Birgit Nilsson

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Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" 04:22 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise 06:07 Tools
Puccini: Turandot: Principessa di morte... Che e mai di me 11:21 Tools
Wagner: Lohengrin: Einsam in truben Tagen 03:53 Tools
Saf, saf, susa (Sigh, Sedges, Sigh), Op. 36, No. 4 03:53 Tools
Pa verandan vid havet (On a Balcony by the Sea), Op. 38, No. 2 03:53 Tools
Var det en drom? (Was it a Dream?), Op. 37, No. 4 03:53 Tools
Ave Maria 02:51 Tools
Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), Op. 41, No. 1 03:53 Tools
Befreit (Delivered), Op. 39, No. 4 02:51 Tools
Panis Angelicus 04:09 Tools
Wagner: Lohengrin: Zum kampf fur eine Magd zu stehn 06:44 Tools
Im Feld ein Madchen singt (A Maiden Yonder Sings), Op. 50, No. 3 02:51 Tools
Wagner: Lohengrin: Fuhl ich zu dir so suss mein Herz 16:18 Tools
Tosca, Act 2: Vissi D'Arte 04:21 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude 16:18 Tools
Standchen (Serenade), Op. 17, No. 2 16:18 Tools
Allerseelen (All Souls), Op. 10, No. 8 16:18 Tools
Turandot, Act 2: "In questa reggia" 06:30 Tools
Turandot: Act Two: In questa Reggia 04:21 Tools
Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3 : "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries 16:18 Tools
Zueignung (Affection), Op. 10, No. 1 16:18 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 07:12 Tools
Aida (1989 Digital Remaster), Act I, Scene 1: Ritorna vincitor! (Aida) 06:25 Tools
Varen flyktar hastigt (Spring is Flying), Op. 13, No. 4 04:21 Tools
Turandot: Act Two: Gloria, gloria, o vincitore! – Figlio del cielo! Padre augusto! 17:07 Tools
Turandot: Act Two: Straniero, ascolta 17:07 Tools
Se'n har jag ej fragat mera (And I Questioned Then No Further), Op. 17, No. 1 07:12 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Act 3 - Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Ride of the Valkyries) 06:19 Tools
Wagner: Lohengrin: Euch luften, die mein Klagen 17:07 Tools
Turandot: Act Three: Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore! 08:56 Tools
Turandot: Act Three: Principessa di morte 06:30 Tools
Turandot: Act Three: So il tuo nome! 06:30 Tools
Wien, Wien, nur du allein (Vienna, City of my Dreams) 04:08 Tools
Turandot: Act Three: Che è mai di me? 06:30 Tools
Tannhäuser, Act 2: "Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder" 03:29 Tools
Turandot: Act Three: Del primo pianto 06:30 Tools
"Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort" 08:56 Tools
Puccini: Turandot: In questa reggia... Straniero, ascolta 08:56 Tools
Den forsta kyssen (The First Kiss), Op. 37, No. 1 08:56 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3 : Richard WAGNER : Tristan et Isolde. Mort d’Isolde 07:09 Tools
Aida, Act 3: "O patria mia" 07:04 Tools
Götterdämmerung, Act 3: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene 15:54 Tools
Vissi d'arte (Tosca) 03:14 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, Act I: "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" 03:14 Tools
La forza del destino, Act 4: "Pace, pace, mio Dio" 06:43 Tools
Oberon, Act 2: "Ozean, du Ungeheuer" 10:00 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, Act III: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" 03:14 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 2: "Ich will nicht bleiben" 01:46 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise - Liebestod 03:37 Tools
Oberon, Act 2: Ozean, Du Ungeheuer 09:59 Tools
Svarta rosor (Black Roses), Op. 36, No. 1 01:46 Tools
Turandot, Act 2: In Questa Reggia 06:36 Tools
Isolde's Liebestod 07:12 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 2: "Siehe, der Herr ist gekommen" 01:35 Tools
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin" 07:37 Tools
Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3: Isoldes Liebestod, "Mild und Leise wie er lächelt" 06:16 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 2: "Jauchze nicht, du Land Palästina" 02:25 Tools
Liebestod 58:17 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 2: "Du wirst das für mich tun" 04:17 Tools
Cacilie (Cecilia), Op. 27, No. 2 04:17 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - Richard WAGNER : Tristan et Isolde. Mort d’Isolde 03:29 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Tristan! - Isolde! Treuloser Holder!" 06:19 Tools
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV 150: I. Frühling (Spring) 03:21 Tools
Aida, Act 3: O Patria Mia 07:09 Tools
My Fair Lady : I Could Have Danced All Night ("My Fair Lady") 01:01 Tools
Götterdämmerung, Act 3: "Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort" (Sung in Swedish) 15:54 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 -"Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" (Live At Bayreuther Festspiele / 1966) 05:05 Tools
Turnadot: Act III 39:23 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 3: "Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist?" 08:43 Tools
