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Birgit Nilsson
Person · female · Sweden · Västra Karup · born 1918 · died 2005 · recording since 1966
Swedish opera singer (1918–2005)
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Also known as 比尔吉特·尼尔森
Timeline
1910s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Tristan und Isolde
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
· Album
Album: “Wesendonk” Lieder / Arias From “The Flying Dutchman”, “Rienzi” and “Die Feen”
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Biography
Biography
Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register.
Early life
Birgit Nilsson was born Märta Birgit Svensson on a farm at Västra Karup in Skåne (100 km/60 miles north of Malmö) to Nils Svensson and Justina Svensson (née Paulsson). When she was three years old she began picking out melodies on a toy piano her mother bought for her. She once told an interviewer that she could sing before she could walk, adding, "I even sang in my dreams". Her vocal talent was first noticed when she began to sing in her church choir. A choirmaster near her home heard her sing and advised her to take voice lessons.
She studied with Ragnar Blennow in Åstorp for six months to prepare for an audition at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm where she came in first out of a group of 47 singers and was awarded the Christina Nilsson scholarship named for the famous soprano. Her teachers at the academy were Joseph Hislop and Arne Sunnegårdh. However, she considered herself self-taught: "The best teacher is the stage", she told an interviewer in 1981. "You walk out onto it, and you have to learn to project." She deplored her early instruction and attributed her success to native talent. "My first voice teacher [Hislop] almost killed me ... [T]he second was almost as bad."
Early career
In 1946, Nilsson made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm with only three days' notice, replacing the ailing singer scheduled for the role of Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz. Conductor Leo Blech was not very kind to her and, as she wrote in her autobiography, she even contemplated suicide after the performance. In 1947 she claimed national attention in Verdi's Lady Macbeth conducted by Fritz Busch. A wealth of parts followed, from Richard Strauss and Verdi to Wagner, Puccini, and Tchaikovsky. In Stockholm she built up a steady repertoire of roles in the lyric-dramatic field, including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Aida, Lisa in The Queen of Spades (opera), Tosca, Venus in Tannhäuser, Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Senta in Der fliegende Holländer and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, one of her favourite roles, all sung in Swedish. In 1949 she sang in Ariadne auf Naxos with Hjördis Schymberg and Elisabeth Söderström among others.
International engagements
Under Fritz Busch's tutelage, her career took wing. He was instrumental in securing her first important engagement outside Sweden, as Electra in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1951. Her debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1953 was a turning point; she would be a regular performer there for more than 25 years. It was followed by Elsa in Wagner's
Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival in 1954, then her first Brünnhilde in a complete Ring at the Bavarian State Opera, at the Munich Opera Festival of 1954. Later she returned as Sieglinde, Brünnhilde, and Isolde until 1969.
She took the title role of Turandot, which is brief but requires an unusually big sound, to La Scala in Milan in 1958, and then to the rest of Italy. Nilsson made her American debut as Brünnhilde in Wagner's Die Walküre in 1956 with the San Francisco Opera. She attained international stardom after a performance as Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1959, which made front-page news. She said that the single biggest event in her life was being asked to perform at the opening of the 180th season at La Scala as Turandot in 1958. She performed at many major opera houses in the world including Vienna, Berlin, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Tokyo, Paris, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and Hamburg.
She sang with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the all-Wagner concert that opened the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in 1973.
From the 1960s through to the 1980s
Nilsson was widely known as the leading Wagnerian soprano of her time, the successor to the great Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, particularly as Brünnhilde. However, she also sang many of the other famous soprano roles, among them Leonore, Aida, Turandot, Tosca, Elektra, and Salome. She had, according to The New York Times, a "voice of impeccable trueness and impregnable stamina".
The conductor Erich Leinsdorf thought that her longevity, like Flagstad's, had something to do with her Scandinavian heritage, remarking that Wagner required "thoughtful, patient and methodical people." Nilsson attributed her long career to no particular lifestyle or regimen. "I do nothing special", she once said. "I don't smoke. I drink a little wine and beer. I was born with the right set of parents."
In sheer power, her high notes were sometimes compared to those of the Broadway belter Ethel Merman. However Nilsson claims her "explosive" high notes that were her biggest asset on-stage "have not been recorded like they should have been" in the studio. She later lamented: "It always made me a little bit sad when I heard my own recordings. And many people told me that I sang much better in person than I do on the recordings! That didn't flatter me at all, because I know what's going to be left when I am no longer singing".
Twice at the Met, Nilsson sustained injuries that kept her from performing. In February 1971, she sprained her ankle during a performance of Elektra that resulted in cancellation of one performance (that was replaced by a performance of Fidelio starring Christa Ludwig). Nilsson recovered to sing the broadcast performance of Elektra on 27 February. More seriously, in March 1974 she fell and dislocated her shoulder during a rehearsal of Götterdämmerung. While recuperating in her hospital room at Roosevelt Hospital she said, "other than my bruises and my black and blues I feel fine". Although able to sing Brünnhilde for the first two performances with her arm in a sling, her injury caused her to miss subsequent performances, including that season's Götterdämmerung broadcast. The New York Times' review by Harold C. Schonberg of the production's 8 March 1974 opening night is reprinted in the Metropolitan Opera archives.
"Miss N."
Beginning in the summer of 1968 at the Bayreuth Festival, Nilsson was obsessively stalked by a much younger American actress and model, Nell Theobald, until Theobald's suicide nine years later in 1977. Nilsson recounted her experiences with Theobald at length in her memoir, La Nilsson, in which she referred to Theobald solely as "Miss N." The stalking incident was later featured in Opera News magazine and The New York Times.
Nilsson's humour
Nilsson did not get along with famous conductor Herbert von Karajan. Once when rehearsing on stage at the Vienna Staatsoper, her string of pearls broke. While helping her retrieve them, Karajan asked, "Are these real pearls bought with your La Scala fees?" Nilsson replied, "No, these are fake pearls bought with your Vienna Staatsoper fees." When Nilsson first arrived at the Met to rehearse the production of Die Walküre conducted by Karajan, she said, "Nu, where's Herbie?" And Karajan once sent Nilsson a cable several pages long, proposing in great detail a variety of projects, different dates and operas. Nilsson cabled back: "Busy. Birgit."
The Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson, who became world famous for his documentation of pregnancy from conception to birth, was asked by the magazine Life to photograph Birgit Nilsson's vocal cords as she sang high C. Birgit Nilsson turned the proposal down with the words "Your photographer wants me to swallow the tiny camera so he can take pictures of the vocal cord [sic]. I don't want that, since I know where it has been before." Eventually, though, she agreed on having the pictures taken.
There was a healthy competition between Nilsson and tenor Franco Corelli as to who could hold the high C the longest in act 2 of Turandot. In one tour performance, after she outlasted him on the high C, he stormed off to Rudolf Bing during the next intermission, saying that he was not going to continue the performance. Bing, who knew how to handle Corelli's tantrums, suggested that he retaliate by biting Nilsson on the neck when Calaf kisses Turandot in act 3. Corelli didn't bite her but he was so delighted with the idea that he told her about Bing's suggestion. She then cabled Bing, informing him she had to cancel the next two performances because she had contracted rabies.
