances combined rhythmic…

𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗧𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Georg Solti’s discography is one of the most formidable in twentieth-century music. He was a conductor of incisive rhythm, explosive dramatic instinct, dazzling orchestral control and extraordinary…

𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗕𝗢̈𝗛𝗠 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Karl Böhm’s reputation rests above all upon Mozart, Richard Strauss, Wagner, Schubert and Bruckner. He was neither a cultivator of orchestral glamour in the Karajan manner nor…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗹 To choose a recording of a Wagner opera is never a neutral decision. It is not only a question of sound quality, famous…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗔 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 was one of the most spectacular Italian tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose name still…