Birgit Nilson

Birgit Nilson
Birgit Nilson 1948. godine
Puno ime	Birgit Nilsson
Ime po rođenju	Märta Birgit Svensson
Datum rođenja	17 maj 1918(1918-05-17)
Mesto rođenja	Vesta Karup, Skanija  Švedska
Datum smrti	25. decembar 2005.(2005-12-25) (87 god.)
Mesto smrti	Kristianstad, Skanija  Švedska
Prebivalište	Švedska
Državljanstvo	švedsko
Obrazovanje	Kraljevska muzička akademija
Zanimanje	operska pevačkica
Aktivni period	1946-1984
Nagrade	Hovsongerska, 1954 Bavarski Kamersengerin Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Gramofonska dvorana poznatih 2012. godine

Merta Birgit Nilsson (17. maj 1918 – 25. decembar 2005) bila je proslavljena švedska dramaturska sopraniskinja. Iako je pevala široki repertoar operskih i vokalnih dela, Nilson je bila najpoznatija po svojim nastupima u operama Ričarda Vagnera i Ričarda Štrausa. Njen glas je bio prepoznatljiv po snažnoj snazi, izobilnim rezervama moći i blistavom sjaju i jasnoći u gornjem registru.

Pregled

Nilson je ostavila toliko snažne utiske na mnoge uloge da su one postale poznate kao „Nilsonov repertoar”. Ona je pevala opere Ričarda Štrausa i specijalizovala se za Pučinijev Turandot, a slavu je steka na Vagnerovom operama. Jednom je rekla da ju je Izolda učinila poznatom, a Turandot bogatom. Njena izuzetno rafinirana izvođenja njegove muzike bila su uporediva sa delom Kirsten Flagstad, koja je dominirala Vagnerovim repertoarom u Metropolitanskoj operi tokom godina pre Drugog svetskog rata.

Videografija

• The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala, Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4538

Literatura

• Nilsson, Birgit, My Memoirs in Pictures, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal, Garden City: Doubleday, 1981; ISBN 0-385-14835-6.
• Nilsson, Birgit, Mina minnesbilder, Stockholm: Bonnier, 1977; ISBN 91-0-042069-7
• Nilsson, Birgit, La Nilsson, Stockholm: Fischer, 1995; ISBN 91-7054-756-4.
• "Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner" by Bernard Holland, The New York Times (12 January 2006)
• "Så höll han allt hemligt", (why Nilsson's death was kept a secret for 16 days) by Pelle Tagesson, Aftonbladet (13 January 2006)
• Blum, David, "The Farm Girl and the Stones", chapter 5 in David Blum, Quintet, Five Journeys toward Musical Fulfillment (Cornell University Press, 1999).
• La Nilsson: My Life in Opera by Birgit Nilsson, foreword by Georg Solti, afterword by Peggy Tueller. Translated by Doris Jung Popper UPNE, 2007; ISBN 1-55553-670-0, ISBN 978-1-55553-670-1
• Liese, Kirsten, Wagnerian Heroines. A Century Of Great Isoldes and Brünnhildes", English translation: Charles Scribner, Edition Karo Архивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (3. јул 2020), Berlin, 2013.

Spoljašnje veze

Generalno

• The Birgit Nilsson official website
• Decca Classics website}-
• Metropolitan Opera Archives}-
• The One Million Dollar Birgit Nilsson Prize}-

Audio

• Birgit Nilsson sings Turandot, 1960s на сајту YouTube (video)
• Birgit Nilsson – Salome – Gala Bing, MET 1972 на сајту YouTube (video)
• Birgit Nilsson as Lady Macbeth, 1970s на сајту YouTube (video)
• Birgit Nilsson sings Götterdämmerung, 1960s на сајту YouTube in a recording session for Solti's Ring (video)
• Birgit Nilsson conducted by Charles Mackerras for the 'Sydney Opera House Opening Concert', 1973 on australianscreen online

Televizija

• Birgit Nilsson on Swedish talk show "På parkett", after a recent performance as Turandot in Berlin, 15 May 1971 (part 1) (in Swedish)
• Birgit Nilsson on Swedish talk show "På parkett", with composer Sten Broman, 15 May 1971 (part 2) (in Swedish)
• Birgit Nilsson and Zarah Leander talking about life as a celebrity, on Swedish talk show "Stjärna mot stjärna" (Star vs Star), 25 December 1977 (in Swedish)
• Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli, on Swedish talk show "Här är ditt liv" (This is your life; Birgit Nilsson), Nov 1981 на сајту YouTube (in Swedish)
• News report from 1984 from when Birgit Nilsson gives a Master Class in Malmö, Sweden (in Swedish)
• Swedish news report from Birgit Nilsson's death with video clip together with comments from workers, fans and colleagues at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, Metropolitan in New York, the Wagner Society and from Italian Opera (January 2006)

Intervjui i članci

• "Glänsande debut", the debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, 10 October 1946 (in Swedish)
• "Det finns ingen genväg för sångare", interview, Dagens Nyheter, 17 August 1986 (in Swedish)
• "Birgit Nilsson fyller 85 utan krusiduller", interview, Svenska Dagbladet, 16 May 2003 (in Swedish)
• "Sjuksköterskorna mobbad mig, Operastjärnan Birgit Nilsson anmäler sjukhus för vanvård", Aftonbladet 30 June 1999 (in Swedish)
• "Så höll han allt hemligt", why Nilsson's death was kept a secret for 16 days, Aftonbladet, 13 January 2006 (in Swedish)
• Holland, Bernard (12. 1. 2006). „Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87”. The New York Times. Приступљено 26. 4. 2010. 
• Tommasini, Anthony (14. 1. 2006). „Nilsson in Person: The Glory of the Power”. The New York Times. Приступљено 26. 4. 2010. 
• "Birgit Nilsson: An unparalleled artist and a lovely, down-to-earth woman", by Jane Eaglen, The New York Times, 16 January 2006
• "Varewell to the Valkyrie", by Peter G. Davis, Opera News, April 2006, Vol. 70, No. 10, pp. 82–83
• Birgit Nilsson interview by Bruce Duffie, 20 April 1988