When Nilsson started singing Aida at the Met, soprano Zinka Milanov was miffed as Aida had theretofore been "her" role. After one performance in which Nilsson was singing, Milanov commandeered and drove off in the Rolls-Royce Nilsson had hired for after the performance. When asked about this afterwards, Milanov said "If Madame Nilsson takes my roles, I must take her Rolls."
The secret to singing Isolde, she said, was "comfortable shoes." After a disagreement with the Australian soprano Joan Sutherland, Nilsson was asked if she thought Sutherland's famous bouffant hairdo was real. She answered: "I don't know. I haven't pulled it yet."
Once, asked what was her favourite role, she answered: "Isolde made me famous. Turandot made me rich." When long-time Metropolitan Opera director Sir Rudolf Bing was asked if she was difficult, he reportedly said "Not at all. You put enough money in, and a glorious voice comes out." When Nilsson was preparing her taxes and was asked if she had any dependents, she replied, "Yes, just one, Rudolf Bing."
Business
Nilsson was also famous for her ability to make money. She became one of the highest-paid singers in the field, in part because of the rarity of her skills. Being a shrewd businesswoman, she negotiated much of her own career. She never ranted or engaged in tantrums. She would begin contract talks by refusing every offer and being evasive about her availability. This tack would continue until the impresario offered something she wanted. Nilsson's reply would be "maybe".
Interactions with conductors
Nilsson was known for standing up to conductors. In a 1967 rehearsal of Die Walküre with Herbert von Karajan conducting, Nilsson responded to the gloomy lighting of the production by wearing a miner's helmet (complete with Valkyrian wings). When on some occasion von Karajan urged a retake "but this time with more heart. That's the place where you have your purse", Nilsson replied, "I'm so pleased to find we have something in common." When Georg Solti, in Tristan und Isolde, insisted on tempos too slow for Nilsson's taste, she made the first performance even slower, inducing a change of heart in the conductor.
Self-criticism
Despite her worldwide recognition, Nilsson said she was nervous before every major performance. "Before a premiere, on the way to the opera, I'd hope for just a small, small accident, it didn't need to be much, but just so I would not have to sing", she said in a 1977 interview on Swedish TV. Nilsson often spoke of her limits. She said her voice was not a good fit with what she described as the softer textures and refined tones of Italian operas. Nonetheless, she sang roles in Italianate operas such as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.
Recordings
Nilsson recorded all of her major roles in major commercial recordings of the complete works, as well as about a dozen solo recitals of arias, art songs, concerts, and hymns—all were originally released on vinyl LP format and most have been reissued on CD or in digital format. Partly because of her availability to play Brünnhilde, Decca Records undertook the expensive project of making a studio recording of Wagner's four-opera Ring Cycle, conducted by Solti and produced by John Culshaw. The effort took seven years, from 1958 to 1965. The BBC released a 90-minute documentary, The Golden Ring – The Making of Solti's "Ring", produced and narrated by Humphrey Burton.
Absence from New York and Salzburg
Though a frequent visitor to the Metropolitan Opera, Nilsson did not always see eye to eye with its redoubtable general manager, Rudolf Bing (who was often said to dislike Wagner), nor with conductor Herbert von Karajan. Subsequently, she made fewer New York appearances than hoped in the early 1970s and was virtually excluded from the Salzburg Festival. Her American career was derailed in the mid-1970s by US Internal Revenue Service claims filed for back taxes. Several years later a schedule of payments was worked out, and Nilsson's hiatus from the United States ended. When she returned, Donal Henahan wrote in The New York Times, "The famous shining trumpet of a voice is still far from sounding like a cornet."
Nilsson appeared at the Metropolitan Opera 223 times in 16 roles. She sang two complete Ring cycles in the 1961–62 season, and another in 1974–75. She was Isolde 33 times, and Turandot 52. She played most of the other major soprano parts: Aida, Tosca, the Dyer's Wife in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, Salome, Elektra, Verdi's Lady Macbeth, and Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio. In 1966 she simultaneously performed the roles of Venus and Elisabeth (who never appear together) in Wagner's Tannhäuser. She memorably appeared as replacement Sieglinde to Rita Hunter's Brünnhilde in the 1970s. She appeared 232 times at the Vienna State Opera from 1954 to 1982, and the Vienna Philharmonic, the company's orchestra, made her an honorary member in 1999. "If there ever was someone that one can call a real star today and a world-famous opera singer during her time then that was Frau Nilsson", said Ioan Holender, director of the Vienna State Opera.
Later life
Nilsson's autobiography, Mina minnesbilder (My memoirs in pictures) was published in Stockholm in 1977. She retired in 1984 to her childhood home in the Skåne province of southern Sweden, where her father had been a sixth-generation farmer and she had worked to grow beets and potatoes until she was 23. In an interview in the mid-1990s, she appeared happy, serene and as unpretentious as ever. "I've always tried to remember what my mother used to tell me", she said. "Stay close to the earth. Then when you fall down, it won't hurt so much."
In 1981, Sweden issued a postage stamp showing Nilsson as Turandot. She received the Illis quorum gold medal, today the highest award that can be conferred upon a Swedish citizen by the Government of Sweden. In 1988, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of New Sweden, the first Swedish settlement in America, The American-Scandinavian Foundation named their prize for promising young American opera singers the Birgit Nilsson Prize. Nilsson personally chaired several competitions.
Death
Nilsson died, aged 87, on 25 December 2005 at her home at Bjärlöv, a small village near Kristianstad in Skåne in the same county where she was born. No cause of death was released. She was survived by her husband Bertil Niklasson (died March 2007), a veterinary surgeon whom she had met on a train and married in 1948. They had no children.
Legacy
Three years after Nilsson's death, in December 2008, the Birgit Nilsson Foundation announced that it would award a prize every two to three years to a concert or opera singer, a classical or opera conductor, or a specific production by an opera company. The prize was funded by Nilsson herself. The foundation said that Nilsson had chosen the first winner, to be announced in early 2009.
On 20 February 2009, Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo was announced as the inaugural recipient of the prize, which carried with it a cash award of $1,000,000. The first award ceremony took place in the Royal Swedish Opera on 13 October 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden personally presented the prize to the designated winner. A jury has been set up by the foundation to make recommendations for future prizes. The second winner of the Birgit Nilsson prize was Riccardo Muti, who received the award in Stockholm on 13 October 2011. On 9 April 2014 it was announced that the third recipient of the prize would be the Vienna Philharmonic.
A Pågatågen train has been named for Nilsson by operator Skånetrafiken, with the train Birgit Nilsson being the first in the new X61 series to depart Malmö Central Station in December 2009.