Flickan Under Nymånen (The Girl Under The New Moon) 02:25 Tools
Aida: Ritorna Vincitor 15:54 Tools
Ruhe, meine Seele (Rest, my Soul), Op. 27, No. 1 15:54 Tools
Aida / Act 1 : "Ritorna vincitor!" 05:05 Tools
"Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 07:02 Tools
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV 150: II. September 04:31 Tools
Six Songs, Op. 17:2 Ständchen 02:11 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Westwärts schweift der Blick" 05:33 Tools
Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach) 02:53 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 37:4 Var det en dröm? (Was it a Dream?) 02:26 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 3: "Wird dir nicht bange, Tochter der Herodias?" 07:49 Tools
"Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) (Isolde) 06:26 Tools
Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): II. September 02:33 Tools
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde - Mild Und Leise 06:59 Tools
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV 150: III. Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep) 05:05 Tools
Seven Songs, Op. 17:6 Till kvällen (In the Evening) 01:29 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 -"Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) (Live At Bayreuther Festspiele / 1966) 02:33 Tools
"Westwärts schweift der Blick" 03:15 Tools
Fidelio, Act 1: Abscheulicher, Wo Eilst Du Hin 02:15 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 -"Lausch, Geliebter!" (Live At Bayreuther Festspiele / 1966) 04:24 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "Hörst du Sie noch?" 13:03 Tools
In questa Reggia (Redbook Stereo) 06:10 Tools
Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): I. Frühling (Spring) 01:58 Tools
Illalle (To Evening), Op. 17, No. 6 07:49 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 -"Doch unsre Liebe, heißt sie nicht Tristan und - Isolde" (Live At Bayreuther Festspiele / 1966) 01:58 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug - "Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen" 03:18 Tools
Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): IV. Im Abendrot (Evening) 03:08 Tools
Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs): III. Beim Schlafengehen (Going To Sleep) 05:10 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 3: "Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt in deinen Leib" 08:41 Tools
R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58 - "Allein! Weh, ganz allein." 09:28 Tools
Four Songs, Op. 27:4 Morgen (Tomorrow!) 02:26 Tools
Four Songs, Op. 27:2 Cäcilie 02:09 Tools
Tosca, Act 3: "O dolci mani" 07:38 Tools
"Herr Tristan trete nah!" - "Begehrt, Herrin, was Ihr wünscht" 17:59 Tools
Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Ride Of The Valkyries) 06:20 Tools
Songs Of The Heart, Op. 27: Som En Våg (As A Wave) 02:21 Tools
R. Strauss: Salome, Op.54 / Scene 4 - "Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan" 06:20 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug - "Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!" (Immolation Scene) 06:20 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: "Ah! Herrlich! Wundervoll, wundervoll!" 03:37 Tools
Songs of the Heart, Op. 27: När du sluter mina ögon (When You Close My Eyes) 13:08 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 37: Var Det En Dröm? (Was It A Dream?) 02:33 Tools
"Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries 01:10 Tools
Poems By Vilhelm Krag, Op. 60: Og Jeg Vil Ha Mig En Hjaertenskjaer (I Wish I Had A Sweetheart) 01:52 Tools
Ich will nicht bleiben 01:47 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Act 2 - Vorspiel - Szene 1: "Nun zäume dein Roß" 04:53 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Prologue - "Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde" 02:21 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: "Tanz für Mich, Salome" 04:11 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 37:5 Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte (The girl returned from meeting her lover) 03:15 Tools
Wien, Du Stadt Meiner Träume (Vienna, City Of My Dreams) 04:24 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) (Isolde) 02:21 Tools
Flickan kom ifran sin alsklings mote (The Tryst), Op. 37, No. 5 02:21 Tools
Puccini: Tosca - Vissi D'Arte 02:55 Tools
Vissi D'arte 03:11 Tools
Six Poems By Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25: En Svane (A Swan) 02:43 Tools
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), AV 150: IV. Im Abendrot (Evening) 03:34 Tools
Gala Sequence: I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady) 03:11 Tools
Six Songs, Op. 36:4 Säf, säf, susa (Rushes, Whisper!) 02:29 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Herr Tristan trete nah!" - "Begehrt, Herrin, was Ihr wünscht" 20:30 Tools
