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Birgit Nilsson

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F. Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night (From "My Fair Lady" / 2025 Remaster)
Birgit Nilsson & Gala Orchestra
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Aida, Act 1: "Alta cagion v'aduna" (Il Re, Messaggero, Aida, Radamès, Amneris, Ministri, Capitani) [feat. Birgit Nilsson, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Ferruccio Mazoli, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry & Piero de Palma]
Zubin Mehta
Die Walküre, Act III Scene 1: Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not (2012 Remaster)
Birgit Nilsson, Brigitte Fassbaender, Helga Dernesch, Berit Lindholm, Vera Schlosser, Vera Little, Helen Watts, Claudia Hellmann, Marilyn Tyler, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Die Walküre, Act III Scene 1: Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich – So fliehe denn eilig (2012 Remaster)
Régine Crespin, Birgit Nilsson, Brigitte Fassbaender, Helga Dernesch, Berit Lindholm, Vera Schlosser, Vera Little, Helen Watts, Claudia Hellmann, Marilyn Tyler, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Götterdämmerung, Act III Scene 3: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Remastered 2022)
Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Act III: Pt. 1
Jussi Björling, Mario Sereni, Tommaso Frascati, Piero De Palma, Birgit Nilsson, Renata Tebaldi, Giorgio Tozzi, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Erich Leinsdorf, Luigi Ricci, Ugo Catania & Giuseppe Conca
Die Walküre, Act III Scene 2: Hier bin ich, Vater (2012 Remaster)
Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Aida, Act 1: "Vieni, o diletta, appressati" (Amneris, Aida, Radamès) [feat. Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli & Grace Bumbry]
Zubin Mehta
Götterdämmerung, Act III Scene 3: Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen (Remastered 2022)
Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
La fanciulla del West, Act 1: "Chi c'è, per farmi i ricci?" (Johnson, Minnie, Rance) [feat. Andreà Mongelli, Birgit Nilsson & João Gibin]
Lovro Von Matacic
Aida, Act 1: "Su! Del Nilo al sacro lido" (Il Re, Ramfis, Aida, Radamès, Amneris, Coro, Messaggero) [feat. Birgit Nilsson, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry & Piero de Palma]
Zubin Mehta
Götterdämmerung, Act III Scene 3: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! "Immolation Scene" (Remastered 2022)
Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Aida / Act 3: Qui Radames verrà!...O Patria mia
Birgit Nilsson, Louis Quilico, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir John Pritchard
Die Walküre, Act III Scene 3: So tatest du, was so gern – Deinen leichten Sinn (2012 Remaster)
Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Die Walküre, Act III Scene 3: War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach (2012 Remaster)
Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Aida / Act 1: Ritorna vincitor!
Grace Hoffman, Birgit Nilsson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir John Pritchard
Puccini: Turandot: Figlio del cielo! Padre augusto! - Turandot (ft. Birgit Nilsson )
Giacomo Puccini & Giacomo Puccini
Aida, Act 2: "O Re, pei sacri numi" - "Gloria all'Egitto" (Tutti) [feat. Birgit Nilsson, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry & Mario Sereni]
Zubin Mehta
La fanciulla del West, Act 3: "Le tue parole sono di Dio" (Sonora, Johnson, Minnie, Sid, Trin, Bello, Harry, Joe, Happy, Larkens, Coro) [feat. Antonio Costantino, Birgit Nilsson, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Dino Formichini, Dino Mantovani, Enzo Sordello, Florindo Andreolli, Giuseppe Costar
Lovro Von Matacic
Die Walküre, Act III Scene 3: Nicht weise bin ich, doch wusst' ich das eine (2012 Remaster)
Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Aida / Act 4: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
Birgit Nilsson, Luigi Ottolini, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir John Pritchard
Albums
Wagner: Orchestral Works by Hans Knappertsbusch
Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Hans Knappertsbusch
Turandot
Birgit Nilsson, Dmitri Usonov, Montserrat Caballé, Viktor de Narké, Italo Pasini, Ricardo Catena, Virgilio Tavini, Nino Falzetti, José Crea baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the Colon Theatre & Fernando Previtali
Verdi: Aïda
Zubin Mehta, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Grace Bumbry, Franco Corelli & Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson sings Beethoven, Weber & Mozart
Birgit Nilsson, Heinz Wallberg & Philharmonia Orchestra
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B & Siegfried, WWV 86C (Highlights)
Birgit Nilsson
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Grace Hoffmann & Erik Saedén
Richard Strauss: Elektra
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, Marie Collier, Tom Krause, Gerhard Stolze, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Fritz Uhl, Regina Resnik, Tom Krause, Arnold van Mill, Wiener Singverein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 "Wagner" - Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Kundry's Aria), Tristan und Isolde (Prelude & Liebestod)
Hans Knappertsbusch, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kirsten Flagstad & Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson - Songs
Birgit Nilsson
Singles & EPs
Ah perfido!, Op. 65
Birgit Nilsson, Heinz Wallberg & Philharmonia Orchestra
Oberon, J. 306, Act II: Ozean! Du Ungeheuer!
