Birgit Nilsson; “O patria mia“; AIDA; Giuseppe Verdi

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ================= Birgit Nilsson--soprano Philharmonia Orchestra Leopold Ludwig---conductor 1957 =================== “Birgit Nilsson, née Märta Birgit Svensson, (born May 17, 1918, Västra Karup, Sweden—died December 25, 2005, Västra Karup), Swedish operatic soprano, celebrated as a Wagnerian interpreter and known for her powerful, rich voice. On the advice of a local choirmaster, she went to study with Joseph Hislop in Stockholm, where she joined the Royal Opera and made her debut in 1946 as Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz. A year later she achieved a major success there as Giuseppe Verdi’s Lady Macbeth. Other successes followed, particularly in Vienna and Bayreuth, where between 1954 and 1970 her Wagnerian roles included Isolde, Sieglinde, and Brünnhilde. In 1957 Nilsson made her debut at Covent Garden in London as Brünnhilde i