Poems By Vilhelm Krag, Op. 60: Mens Jeg Venter (While I Wait) 02:54 Tools
Mild Und Leise 15:06 Tools
"Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall" 03:20 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: Still, sprich nicht zu mir! 02:55 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: "Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan" 04:34 Tools
Eight Poems, Op. 10:8 Zueignung (Dedication) 02:15 Tools
Mild Und Leise Er Lächelt (Isoldes Liebestod) 07:04 Tools
Six Songs, Op. 50:3 Im Feld ein Mädchen singt (In the field sings a Maiden) 09:33 Tools
"Ich bin's, ich bin's" 05:00 Tools
Wagner: Lohengrin - Act One: Nin sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan 03:30 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "Isolde! Geliebte! - Tristan! Geliebter!" 15:06 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: "Salome, bedenk, was du tun willst" 02:46 Tools
Allein! Weh, ganz allein 09:42 Tools
"Hörst du Sie noch?" 13:08 Tools
"Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen" 03:34 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 : Richard WAGNER : Tristan et Isolde. Mort d’Isolde 03:34 Tools
Wagner: Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug - "O Siegfried!" 02:53 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Act 3 - "Grane, mein Roß, sei mir gegrüßt" 03:42 Tools
Jokanaan, ich bin verliebt in deinen Leib 08:33 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" 18:33 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug - "Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not" 03:18 Tools
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 04:34 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre - Ride Of The Valkyries 07:44 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Act 3 - "Grane, mein Roß, sei mir gegrüßt" (Live In Bayreuth / 1967) 04:10 Tools
Seven Songs, Op. 17:1 Sen har jag ej frågat mera (Then I questioned no further) 02:09 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3 : Richard WAGNER : Tristan et Isolde. Mort d’Isolde (Live) 00:56 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "Doch unsre Liebe, heißt sie nicht Tristan und - Isolde?" 02:53 Tools
Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) 03:46 Tools
In questa Reggia 03:08 Tools
Var det en drom? (Was it a dream?), Op. 37, No. 4 - Orch. Jalas 09:33 Tools
Mild und leise / Tristan und Isolde 00:00 Tools
Sankta Lucia (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 04:34 Tools
Das Rheingold: "He, He! Ihr Nicker" (Alberich, Rhine Maidens) 01:32 Tools
Wagner: Tannhäuser / Act 2 - "Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder" 03:18 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Prologue - "O heilige Götter! Hehre Geschlechter!" 11:51 Tools
Du wirst das für mich tun 03:14 Tools
Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, Jokanaan! 11:43 Tools
Tannhäuser, Act 2: Dich, Teure Halle, Grüss' Ich Wieder 03:34 Tools
Four Songs, Op. 27:1 Ruhe, meine Seele 03:32 Tools
Wagner - Wesendonck-Lieder - 5. Traume 04:34 Tools
Sköldmön (The Amazon) 03:08 Tools
"Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" 18:35 Tools
Tosca : "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" 03:15 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: "Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen" 02:06 Tools
Salome, Op.54, Scene 4: "Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund" 11:51 Tools
Tristan und Isolde (Act III) (2008 Digital Remaster): Mild und leise (Liebestod) 07:44 Tools
Prelude 07:44 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 41:1 Wiegenlied (Lullaby) 04:10 Tools
Six Songs, Op. 36:1 Svarta rosor (Black Roses) 01:49 Tools
La Forza Del Destino, Act 4: Pace, Pace, Mio Dio 04:34 Tools
Estrella De Soria, Act 1: Estrella's Aria 07:21 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 37:1 Den första kyssen (The first Kiss) 01:57 Tools
Seven Songs of Runeberg, Op. 13:4 Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring Flies Fast) 01:57 Tools
Eight Poems, Op. 10:3 Die Nacht (The Night) 02:49 Tools
Isolde's Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) 07:44 Tools
Das Rheingold: Prelude (Orchestra) 04:29 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "Lausch, Geliebter!" 04:09 Tools
Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen 02:06 Tools
5 Christmas Songs, Op. 1: No. 4. Giv mig ej glans (Give me no splendour), "Julvisa" 02:33 Tools
Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" 01:58 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug - "Welch banger Träume Mären" 07:05 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug - "Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort" 00:00 Tools
Salome, Op.54 / Scene 4: "Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan" 03:15 Tools
"Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!" 03:41 Tools
Wagner: Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug - "Heil dir, Sonne!" (Brünnhildes Erwachen) 06:08 Tools