On 6 April 2011, the Bank of Sweden announced that Nilsson's portrait will feature on the 500 kronor banknote, beginning in October 2016.
Honours and awards
1954 Hovsångerska (Royal Court Singer), Stockholm, Sweden
1958 Gold Medal, Teatro Liceo, Barcelona, Spain
1960 Sweden: Royal medal Litteris et Artibus
1960 Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm
1966 Sonning Award, Denmark
1967 Gold Medal For the Promotion of the Art of Music (Swedish: För tonkonstens främjande) of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm
1968 Austrian Kammersängerin in 1968
1968 Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria
1970 Honorary doctorate from Merrimack College, Andover, Mass. USA
1970 Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, London, England
1970 Bavarian Kammersängerin, Munich, Germany
1972 Denmark: Royal medal Ingenio et Arti
1974 Sweden: Commander First Class of the Order of Vasa
1975 Norway: Commander First Class of the Order of St. Olav
1981 Gold medal of the Royal Swedish Opera (Swedish: Kungliga Operan), Stockholm
1981 Sweden: Illis Quorum gold medal, 18th grade with chain
1982 Honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, New York City
1982 Honorary doctorate from Michigan State University, East Lansing, US
1982 Swedish-American of the Year Award, New York City
1988 Germany: Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit, Land of Lower Saxony
1991 France: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
1993 Royal Opera House Silver Medal for 25-year's service as a Guest Artist, London, England
1994 Award of the Sweden–America Foundation (Swedish: Sverige-Amerikastiftelsen), New York City
1997 Honorary doctorate of the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
1999 Honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna, Austria
2012 Gramophone's Hall of Fame in 2012
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Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 55 | 97.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 23 | 88.2th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 10 | 98.8th |
| Timeline events | 21 | 94.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 39 | 79.2th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (23 release groups · 10 studio albums)
Albums · 10
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 38:45
1-1Tristan und Isolde: Act 1 — Prelude10:101-2Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 — Mild und Leise (Liebestod)7:002Tristan und Isolde: Act 1, Scene 3 — Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden21:351990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:02:43
1Don Giovanni: Overture5:572Don Giovanni: Scene 1 - Notte e giorno faticar5:333Don Giovanni: Scene 2 - Recitative - Leporello, ove sei?0:304Don Giovanni: Scene 3 - Ah! del padre in periglio6:455Don Giovanni: Scene 4 - Recitative - Orsu, specciati presto1:306Don Giovanni: Scene 5 - No. 3, Aria and trio, "Ah! chi mi dice mai"3:447Don Giovanni: Recitative "Chi e la? Stelle! che vedo!"2:408Don Giovanni: No. 4, Aria, "Madamina, il catalogo e questo"5:359Don Giovanni: Scene 6 - Recitative - In questa forma0:3010Don Giovanni: Scene 7 - No. 5, Duet and chorus, "Giovinette, che fatte all'amore"1:3111Don Giovanni: Scene 8 - Recitative "Manco male, e partita"2:0812Don Giovanni: No. 6, Aria, "Ho capito, signor, si!"1:4113Don Giovanni: Scene 9 - Recitative, "Alfin siam liberati"2:0614Don Giovanni: No. 7, Duet, "La ci darem la mano"3:3115Don Giovanni: Scene 10 - Recitative, "Fermati, scellerato!"0:4516Don Giovanni: No. 8, Aria, "Ah, fuggi il traditor!" (Elvira)1:2017Don Giovanni: Scene 11 - Recitative, "Mi par ch'oggi il demonio si diverta" (Giovanni, Ottavio, Anna, Elvira)1:0918Don Giovanni: Scene 12 - No. 9, Quartet, "Non ti fidar, o mesera" (Elvira, Anna, Giovanni, Ottavio)4:2819Don Giovanni: Recitative, "Povera sventurata!" (Giovanni)0:2320Don Giovanni: Scene 13, No. 10, Recitative and aria, "Don Ottavio, son morta!", "Or sai chi l'onore" (Anna, Otavio)5:5721Don Giovanni: Scene 14, Recitative "Comme mai creder deggio" (Ottavio)0:3122Aria, "Dalla sua pace la mia dipende" (Ottavio)4:291996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:58:35
Disc 11Ouvertüre6:352Fidelio: Act 1 - Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein5:193Fidelio: Act 1 - O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint5:114Fidelio: Act 1 - Mir ist so wunderbar5:035Fidelio: Act 1 - Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben4:076Fidelio: Act 1 - Gut, Söhnchen, gut5:577Fidelio: Act 1 - Marsch2:598Fidelio: Act 1 - Ha! welch ein Augenblick!3:449Fidelio: Act 1 - Jetzt, Alter! jetzt hat es Eile!5:2110Fidelio: Act 1 - Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin2:0111Fidelio: Act 1 - Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzen Stern5:3112Fidelio: Act 1 - O welche Lust!7:0813Fidelio: Act 1 - Nun sprecht, wie ging's5:1914Fidelio: Act 1 - Ach, Vater, Vater eilt!2:0515Fidelio: Act 1 - Leb' wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht5:03Disc 21Fidelio: Act 2 - Gott! welch Dunkel hier!5:252Fidelio: Act 2 - In des Lebens Frühlingstagen4:503Fidelio: Act 2 - Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewölbe!1:544Fidelio: Act 2 - Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben6:075Fidelio: Act 2 - Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten6:346Fidelio: Act 2 - Er sterbe!5:287Fidelio: Act 2 - O namenlose Freude!2:478Fidelio: Act 2 - Heil sei dem Tag!2:119Fidelio: Act 2 - Des besten Königs Wink und Wille7:4110Fidelio: Act 2 - Wer ein holdes Weib errungen4:152001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:55:39
Disc 11Fidelio: Overture6:362Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 1 Duet: Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein4:123Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue: Wenn ich diese Tür0:434Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 2 Aria: O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint3:405Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue: Guten Tag, Marzelline1:196Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 3 Quartet: Mir ist so wunderbar4:567Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue: Höre Fidelio!0:388Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 4 Aria: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben2:309Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue: Ihr könnt das leicht sagen2:0310Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 5 Trio: Gut Söhnchen, gut6:5211Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 6 March2:0312Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue: Rocco, ist etwas neues vorgefallen?0:5013Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 7 Aria with Chorus: Ha, welch ein Augenblick3:1714Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue0:2515Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 8 Duet: Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile4:3316Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 9 Recitative and Aria: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin7:3417Fidelio: First Act. Dialogue: Aber Marzelline1:1418Fidelio: First Act. Nr. 10 Finale: O welche Lust, in freier Luft5:5519Fidelio: First Act. Nun sprecht, wie ging's5:1320Fidelio: First Act. Ach, Vater, eilt!0:4521Fidelio: First Act. Verwegner Alter, welche Rechte1:2322Fidelio: First Act. Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht3:08Disc 21Fidelio: Second Act. Nr. 11 Introduction and Aria: Gott, welch' dunkel hier10:102Fidelio: Second Act. Nr. 12 Melodram and Duet: Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen gewölbe! - Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben6:003Fidelio: Second Act. Er Erwacht!2:034Fidelio: Second Act. Nr. 13 Trio: Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten5:465Fidelio: Second Act. Dialogue: Alles ist bereit0:496Fidelio: Second Act. Nr. 14 Quartet: Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen3:297Fidelio: Second Act. Dialogue: Vater, Rocco, Der Herr Minister - Es schlägt der Rache stunde1:098Fidelio: Second Act. Dialogue: Meine Leonore0:049Fidelio: Second Act. Nr. 15 Duet: O namenlose Freude3:0210Fidelio: Second Act. Nr. 16 Finale: Heil sei dem Tag, heil sei der Stunde3:1211Fidelio: Second Act. Wohlan, so helfet10:062002 · studio album