Birgit Nilsson, Heinz Wallberg & Philharmonia Orchestra
Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act II: Leise, leise, fromme Weise!
Birgit Nilsson, Heinz Wallberg & Philharmonia Orchestra
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Or sai chi l'onore
Birgit Nilsson, Heinz Wallberg & Philharmonia Orchestra
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Abscheulicher, wo elist du hin?
Birgit Nilsson, Heinz Wallberg & Philharmonia Orchestra
Tristan und Isolde. Mild und Leise (Studio Recording) [feat. Birgit Nilsson & Philarmonia Orchestra]
Richard Wagner
Live performances
Birgit Nilsson Recital Teatro Colón 1967 (Live)
Birgit Nilsson
Backhaus - Nilsson - Knappertbusch In Concert Live Viena May 31st. 1962 (Live)
Hans Knappertsbusch, Wilhelm Backhaus & Birgit Nilsson
Giacomo Puccini: TURANDOT (1965 Historical Live Recording)
Pedro Lavirgen, Montserrat Caballé, Birgit Nilsson, William Wildermann & Nicola Rescigno
Puccini, Alfano: In questa reggia (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 24, 1965)
Birgit Nilsson
Pace, Pace, Mio Dio (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 26, 1966)
Birgit Nilsson
Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C (Live)
Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, David Ward, Orchestra of Teatro Colon & Ferdinand Leitner
Puccini: Turandot, SC 91 (Live)
Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Anna Moffo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Live)
Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Niels Moller, Kerstin Meyer, Bayreuther Festspielorchester & Karl Böhm
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Live)
Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Grace Hoffman, Erik Saedén, Bayreuther Festspielorchester & Wolfgang Sawallisch
Verdi: Macbeth (Live)
Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe Taddei, Bruno Prevedi, Giovanni Foiani, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Thomas Schippers
Appearances
The 50 Most Essential Classical Music Pieces Ever
Various Artists
50 Greatest Opera Classics
Various Artists
Turandot: Remastered 2025
Various Artists
Airs by the River (feat. Albert Heinrich Zabel, Albert Roussel, Anonymous, Antonio Vivaldi, Arthur Bliss, Bedřich Smetana, Béla Bartók, Charles Ives, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Claude Debussy, Claudio Monteverdi, Felix Mendelssohn, Francesco Cavalli, Francis Poulenc, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Fre
Johann Sebastian Bach
Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies & Overtures (Remastered)
Otto Klemperer
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Otto Gerdes
The World of Solti
Sir Georg Solti
Verdi Essentials
Various Artists
Airs by the River
Johann Sebastian Bach
Special Mozart, Vol. 2 (Live)
Various Artists
Compilations
Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung ; Tristan und Isolde – Excerpts (Opera Gala – Volume 17)
Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Birgit Nilsson, Sir Georg Solti & Hans Knappertsbusch
Verdi: Aida – Excerpts (Opera Gala – Volume 13)
Birgit Nilsson & John Pritchard
Strauss: Salome; Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Excerpts (Opera Gala – Volume 18)
Birgit Nilsson & Sir Georg Solti
Birgit Nilsson sings German Opera - Arias by Wagner, Weber & Beethoven
Birgit Nilsson, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Edward Downes
Verdi: Great Scenes From Aida
Grace Hoffman, Birgit Nilsson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir John Pritchard
Great Wagner Singers
Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Max Lorenz, Lauritz Melchior, Hans Hotter & Josef Greindl
Wagner: Arias
Birgit Nilsson/Hans Hotter/Leopold Ludwig/Philharmonia Orchestra
Grosse Stimmen - Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson
Wagner: Great Scenes from 'The Ring'
Birgit Nilsson
Biography
Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic works of Wagner and Strauss, though she sang the operas of many other composers, including Verdi and Puccini. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register. 
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