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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Her parents’ farmhouse became a summer home, and their only child laid flowers on their grave when she gave recitals in the church at Västra Karups where she’d sung in the choir. Her huge financial ...

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In the autumn of 1968, Director Eric M. Nilsson and film team accompany Swedish opera singer Birgit Nilsson during the many-faceted events of her life, on and off stage.

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 — She was a celebrated star on the stages of the world's greatest opera houses. But a diva, Birgit Nilsson was not.

Her parents’ farmhouse became a summer home, and their only child laid flowers on their grave when she gave recitals in the church at Västra Karups where she’d sung in the choir. Her huge financial ...