Elektra, Op.58: "Allein! Weh, Ganz Allein." 09:33 Tools
Tristan und Isolde: Act I: Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen (Isolde, Brangane) 00:58 Tools
Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung In English) 09:33 Tools
"Lausch, Geliebter!" 04:09 Tools
Die Walküre, Act I: Der Manner Sippe 04:24 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu" 05:00 Tools
Wagner: Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug - "Ewig war ich" 11:17 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!" 05:00 Tools
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Westwärts schweift der Blick" 04:24 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug - "Hier bin ich, Vater" 03:45 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 37: Den Första Kyssen (The First Kiss) 08:30 Tools
Seven Songs Of Runeberg, Op. 13: Våren Flyktar Hastigt (Spring Flies Fast) 03:45 Tools
Die Walküre 02:40 Tools
Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort 15:53 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: Nessun dorma! 15:53 Tools
"Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!" 06:51 Tools
A Tribute to James Levine 02:09 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 38:2 På verandan vid havet (On a balcony by the sea) 03:08 Tools
Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung in Swedish): O helga natt 02:53 Tools
Wagner: Tristan & Isolde - Mild und leise 01:57 Tools
Nar juldagsmorgon glimmar (arr. E. Ralf) 02:21 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Padre! Mio Padre! 01:34 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 05:00 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug - "Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht" 02:33 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug - "Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall" 03:45 Tools
Oberon, Act II: Ozean Du Ungeheuer! 09:18 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lchelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 00:00 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Prologue - Willst du mir Minne schenken 00:00 Tools
O holy night 06:28 Tools
"Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu" 02:12 Tools
Turandot: Atto II - IX. In questa reggia 06:28 Tools
Tristan Und Isolde: Act 1, Prelude 04:34 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gruß" 06:25 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1:Non Piangere, Liù! 02:30 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Ah! Per L'ultima Volta! 02:53 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Gira La Cote! Gira! 02:15 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Perduta La Battaglia 01:15 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Signore, Ascolta! 02:49 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!" (Rhine Maidens, Alberich) 02:29 Tools
Goder afton mitt herrskap (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 01:01 Tools
Die Walküre: War es so schmählich 00:56 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "Dem Freund zu lieb" 06:25 Tools
Lusse lella (arr. J.A. Hillerud): Lusse lella (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 01:58 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug - "Schlimm, fürcht ich, schloß der Streit" 03:29 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug - "O sag, künde, was soll nun dein Kind?" 03:29 Tools
Der Freischütz, Act II: Leise, Leise 01:58 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug - "Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!" 03:29 Tools
Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night ("My Fair Lady") 03:45 Tools
Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst 04:34 Tools
Don Giovanni 02:12 Tools
Der fliegende Holländer: Act II - Wie aus der Ferne 08:30 Tools
Turandot: Atto II - XII. Gelo che ti dà foco 02:49 Tools
‘æ‚P–‹ ‘æ‚Qê u‚³‚í‚â‚©‚È•—‚͌̋½‚ւƐ‚¢‚čs‚­Iv 05:25 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: O giovinetto! 05:28 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen" 01:47 Tools
Wagner: Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug - "Dort seh' ich Grane" 08:04 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Perchè Tarda La Luna? 03:46 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Olà, Pang! Olà, Pong! 01:10 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Act 3 - "Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen" (Live In Bayreuth / 1967) 04:36 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Là, Sui Monti Dell'est 00:56 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Noi Si Sogna 01:04 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Ho Una Casa Nell'Honan 02:54 Tools
Luciavisa fran Dalsland (Lucia Song from Dansland) (arr. J.-A. Hillerud): Luciavisa (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 01:24 Tools
Das Rheingold: "So schirme sie jetzt; in schutzloser Angst" (Fricka, Freia, Wotan) 01:24 Tools