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Disc 11Die Walküre: Act I. Vorspiel3:232Die Walküre: Act I. "Wess Herd dies auch sei, hier muss ich rasten" (Siegmund, Sieglinde)11:493Die Walküre: Act I. "Müd' am Herd fand ich den Mann" (Sieglinde, Hunding, Siegmund)4:264Die Walküre: Act I. "Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen" (Siegmund, Sieglinde, Hunding)9:275Die Walküre: Act I. "Ich weiss ein wildes Geschlecht" (Hunding)4:556Die Walküre: Act I. "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater" (Siegmund)5:257Die Walküre: Act I. "Schläfst du, Gast?" (Sieglinde, Siegmund)1:018Die Walküre: Act I. "Der Männer Sippe sass hier im Saal" (Sieglinde, Siegmund)5:329Die Walküre: Act I. "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" (Siegmund)2:5610Die Walküre: Act I. "Du bist der Lenz, nach dem ich verlangte" (Sieglinde, Siegmund)7:3811Die Walküre: Act I. "War Walse dein Vater, und bist du ein Wälsung" (Sieglinde)0:2012Die Walküre: Act I. "Siegmund heiss' ich, und Siegmund bin ich!" (Siegmund, Sieglinde)3:4313Die Walküre: Act II. Vorspiel2:0014Die Walküre: Act II. "Nun zäume dein Ross, reisige Maid!" (Wotan, Brünnhilde)1:1015Die Walküre: Act II. "Dir rat' ich, Vater, rüste dich selbst" (Brünnhilde)1:3816Die Walküre: Act II. "Der alte Sturm, die alte Müh'!" (Wotan, Fricka)4:1517Die Walküre: Act II. "So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern" (Fricka, Wotan)5:1518Die Walküre: Act II. "In wildem Leiden erwuchs er sich selbst" (Wotan, Fricka)3:10Disc 21Die Walküre: Act II. "Was verlangst du?" (Wotan, Fricka, Brünnhilde)4:472Die Walküre: Act II. "Schlimm, fürcht' ich, schloss der Streit" (Brünnhilde, Wotan)1:023Die Walküre: Act II. "O heilige Schmach! O schmählicher Harm!" (Wotan, Brünnhilde)3:534Die Walküre: Act II. "Als junger Liebe Lust mir verblich" (Wotan, Brünnhilde)15:455Die Walküre: Act II. "O sag', künde, was soll nun dein Kind?" (Brünnhilde, Wotan)6:376Die Walküre: Act II. "Raste nun hier: gönne dir Ruh'!" (Siegmund, Sieglinde)9:547Die Walküre: Act II. "Siegmund! - Sieh' auf mich!" (Todesverkundigung) (Brünnhilde, Siegmund)18:598Die Walküre: Act II. "Zauberfest bezähmt ein Sclaf der Holden Schmerz und Harm" (Siegmund)3:279Die Walküre: Act II. "Kehrte der Vater nur heim!" (Sieglinde)0:5810Die Walküre: Act II. "Wehwalt! Wehwalt! Steh' mir zum Streit" (Hunding)2:5311Die Walküre: Act II. "Geh' hin, Knecht!" (Wotan)1:54Disc 31Die Walküre: Act III. "Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiaha! Heiaha!" (Die acht Walküren)7:042Die Walküre: Act III. "Nach dem Tann lenkt sie das taumelnde Ross" (Die acht Walküren)1:113Die Walküre: Act III. "Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not!" (Brünnhilde, Die acht Walküren)3:214Die Walküre: Act III. "Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich" (Sieglinde, Brünnhilde, Die acht Walküren)2:065Die Walküre: Act III. "So fliehe denn eilig - und fliehe allein!" (Brünnhilde)3:026Die Walküre: Act III. "Steh' Brünnhilde!" (Wotan, Brünnhilde, Die acht Walküren)4:337Die Walküre: Act III. "Hier bin ich, Vater: gebiete die Strafe!" (Brünnhilde, Wotan, Die acht Walküren)8:538Die Walküre: Act III. "War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach" (Brünnhilde, Wotan)4:269Die Walküre: Act III. "Als Fricka den eig'nen Sinn dir entfremdet" (Brünnhilde, Wotan)5:4010Die Walküre: Act III. "So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt" (Wotan)3:4411Die Walküre: Act III. "Wohl taugte dir nicht die tör'ge Maid" (Brünnhilde, Wotan)4:0312Die Walküre: Act III. "Und das ich ihm in Stücke schlug!" (Wotan, Brünnhilde)3:5013Die Walküre: Act III. "Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!" (Wotan)2:5114Die Walküre: Act III. "Der Augen leuchtendes Paar, das oft ich lächelnd gekos't" (Wotan)8:4815Die Walküre: Act III. "Loge, hör'! Lausche hieher!" (Wotan)4:342002 · studio album
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Disc 11Tannhäuser: Ouvertüre12:192Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Naht euch dem Strande« (Chor)4:453Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Geliebter, sag, wo weilt dein Sinn?« (Venus, Tannhäuser)4:264Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Dir töne Lob! Die Wunder sei'n gepriesen« (Tannhäuser, Venus)5:335Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte« (Venus, Chor)3:026Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen!« (Tannhäuser)1:347Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Zieh hin, Wahnsinniger, zieh hin!« (Venus, Tannhäuser)3:198Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Frau Holda kam aus dem Berg hervor« (Hirt)2:079Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Zu dir wall ich, mein Jesus Christ« (Chor, Hirt, Tannhäuser)6:4210Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Wer ist der dort in brünstigem Gebete?« (Landgraf, Walther, Biterolf, Wolfram, Heinrich, Reinmar, Tannhäuser)5:3611Tannhäuser: Erster Akt: »Als du in kühnem Sange uns bestrittest« (Wolfram, Walther, Heinrich, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf, Tannhäuser)6:39Disc 21Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder« (Elisabeth)5:092Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Dort ist sie; nahe dich ihr ungestört!« / »Der Sänger klugen Weisen lauscht' ich sonst« (Wolfram, Tannhäuser, Elisabeth)7:313Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Den Gott der Liebe sollst du preisen« (Tannhäuser, Elisabeth)3:344Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Dich treff ich hier, in dieser Halle« (Landgraf, Elisabeth)4:295Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: Einzug der Gäste. »Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle« (Chor)7:486Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Gar viel und schön« (Landgraf, Edelknaben, Chor)5:397Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise« (Wolfram, Chor)5:138Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Auch ich darf mich so glücklich nennen« (Tannhäuser) / »Den Bronnen, den uns Wolfram nannte« (Walther, Chor)3:579Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »O Walther, der du also sangest« (Tannhäuser) / »Heraus zum Kampfe mit uns allen!« (Biterolf, Chor, Tannhäuser, Landgraf) / »O Himmel, laß dich jetzt erflehen« (Wolfram)4:3610Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Dir, Göttin der Liebe, soll mein Lied ertönen!« (Tannhäuser, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf, Chor, Elisabeth)1:3711Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Was hör ich?« (Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf, Elisabeth, Chor)2:1812Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Der Unglücksel'ge, den gefangen« (Elisabeth)3:2313Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Weh! Weh, mir Unglücksel'gem!