R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58 - "Es geht ein Lärm los." 01:47 Tools
Tristan Und Isolde: Act I, Conclusion (feat. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) 06:41 Tools
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: V. Träume (Dreams) 04:55 Tools
"Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!" (Immolation Scene) 08:44 Tools
"Befehlen liess dem Eigenholde" 07:57 Tools
Die Walküre, Act I: Du Bist Der Lenz 02:14 Tools
"Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?" 02:12 Tools
Seven Songs, Op. 17: Till Kvällen (In The Evening) 01:35 Tools
Zweiter Aufzug: Nun Zaume Dein Ross 08:30 Tools
Four Songs, Op. 27: Morgen (Morning) 08:30 Tools
Götterdämmerung 07:21 Tools
Turandot: Atto II - XI. Guizza al pari di fiamma 02:09 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) (Isolde) 02:12 Tools
Turandot: Atto III - IV. Principessa divina! 02:38 Tools
Silent night 02:49 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Westwärts schweift der Blick" 05:33 Tools
Or sai chi I'onore ( Don Giovanni ) 05:33 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Figilo, Che Fai? 01:43 Tools
Pace, pace mio Dio! (Leonora) 01:43 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1: Fermo! Che Fai? T'arresta! 01:47 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 : Richard WAGNER : Tristan et Isolde. Mort d’Isolde (Live At Bayreuthe 02:32 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Befehlen liess dem Eigenholde" 07:57 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - Welcher Wahn! Welch' eitles Zürnen! 04:27 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:O Cina, O Cina 02:05 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:O Mondo, Pieno Di Pazzi Innamorati! 01:38 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3 : "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" 03:02 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Addio, Amore! 03:42 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Act 3 - "Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen" 05:01 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Un Giuramento Atroce Mi Costringe 02:34 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: Quel Nome! 01:16 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Gravi, Enormi Ed Imponenti 03:29 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: La Mia Gloria È Il Tuo Amplesso! 01:46 Tools
R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58 - "Schweig, und tanze." 02:22 Tools
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" 01:47 Tools
"Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund" 14:27 Tools
Der fliegende Holländer: Act II - Johohoe! Johohoe! (Senta's Ballad) 08:30 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug - "Nicht weise bin ich, doch wusst' ich das eine" 02:22 Tools
Was leckt so wütend 08:30 Tools
Eight Poems, Op. 10: Zueignung (Dedication) 02:14 Tools
Verdi: La forza del destino / Act 4 - Pace, pace, mio Dio 01:35 Tools
"Fidelio", Erster Aufzug: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin (Leonore) (Beethoven) 08:30 Tools
Five Songs, Op. 41: Wiegenlied (Lullaby) 01:35 Tools
Die Walküre: Du bist der Lenz 02:26 Tools
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527 - Or Sai Chi L'Onore 03:48 Tools
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3 : "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 02:12 Tools
Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle 02:26 Tools
Penelope, Act 1: Penelope's Aria - Sung In Swedish 02:26 Tools
Turandot: Atto II - XIII. Figlio del cielo! 02:59 Tools
"Mild und leise wie er lächelt" 02:12 Tools
Aida, Act III: O patria mia (Aida) 02:59 Tools
Vorspiel 02:09 Tools
O, don fatale (Eboli) 02:09 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1:Silenzio, Olà! 01:05 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1:Non Indugiare! 02:00 Tools
4 Letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs), TrV 296: No. 2. September 04:36 Tools
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Dritter Aufzug: Mild Uns Leise Wie Er Lächelt 06:52 Tools
Staffansvisor (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 06:52 Tools
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Turandot, opera: Act 3: Così Comanda Turandot 03:02 Tools
Flickan Kom Ifran Sin Alsklings Mote Op 37 N°5 02:41 Tools
Dem Unendlichen, D. 291 02:41 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: Principessa di Morte! 03:00 Tools
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Das Rheingold: "Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!" (Alberich, Rhine Maidens) 03:06 Tools
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Stilla natt (Stille Nacht, Silent Night) 06:51 Tools
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Nu tandas tusen juleljus (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 06:51 Tools