« (Tannhäuser, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf, Elisabeth, Chor)6:5814Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Ein furchtbares Verbrechen ward begangen« (Landgraf)2:3215Tannhäuser: Zweiter Akt: »Versammelt sind aus meinen Landen« (Landgraf, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Elisabeth, Chor)5:41Disc 31Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: Einleitung8:152Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Wohl wußt' ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden« (Wolfram)3:243Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen« / »Dies ist ihr Sang« (Elisabeth, Wolfram, Chor)4:264Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen!« (Elisabeth, Wolfram)9:225Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande« (Wolfram)2:016Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »O du, mein holder Abendstern« (Wolfram)3:447Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Ich hörte Harfenschlag« (Tannhäuser, Wolfram)5:068Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Inbrunst im Herzen« (Tannhäuser)3:469Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Nach Rom gelangt' ich so« (Tannhäuser)4:2910Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Da sank ich in Vernichtung dumpf darnieder« (Tannhäuser) / »Halt ein! Unsel'ger« (Wolfram, Tannhäuser)3:4211Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann!« (Venus, Tannhäuser, Wolfram) / »Der Seele Heil, die nun entflohn« (Chor, Wolfram, Walther, Heinrich, Biterolf, Reinmar, Tannhäuser)4:2612Tannhäuser: Dritter Akt: »Heil! Heil! Der Gnade Wunder Heil!« (Chor, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf)2:33Ritorna vincitor! the legendary Birgit Nilsson
2003 · studio album
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Disc 11Aida: Ritorna vincitor!6:582Don Carlo: O don fatale4:393La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!6:294Macbeth: Nel di della vittoria io le incontrai ... Ambizioso spirto ... Vieni t'affretta!8:065Tosca: Vissi d'arte3:196Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen5:547Götterdammerung: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort9:028Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein9:389Die Frau ohne Schatten: Ein Handwerk verstehst du sicher nicht5:2410Salome: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, Jokanaan! ... Sie ist ein Ungeheuer, deine Tochter ... Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst17:19Disc 21Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle4:562Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod: Mild und leise wie er lächelt7:023Wesendonk Lieder - Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme: Der Engel - "In der Kindheit frühen Tagen"4:034Wesendonk Lieder - Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme: Stehe still! - "Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit"4:155Wesendonk Lieder - Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme: Im Treibhaus - "Hochgewölbte Blätterkronen"7:056Wesendonk Lieder - Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme: Schmerzen - "Sonne, weinest jeden Abend Dir die schönen Augen rot"2:437Wesendonk Lieder - Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme: Träume - "Sag, welch wunderbare Träume"4:578Var det en dröm? (Was it a dream?)2:259Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The tryst)3:1110Svarta rosor (Black roses)1:5611Säv, Säv, susa (Sigh, rushes, sigh)2:3712Diamanten på marssnön (The diamon on the March snow)2:2913Höstkväll (Autumn evening)5:1814Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring flies fast)1:4915En svane (A swan)2:5816Fra Monte Pincio (From Monte Pincio)4:4317Edvard Grieg: Våren (Spring)5:1518Melodi (Melody)1:5119Bön till natten (Prayer to the night)2:5320Sköldmön (Valkyrie)2:5621En gammal dansrytm (An old dance rhythm)1:4922My Fair Lady: I could have danced all night2:242007 · studio album
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Disc 11Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Prelude2Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Westwärts schweift der Blick3Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Wer wagt es, mich zu höhnen4Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu5Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Hab' acht, Tristan!6Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Weh! Ach wehe! Dies zu dulden!7Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen8Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. O blinde Augen! Blöde Herzen!9Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Kennst du der Mutter Künste nicht?10Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!11Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gruß12Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Begehrt, Herrin, was ihr wünscht13Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. War Morold dir so wert14Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Ho! Heh! Ha! Heh!15Tristan und Isolde: Akt I. Tristan!... Isolde!Disc 21Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Prelude2Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Hörst du sie noch?3Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Isolde! Tristan!4Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. O sink, hernieder, Nacht der Liebe5Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Einsam wachend in der Nacht6Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Lausch, Geliebter!7Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Doch, unsre Liebe8Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Soll ich lauschen?9Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Rette dich, Tristan!10Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Tatest du's wirklich?11Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Wozu die Dienste12Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen13Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Als für ein fremdes LandDisc 31Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Prelude / Prélude2Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Kurwenal! He!3Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Das alte Weise - was weckt sie mich?4Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Hei nun! Wie du kamst?5Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Der einst ich trotzt'6Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Muss ich dich so verstehn7Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Bist du nun tot? Lebst du noch?8Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. O Wonne! Freude!9Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. O diese Sonne! Ha, dieser Tag!10Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Tristan! Geliebter!11Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Ha! Ich bin's, ich bin's süßester Freund!12Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Kurwenal! Hör! Ein zweites Schiff!13Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Tot denn alles14Tristan und Isolde: Akt III. Mild und leise wie er lächelt“Wesendonk” Lieder / Arias From “The Flying Dutchman”, “Rienzi” and “Die Feen”
2018 · studio album
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1Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 1. Der Engel3:582Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 2. Stehe still4:103Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 3. Im Treibhaus7:004Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 4. Schmerzen2:385Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 5. Träume4:526Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 / Act 2: Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an8:087Rienzi, WWV 49 / Act 1: Gerechter Gott, so ist's entschieden schon!8:528Die Feen, WWV 32 / Act 2: Weh mir, so nah die fürchterliche Stunde11:59— · studio album
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Disc 11Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Ouverture. Andante - allegro molto5:522dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene I. no. 1 Introduzione “Notte e giorno faticar” (Leporello)5:533dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene III. no. 2 Recitativo accompagnato “Ma qual mai s’offre, oh Dei” (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)6:474dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene IV. Recitativo “Orsù, spicciati presto” (Don Giovanni, Leporello)1:275dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene V. no. 3 Aria “Ah chi mi dice mai” (Donna Elvira)6:266dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene V. no. 4 Aria “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” (Leporello)6:117dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene VII. no. 5 Coro “Giovinette, che fate all’amore” (Zerlina, Coro)1:308dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene VIII. Recitativo “Manco male e partita” (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Zerlina)2:179dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene VIII. no. 6 Aria “Ho capito, signor, sì!” (Masetto)1:2910dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene IX. Recitativo “Alfin siam liberati” (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)2:0311dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene IX. no. 7 Duettino “Là ci darem la mano” (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)3:4712dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene X. no. 8 Aria “Ah fuggi il traditor” (Donna Elvira)1:24Disc 21dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XI. Recitativo "Mi par ch' oggi il demonio si diverta" (Don Giovanni, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)1:222dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XI. No. 9 Quartetto "Non ti fidar, oh misera" (Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni)4:253Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XIII. No. 10 Recitativo accompagnato "Don Ottavio, son morta!" (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)3:224dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XIII. No. 10 Aria "Or sai chi l'onore" (Donna Anna)3:425dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XIV. Anhang. No. 10a Aria "Dalla sua pace" (Don Ottavio) [K. 540a]4:006dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XV. Recitativo "Io deggio ad ogni patto" (Leporello, Don Giovanni)1:417dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XV. No. 11 Aria "Fin ch'han dal vino" (Don Giovanni)1:238dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XVI. Recitativo "Masetto: senti un po'!" (Zerlina, Masetto)1:139dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XVI. No. 12 Aria "Batti, batti, oh bel Masetto" (Zerlina)4:0910dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scenes XVI-XVII. No. 13 Finale "Presto presto" (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto, Coro)4:2711dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I. "Bisogna aver coraggio"4:2012dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I, Scene XX. No. 13 Finale "Riposate, vezzose ragazze" (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto, Coro)8:3013dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene I. No. 14 Duetto "Eh via buffone, non mi seccar" (Don Giovanni, Leporello)2:5814dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene II. No. 15 Terzetto "Ah taci, ingiusto core" (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Giovanni)7:1515dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene III. No. 16 Canzonetta "Deh vieni alla finestra" (Don Giovanni)2:5516dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene IV. No. 17 Aria "Meta di voi qua vadano" (Don Giovanni)5:0717dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene VI. No. 18 Aria "Vedrai, carino" (Zerlina)3:34Disc 31dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene VII. Recitativo "Di molte faci il lume" (Leporello, Donna Elvira)0:482dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene VII. No. 19 Sestetto "Sola sola in buio loco" (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)8:193dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene IX. No. 20 Aria "Ah pietà, signori miei" (Leporello)2:444dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene X. No. 21 Aria "Il mio tesoro intanto" (Don Ottavio)10:545dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene Xd. Anhang. No. 21b Recitativo accompagnato "In quali eccessi, o Numi" (Donna Elvira) [540c/1]5:386dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XI. Recitativo "Ah, ah, ah, ah, questa e buona" (Don Giovanni, Leporello)4:137dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XI. No. 22 Duetto "O statua gentilissima" (Leporello, Don Giovanni)3:098dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XII. Recitativo "Calmatevi, idol mio" (Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)2:519dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XII. No. 23 Rondo "Non mi dir, bell'idol mio" (Donna Anna)5:2910dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XIII. No. 24 Finale "Già la mensa e preparata" (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Elvira)7:4011dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XV. No. 24 Finale "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello)6:3212dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II, Scene XV. No. 24 Finale "Ah! dove è il perfido" (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Leporello)6:38
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| 1966 | Tristan und IsoldeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 4:06:25Disc 1 AI. Aufzug: Vorspiel / 1. & 2. Auftritt / 3. Auftritt (1. Teil)27:10 BI. Aufzug: 3. Auftritt (2. Teil) / 4. Auftritt / 5. Auftritt (1. Teil)26:40 Disc 2CI. Aufzug: 5. Auftritt (2. Teil)20:35 DII. Aufzug: Vorspiel / 1. Auftritt / 2. Auftritt (1. Teil)26:55 Disc 3EII. Aufzug: 2. Auftritt (2. Teil) / 3. Auftritt (1. Teil)26:00 FII. Aufzug: 3. Auftritt (2. Teil)18:55 Disc 4GIII. Aufzug: Vorspiel / 1. Auftritt (1. Teil)24:10 HIII. Aufzug: 1. Auftritt (2. Teil) / 2. Auftritt (1. Teil)28:20 Disc 5IIII. Aufzug: 2. Auftritt (2. Teil) / 3. Auftritt18:20 JKarl Böhm Bei Der Probe Zu "Tristan Und Isolde": III. Aufzug: Vorspiel Und 1. Auftritt29:20 | Live | 1966 | |