Tannhäuser, Act II: Dich Teure Halle 04:47 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2:Diecimila Anni Al Nostro Imperatore! 02:32 Tools
Mild und leise (Wagner) 02:32 Tools
O Tannenbaum (arr. J.-A. Hillerud) 02:32 Tools
Tosca: Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte 04:22 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: Tu, Che Di Gel Sei Cinta 05:01 Tools
Wagner - Tannhauser, WWV 70, Act 2, Dich, teure Halle, gru©¬ ich wieder' 05:01 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug - "Altgewohntes Geräusch raunt meinem Ohr in die Ferne" 02:22 Tools
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Das Rheingold: "Hört, ihr Riesen! Zurück, und harret" (Donner, Freia, Wotan, Fafner) 02:22 Tools
"Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht" 05:34 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Act 2 - "Lausch, Geliebter!" 05:01 Tools
"Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder" 03:42 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - Isolde's Liebestod 07:08 Tools
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Zweiter Aufzug - "Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?" 03:47 Tools
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Lohengrin, Einsam in truben Tagen 07:08 Tools
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Eight Poems, Op. 10: Die Nacht (The Night) 32:21 Tools
Elektra! 02:22 Tools
Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3 : "Hier bin ich, Vater" 02:22 Tools
I Could Have Danced All Night 02:22 Tools
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Ritorna vincitor 02:22 Tools
"Tristan! - Isolde! Treuloser Holder!" 02:22 Tools
Götterdämmerung: Immolation scene 02:22 Tools
La luce langue (Lady Macbeth) 02:26 Tools
Sköldmön 07:37 Tools
Ritorna vincitor! 06:24 Tools
Turandot: Atto II - X. Straniero, ascolta! 06:24 Tools
Turandot: Atto III - VI. Chi pose tanta forza nel tuo cuore? 03:45 Tools
Turandot: Atto III - V. Quel nome! 00:58 Tools
Ambizioso spirto... Vieni t'affretta!... Or tutti sorgete (Lady Macbeth) 00:58 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 1:Guardalo, Pong! 00:58 Tools
Wagner: Siegfried / Act 3 - "Ewig war ich" 00:58 Tools
Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 (text by M. Boelitz): Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76, No. 52. Maria vuggesang (Maria Wiegenlied) 02:48 Tools
4 Letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs), TrV 296: No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime) 05:11 Tools
IV,ii O terra, addio 05:11 Tools
An die Musik, D. 547 05:11 Tools
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Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" 05:11 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Die in linder Lüfte Wehn da oben ihr lebt" (Alberich, Wotan, Loge) 05:11 Tools
Orchestervorspiel 05:11 Tools
Betlehems stjarna (Star of Bethlehem) 05:11 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!" 05:11 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Nehmt euch in acht! Alberich naht" (Mime, Wotan, Alberich) 05:11 Tools
"Orest!" 05:11 Tools
Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 : "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) 05:11 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: Principessa Divina! 02:41 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 3: L'amore?...Tanto Amore, Segreto E Inconfes 03:06 Tools
Erster Aufzug: Wer Wagt Mich Zu Höhnen? 03:06 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!" (Loge, Alberich, Wotan) 03:06 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2: In questa Reggia 06:20 Tools
"Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome heute Nacht!" 06:20 Tools
Jul, jul stralande jul (Christmas, Radiant Christmas): Jul, jul stralande jul 03:06 Tools
Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 2 : "Schlimm, fürcht ich, schloß der Streit" 03:06 Tools
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 2 - "Getäuscht von ihm" 07:37 Tools
Rangström: Sköldmön 02:29 Tools
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Tannhäuser (Act II) (2008 Digital Remaster): Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder (Elisabeth's Greeting) 07:37 Tools
Turandot, opera: Act 2: Gloria, O Cincitore! 01:00 Tools
Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude And Act I, Part I (feat. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) 04:47 Tools
R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58 - "Nun muß es hier von uns geschehn." 05:58 Tools
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III O tu che sei d'Osiride 02:29 Tools
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IV,ii Vedi? Di morte l'angelo..Immenso Ftha 02:29 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Der Welt Erbe gewänn' ich zu eigen durch dich?" (Alberich, Rhine Maidens) 02:29 Tools
Denne ar min kare son 18:35 Tools
So wenig achtest du ewige Wonne? 18:35 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!" (Fricka, Wotan) 18:35 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Zu mir, Freia! Meide sie, Frecher!" (Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt, Wotan, Freia, Fricka) 18:35 Tools
Das Rheingold: "Endlich Loge!" (Wotan, Loge, Fricka, Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt) 18:35 Tools
Wagner: Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug - "War es so schmählich?" 18:35 Tools
Götterdämmerung, Act II, Scene 4: "Heil' ge Götter, himmlische Lenker!" (Brünnhilde, Alle) - Recorded 1962 18:35 Tools
R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58 - "Die Götter! bist doch selber eine Göttin." 18:35 Tools
"Ewig war ich" 02:22 Tools
Elektra, Op.58: "Es geht ein Lärm los." 03:47 Tools
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Salome, Op.54 / Scene 2: "Ich will nicht bleiben" 03:47 Tools
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Komm, Hoffnung...Meister, Rocco 05:43 Tools
III Vieni d'Iside al Tampio 05:34 Tools
Tristan Und Isolde Love Duet, Act 2: Horst Du Sie Noch... Isolde! ...Tristan! (feat. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti) 32:21 Tools
R. Strauss: Elektra, Op.58 - "Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt" 05:43 Tools
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Aida (1989 Digital Remaster), Act 1, Scene 1: Ritorna vincitor! (Aida) 32:21 Tools
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Five Songs, Op. 162: Tjugo År (Twenty Years) 32:21 Tools
"Fidelio", Erster Aufzug: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin (Leonore) 32:21 Tools
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Birgit Nilsson made her debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 1946, with only three days' notice, replacing the scheduled Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz who was too ill to go on. The conductor, Leo Blech, wasn't very kind to her and - as she wrote in her autobiography - she even contemplated suicide after the performance. Fortunately, that unhappy experience was soon put behind her. In 1947, she claimed national attention there as Verdi's Lady Macbeth under Fritz Busch. A wealth of parts followed, from 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, Aïda, Lisa, Tosca, Venus, Sieglinde, Senta and the Marschallin, one of her favourite roles (though she later lamented that nobody ever asked her to undertake it), all sung in Swedish. Under Fritz Busch’s tutelage her career took wing. Indeed, he was instrumental in gaining her first important engagement outside Sweden — her first important international appearance was 1951, as Elettra in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Glyndebourne Festival. Her debut at the Vienna State Opera (where she would be a regular performer for more than 25 years) in 1953 proved a real turning point. It was followed Elsa in Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival in 1954, then her first Brünnhilde in a complete Ring at the Bavarian State Opera, at the Munich Festival of 1954. After Elsa at Bayreuth, she returned as Sieglinde, Brünnhilde and Isolde until 1969, all to universal acclaim. She took the title role of Turandot, which is brief but in need of an unusually big sound, to La Scala in Milan in 1958 and then to the rest of Italy. Birgit Nilsson made her American debut as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in 1956 with the San Francisco Opera. She attained international stardom after a performance as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1959, which made front page news. She says, though, that the single biggest event in her life was when she was asked to perform at the opening of the 370th(?) season at La Scala as Turandot in 1958. She became the first non-Italian other than Maria Callas ever granted the privilege of opening a season at La Scala. She has 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. Birgit Nilsson was widely known as the leading Wagnerian soprano of her time, the successor to the great Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, particularly in the role of 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". Her career was long and distinguished and continued into the 1980s, when she mostly sang Elektra and the Dyer’s Wife. Her voice lost very little of its power or steadiness over the years, and her histrionic ability always improved. Nobody who has seen or indeed heard her as Elektra could doubt her powers as an actress, and her Isolde has had few peers in depicting both the anger and frustration of Act 1, the erotic emotion of Act 2 or the transfiguration of Act 3. As Brünnhilde, she eagerly conveyed both the human and goddess-like characteristics of the part. A certain unwieldiness marred her performances of Mozart and Verdi, and she was sometimes afflicted by uncertain pitch in this repertory, but in Puccini, in particular as Turandot, she was memorable. It was not that Nilsson's voice was of such daunting size, as those who