| 1985 | Die Frau ohne SchattenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 39 tracks · 2:55:03Disc 1 1Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Licht überm See"5:44 2Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Amme! Wachst du?"5:25 3Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Ist mein Liebster dahin"3:27 4Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Wie soll ich denn nicht weinen?"2:14 5Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Amme, um alles, wo find ich den Schatten?"5:08 6Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Erdenflug"1:42 7Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Verwandlung: Dieb! Da nimm!" / "Reiß ihn nach hinten!" / "Zu Hilfe, Bruder!"2:16 8Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Sie aus dem Hause, und das für immer"8:39 9Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Dritthalb Jahr bin ich dein Weib"5:12 10Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Was wollt ihr hier?"6:01 11Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Ach, Herrin, süße Herrin!"3:23 12Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Hat es dich blutige Tränen gekostet"5:06 13Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Mutter, Mutter, laß uns nach Hause!"1:54 14Die Frau Ohne Schatten: I. Aufzug. "Trag ich die Ware selber zu Markt" / "Ihr Gatten in den Häusern dieser Stadt"8:24 Disc 21Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Komm bald wieder nach Haus, mein Gebieter"4:15 2Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Was ist nun deine Rede, du Prinzessin" / "O Tag des Glücks, o Abend der Gnade!"4:44 3Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. Verwandlung3:26 4Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener"10:01 5Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. Verwandlung / "Es gibt derer, die haben immer Zeit"3:20 6Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Schlange, was hab ich mit dir zu schaffen!"3:13 7Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Ein Handwerk verstehst du sicher nicht" / "Um Nahrung für mich gräme dich nicht"5:24 8Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Wer da?" / Verwandlung2:35 9Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Sieh - Amme - sieh"4:08 10Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Wehe, mein Mann!"3:46 11Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. Verwandlung / "Es dunkelt, daß ich nicht sehe zur Arbeit"2:10 12Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Es gibt derer, die bleiben immer gelassen... Abtu ich von meinem Leibe die Kinder"2:51 13Die Frau Ohne Schatten: II. Aufzug. "Das Weib ist irre" / "Barak, ich hab es nicht getan"5:17 Disc 31Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Schweigt doch, ihr Stimmen!"6:40 2Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Mir anvertraut, daß ich sie hege"3:34 3Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Auf, geh nach oben, Mann" / Verwandlung5:07 4Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Fort von hier!"9:10 5Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Wehe, mein Kind"2:57 6Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Sterben! Sterben!"1:25 7Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Vater, bist dus?"8:36 8Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Weh mir! Erfüllt der Fluch!"2:25 9Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Wenn das Herz aus Kristall zerbricht in einem Schrei"5:51 10Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. Verwandlung / "Trifft mich sein Lieben nicht"2:29 11Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Nun will ich jubeln"3:58 12Die Frau Ohne Schatten: III. Aufzug. "Vater, dir drohet nichts"3:06 | Live | 1985 | |
| 1989 | ToscaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 1:42:24Disc 1 1Tosca: Atto I. “Ah! Finalmente!”1:57 2Tosca: Atto I. “E sempre lava!”3:13 3Tosca: Atto I. “Dammi i colori!”4:19 4Tosca: Atto I. “Voi! Cavaradossi!”1:01 5Tosca: Atto I. “Mario! Mario! Mario!”11:35 6Tosca: Atto I. “È buona la mia Tosca, ma credente”3:24 7Tosca: Atto I. “Sommo giubilo, Eccellenza!”1:38 8Tosca: Atto I. “Un tal baccano in chiesa!”3:35 9Tosca: Atto I. “Or tutto e chiaro”6:55 10Tosca: Atto I. “Tre sbirri… Una carrozza…”3:35 11Tosca: Atto II. “Tosca è un buon falco”2:50 12Tosca: Atto II. “Ha più forte sapore la conquista violenta”1:11 13Tosca: Atto II. “O galantuomo, come andò la caccia?”3:29 14Tosca: Atto II. “Ov’e Angelotti?”3:41 Disc 21Tosca: Atto II. “Sciarrone, che dice il cavalier”2:36 2Tosca: Atto II. “Orsù, Tosca, parlate”3:45 3Tosca: Atto II. “Floria…”1:05 4Tosca: Atto II. “Vittoria! Vittoria!”2:11 5Tosca: Atto II. “Quanto?”4:08 6Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte”4:03 7Tosca: Atto II. “Chi è la?”1:51 8Tosca: Atto II. “Io tenni la promessa”5:49 9Tosca: Atto III. “Io de’ sospiri”4:26 10Tosca: Atto III. “Mario Cavaradossi?”4:03 11Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle”5:16 12Tosca: Atto III. “O dolci mani”7:25 13Tosca: Atto III. “Come è lunga l’attesa”2:06 14Tosca: Atto III. “Presto, su! Mario! Mario!”1:17 | Live | 1989 | |
| 1990 | Don Giovanni · Oberon · Tristan und Isolde · Tannhäuser · Salome u. a.Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:07:281Don Giovanni: »Or sai chi l’onore«: Arie der Donna Anna2:50 2Don Giovanni: »Crudele! Ah no, mio bene / Non mir dir, bell’ idol mio«: Rezitativ und Arie der Donna Anna6:29 3Oberon: »Ozean, du Ungeheuer«: Arie der Rezia9:10 4Oberon: »Trau’re, mein Herz um verschwundenes Glück«: Kavatine der Rezia4:17 5»Ah! Perfido« op. 65: Szene und Arie für Sopran12:27 6Tannhäuser: »Dich, teure Halle, grüß’ ich wieder«: Arie der Elisabeth5:23 7Tannhäuser: »Allmächt’ge Jungfrau! Hör mein Flehen!«: Arie der Elisabeth5:58 8Tristan und Isolde: »Mild und leise wie er lächelt«: Isoldes Liebestod6:29 9Salome: Schluß-Szene der Salome14:25 | Compilation | 1990 | |
| 1993 | TurandotSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 34 tracks · 1:52:15Disc 1 1Turandot: Atto primo. “Popolo di Pechino!”2:36 2Turandot: Atto primo. “Padre! Mio padre!”2:53 3Turandot: Atto primo. “Gira la cote! Gira!”10:01 4Turandot: Atto primo. “O divina bellezza”1:26 5Turandot: Atto primo. “Figlio, che fai?”1:39 6Turandot: Atto primo. “Fermo! Che fai?”1:54 7Turandot: Atto primo. “Silenzio, olà!”2:21 8Turandot: Atto primo. “Non indugiare!”2:09 9Turandot: Atto primo. “Signore, ascolta!”2:42 10Turandot: Atto primo. “Non piangere, Liù!”2:31 11Turandot: Atto primo. “Ah, per l’ultima volta!”3:16 12Turandot: Atto secondo: “Olà Pang!”1:13 13Turandot: Atto secondo: “O Cina, o Cina!”1:59 14Turandot: Atto secondo: “Ho una casa nell’Honan”3:22 15Turandot: Atto secondo: “O mondo, pieno di pazzi innamorati!”5:07 16Turandot: Atto secondo: “Gravi, enormi ed imponenti”3:07 Disc 21Turandot: Atto secondo: “Un giuramento atroce”2:58 2Turandot: Atto secondo: “Diecimila anni al nostro imperatore!”2:41 3Turandot: Atto secondo: “In questa reggia”6:30 4Turandot: Atto secondo: “Straniero, ascolta!… Nella cupa notte”2:26 5Turandot: Atto secondo: “Guizza al pari di fiamma”2:10 6Turandot: Atto secondo: “Gelo che ti dà foco”5:49 7Turandot: Atto secondo: “Tre enigmi m’hai proposto!”3:54 8Turandot: Atto terzo: “Così comanda Turandot”3:24 9Turandot: Atto terzo: “Nessun dorma!”3:32 10Turandot: Atto terzo: “Tu che guardi le stelle”4:18 11Turandot: Atto terzo: “Principessa divina!”2:32 12Turandot: Atto terzo: “Quel nome!”1:16 13Turandot: Atto terzo: “L’amore?… Tanto amore, segreto e incoffessato”3:29 14Turandot: Atto terzo: “Tu, che di gel sei cinta”5:02 15Turandot: Atto terzo: “Liù… Bontà!”2:34 16Turandot: Atto terzo: “Principessa di morte!”3:17 17Turandot: Atto terzo: “Che è mai di me?”4:42 18Turandot: Atto terzo: “Diecimila anni al nostro imperatore!”3:25 | Live | 1993 | |