sang with her can testify, but it was so unwaveringly produced and so perfectly focused that she had no difficulty filling the largest auditorium or riding the most violent orchestral clamour. Birgit Nilsson was suspicious of opera's recent youth culture and often remarked on the premature destruction of young voices brought on by overambitious career planning. "Directors and managers don't care about their futures," she once said. "They will just get another young person when this one goes bad." In today's opera culture, the best managed voices tend to mature in the singer's 40's and begin to deteriorate during the 50's. Yet at 66, when most singers hang onto whatever career remains through less taxing recitals with piano and discreet downward transpositions of key, Birgit Nilsson sang a New York concert performance of Strauss and Wagner that met both composers head-on. "Ms. Nilsson did not sound young," Will Crutchfield once wrote in The New York Times. "Soft and low notes were often precarious; sustained tones were not always steady." He continued: "The wonderful thing is that she doesn't let this bother her. There was never a sense of distress or worry." 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." Birgit 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, Birgit Nilsson's high notes were sometimes compared to those of the Broadway belter Ethel Merman. One high C rendered in a "Turandot" performance in the outdoor Arena di Verona in Italy led citizenry beyond the walls to think that a fire alarm had been set off. Once urged to follow Nilsson in the same role at the Metropolitan Opera, the eminent soprano Leonie Rysanek refused. Birgit Nilsson was known for her one-liners. 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 Joan Sutherland's famous bouffant hairdo was real. She answered: "I don't know. I haven't pulled it yet." After the tenor Franco Corelli was said to have bitten her neck in an onstage quarrel over held notes, Nilsson cancelled performances complaining that she had rabies. Birgit Nilsson was also famous for her good humour and 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 was also too proud to make outright demands. She would begin contract talks by refusing every offer and being evasive about her availability in general. This tack would continue until the impresario offered something she wanted. Nilsson's reply would be "maybe." Now in control, she would be begged to accept what she desired in the first place. Once asked of what was her favourite role, she answered: "Isolde made me famous. Turandot made me rich". An interesting anecdote is told that characterizes her relationship with Sir Rudolph Bing, the long-time director of the Metropolitan Opera. When 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, Rudolph Bing." Another story is that once when returning to Europe from New York, she sewed a number of dollar bills into the lining of her fur coat. Nilsson was known for standing up to intensely wired conductors. An example took place in a rehearsal of Die Walküre in 1967 with Herbert von Karajan when, because of the gloomy light of the production, Nilsson decided to rehearse with a miner's helmet (complete with Valkerian wings) on her head. 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 conductorial change of heart. 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. But she sang those roles anyway. All of her major roles were recorded. Partly because Birgit Nilsson was on the scene to play Brünnhilde, Decca Records undertook the audacious and mammothly expensive project of making the first studio recording of Wagner's four-opera Ring cycle cycle, conducted by Solti and produced by John Culshaw. The effort took seven years, from 1958 to 1965. A film of the proceedings made her a familiar image for arts-conscious television viewers. Though a frequent visitor to the Metropolitan Opera, Birgit Nilsson did not always see eye to eye with its redoubtable general manager, Rudolf Bing, nor with the conductor Herbert von Karajan. This resulted both in her making fewer New York appearances than hoped in the early 1970s and her virtual exclusion from the Salzburg Festival. Birgit Nilsson's American career was derailed in the mid-70's by a squabble with the US Internal Revenue Service, which had filed claims for back taxes. Several years later, cooler heads intervened: a schedule of payments was worked out, and Nilsson's ill-tempered 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." Birgit 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 big soprano parts: Aida, Tosca, the Dyer's Wife in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, Salome, Elektra (opera), as Verdi's Lady Macbeth, Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio, and both Venus and Elisabeth 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 1954-82, 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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.