| 1998 | TurandotSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:54:33Disc 1 1Turandot: Atto I. “Popolo di Pekino” (Mandarino)5:32 2Turandot: Atto I. “Gira la cote” (People)7:25 3Turandot: Atto I. “O giovinetto! Grazia, grazia!” (People)5:04 4Turandot: Atto I. “Figlio, che fai” (Timur)1:37 5Turandot: Atto I. “Fermo! Che fai? T’arresta!” (Ping, Pang, Pong)6:14 6Turandot: Atto I. “Signore, ascolta” (Liù)2:58 7Turandot: Atto I. “Non piangere, Liù” (Calaf)5:31 8Turandot: Atto II. “Ola, Pang! Ola, Pong!” (Ping)3:26 9Turandot: Atto II. “Ho una casa nell’Honan” (Ping)8:08 10Turandot: Atto II. Introduzione (Orchestra)1:19 11Turandot: Atto II. “Gravi, enormi ed imponenti” (People)3:03 12Turandot: Atto II. “Un giuramento atroce” (Emperor)4:34 13Turandot: Atto II. “Popolo di Pekino” (Mandarino)1:49 Disc 21Turandot: Atto II. “In questa reggia” (Turandot)5:57 2Turandot: Atto II. “Straniero, ascolta” (Turandot)7:38 3Turandot: Atto II. “Figlio del cielo! Padre augusto!” (Turandot)2:53 4Turandot: Atto II. “Tre enigmi m’hai proposto” (Calaf)4:22 5Turandot: Atto III. “Così comanda Turandot” (Heralds)3:03 6Turandot: Atto III. “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)11:33 7Turandot: Atto III. “Tanto amore segreto” (Liù)2:53 8Turandot: Atto III. “Tu che di gel sei cinta” (Liù)2:49 9Turandot: Atto III. “Liù! Liù! Sorgi!” (Timur)4:54 10Turandot: Atto III. “Principessa di morte” (Calaf)3:09 11Turandot: Atto III. “Che e mai di me” (Turandot)4:50 12Turandot: Atto III. “Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore” (People)3:52 | Live | 1998 | |
| 2000 | Opera Arias & DuetsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:14:191Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle5:13 2Der fliegende Holländer: Johohoe!8:26 3Der fliegende Holländer: Wie aus der Ferne15:42 4Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen6:00 5Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 3: War es so schmählich13:23 6Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 3: Deinen leichten Sinn Lass dich denn leiten4:07 7Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 3: Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht5:56 8Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 3: Leb wohl, du Kühnes, herrliches Kind10:56 9Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 3: Loge, hör. Lausche hieher4:36 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2001 | Birgits Mest ÖnskadeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:17:511Or Sai, Chi L'Onore - Ur Don Juan Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto By3:00 2Ah, Perfido - Op. 65 Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto By13:15 3Abscheulicher, Wo Eilst Du Hin? - Komm Hoffnung - Ur Fidelio Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto By7:40 4Jo-Ho-Hoe! Jo-Ho-Hoe! - Ur Den Flygande Holländaren Composed By, Libretto By8:24 5Dich, Teure Halle, Grüss Ich Wieder - Ur Tannhäuser Composed By, Libretto By5:10 6Einsam In Trüben Tagen - Ur Lohengrin Composed By, Libretto By5:50 7Mild Und Leise - Ur Tristan Och Isolde Composed By, Libretto By7:38 8Ecco L'Orrido Campo - Ma Dall'Arido Stelo - Ur Maskeradbalen Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi Libretto By8:08 9Ritorna Vincitor - Ur Aida Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi Libretto By6:26 10Qui Radamès Verrà - Ur Aida Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi Libretto By6:21 11In Questa Reggia - Ur Turandot Composed By – Giacomo Puccini Libretto By5:59 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Singers: Birgit NilssonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:10:151Abscheulicher! (From "Fidelio")7:30 2Leise, Leise (From "Der Freischütz)9:01 3Anchi'io Dischiuso (From "Nabucco")8:54 4Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! (From "La Forza Del Destino")6:28 5Liebestod (From "Tristan Und Isolde")6:25 6Immolation Scene (From "Götterdämmerung")7:21 7Dich, Teure Halle (From "Tannhäuser")4:55 8Der Manner Sippe (From "Die Walküre")4:32 9Du Bist Der Lenz (From "Die Walküre")2:26 10O Holy Night4:29 11Panis Angelicus4:09 12Silent Night4:05 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2003 | Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Overtures: "Prometheus" and "Coriolan" / "Egmont" Overture and Incidental MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:17:191Prometheus, Op. 43: Overture5:40 2Coriolan, Op. 62: Overture8:06 3Egmont: Incidental Music, Op. 84: Overture9:10 4Egmont: Incidental Music, Op. 84: Die Trommel gerühret3:09 5Egmont: Incidental Music, Op. 84: Freudvoll und Leidvoll1:59 6Egmont: Incidental Music, Op. 84: Klarchens Tod Bezeichnend3:18 7Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo13:05 8Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": II. Andante molto mosso13:22 9Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": III. Allegro6:33 10Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": IV. Allegro3:44 11Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": V. Allegretto9:13 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2018 | Beethoven: Fidelio, op. 72Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:53:391Fidelio: Ouvertüre6:59 2Fidelio: „Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein“5:07 3Fidelio: „O wär’ ich schon mit dir vereint“4:29 4Fidelio: „Mir ist so wunderbar“4:32 5Fidelio: „Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben“2:53 6Fidelio: „Gut Söhnchen, gut, hab’ immer Mut“6:12 7Fidelio: Marsch – Dialog1:17 8Fidelio: „Ha, welch ein Augenblick“3:08 9Fidelio: „Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile“5:01 10Fidelio: „Abscheulicher, wo eilst Du hin?“8:03 11Fidelio: „O welche Lust“ … „Nun sprecht, wie ging’s“ … „Ach, Vater“ … „Verwegener Alter“ … „Leb wohl, Du warmes Sonnenlicht“20:11 12Fidelio: „Gott, welch’ Dunkel hier“11:12 13Fidelio: „Wie kalt ist es hier“ … „Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben“6:09 14Fidelio: „Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten“6:04 15Fidelio: „Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen“4:59 16Fidelio: „O namenlose Freude“2:52 17Fidelio: „Heil sei dem Tag, heil sei der Stunde“ … „Es sucht der Bruder seine Brüder“14:31 | Live | 2018 | |
| 2018 | La Nilsson: Complete Decca, Philips & Deutsche Grammophon RecordingsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 4 May 2018 | |
| — | Fidelio: HighlightsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 59:3811. Akt: Mit ist so wunderbar4:46 21. Akt: Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick!3:15 31. Akt: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst Du hin?7:02 41. Akt: O welche Lust in freier Luft7:07 52. Akt: Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier!6:48 62. Akt: Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben4:49 72. Akt: Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten6:04 82. Akt: Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen... Oh namenlose Freude8:11 92. Akt: Des besten Konigs Wink und Wille11:36 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Birgit Nilsson head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 55 | 97.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 23 | 88.2th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 10 | 98.8th |
| Timeline events | 21 | 94.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 39 | 79.2th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Litteris et Artibus | won | |
| 1966 | Léonie Sonning Music Prize | won | |
| 1966 | Medal for the advancement of the musical arts | won | |
| 1972 | Ingenio et arti | won | |
| 1974 | Commander 1st class of the Order of Vasa | won | |
| 1975 | Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Olav | won | |
| 1981 | Illis quorum | won | |
| 1988 | Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit | won | |
| 1991 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | Medal of Merit | won |
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Why this artist is in the database
- List of Swedish musicians
Tier rule: historic figure (55 language versions, career ended)
Image: Bernard Gotfryd · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q233951 · MusicBrainz: f389484d-2610-4a31-b587-94585f1220f4
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