#lanilsson

[joansutherlandfan]

#MADMONDAY

And Birgit was very mad indeed accepting to sing this "killer voice" role at Royal Swedish Opera in 1947 (one year after her debut there). *Detail she was asked to replace an ailing singer at short notice.

”It was a fine role, this Lady, and I longed for every performance like a child does for Christmas.” Birgit Nilsson

Saying that, Birgit sang Lady Macbeth from 1947 to 1977!

Excerpt from the final scene of Lady Macbeth for the Swedish Television in 1965.

#classicalmusic #opera #operasinger #operahouse #composer #giuseppeverdi #macbeth #highnotes #dramatic #wagnerian #soprano #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #diva #primadonna #1960s

[joansutherlandfan]

"The best teacher is the stage. You walk out onto it, and you have to learn to project." Birgit Nilsson • #tbt Birgit Nilsson portrayed as Verdi's Aida. Circa 1964. • #Opera #ClassicalMusic #BelCanto #Baroque #OperaSinger #InstaOpera • #Dramatic #Coloratura #Soprano #BirgitNilsson #LaNilsson #Diva #PrimaDonna #Legend • #Composer #GiuseppeVerdi #Aida • #Concert #Recital • #Costume #Stage #OperaHouse • #ROH #LaScala #MetOpera #SydneyOperaHouse  • #1960s https://www.instagram.com/p/Cftr8I2u-g5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tbt #opera #classicalmusic #belcanto #baroque #operasinger #instaopera #dramatic #coloratura #soprano #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #diva #primadonna #legend #composer #giuseppeverdi #aida #concert #recital #costume #stage #operahouse #roh #lascala #metopera #sydneyoperahouse #1960s

[joansutherlandfan]

Gianni Raimondi

(17 April 1923 - 19 October 2008)

"Please don't kill me with your voice!"🙏🏼🥺 That's the Italian tenor Gianni Raimondi who begs to Nilsson to have his voice also listened by the audience during their duets.

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Celebrating Raimondi's anniversary with this amazing anecdote, which fortunately was recorded in video for our delight.

#soprano #classicalmusic #opera #dramatic #primadonna #diva #belcanto #lanilsson #birgitnilsson #tosca #operahouse #metopera #giacomopuccini #tenor #gianniraimondi

[joansutherlandfan]

On this day, back in 1908, the legendary maestro Herbert von Karajan was born in Salzburgo, Austria (5 April 1908 - 16 July 1989). He didn't worked with Joan (as far I have any concern), but with Birgit it was many times in productions of Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Fidelio from 1957 to 1967. He referred to Birgit as "the great shining Wagner voice", but they were a difficult combination. • In the picture, a rehearsal of Tristan und Isolde in 1960. Birgit told what happened that moment in interview: "Now let's take the whole thing one more time, but this time with heart. The heart, Miss Nilsson, is located in here where you have your cashbox." "Why? Then we have something in common, Mr. von Karajan!"

#ClassicalMusic #opera #OperaSinger #OperaHouse #concert #recital #maestro #conductor #HerbertvonKarajan #Karajan #Dramatic #Wagnerian #Soprano #BirgitNilsson #LaNilsson #PrimaDonna #diva #1960s

[joansutherlandfan]

"I've always tried to remember what my mother used to tell me: stay close to the earth. Then when you fall down, it won't hurt so much." Birgit Nilsson

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Let's dream, but don't allow the 'daydreams" take you off from the reality, otherwise, the fall will hurt you badly.

#soprano #classicalmusic #opera #operasinger #operahouse #dramatic #wagnerian #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #primadonna #diva #belcanto #quotes

[joansutherlandfan]

"He always wanted her if she was available. She had a fantastic instrument and the technique to use it. I always remember how, after a big concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall, Elektra I think it was, she just started singing Brünnhilde’s 'Hojotoho'. The voice had a silvery quality, tender and wonderful.’ Professionally, Nilsson was always ‘focused on the job in hand. She didn’t have the trappings of a prima donna or the dressings of a Callas, walking around with a big black bag and white shoes.'" Valerie Solti

#classicalmusic #opera #operahouse #operasinger #dramatic #Wagnerian #soprano #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #diva #primadonna #1960s #portrait

[joansutherlandfan]

The most beautiful thing you will listen today. Birgit's rendition of 'Vissi d'arte' is breathtaking. The pianissimo and the breath is a master class indeed.

#classicalmusic #opera #operahouse #dramatic #soprano #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #diva #primadonna #belcanto #tosca #giacomopuccini

[joansutherlandfan]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

#2024 #happynewyear #opera #classicalmusic #dramatic #diva #primadonna #soprano #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #belcanto #1990s #diewalkure #hojotoho

[joansutherlandfan]

It's #MadMonday !!!

"Instead of June 30, my last operatic performance was in Frankfurt on June 16, where I was engaged to sing Elektra. It was a great performance and I felt I was in my best form, as though it was the high point of my career. At the end of that Elektra I said to my colleagues 'This was my final performance.' And I was at peace with this decision." Birgit Nilsson about her farewell on stage in 1982.

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I need to say her piano note here, which ascends to a forte is so fresh, even more bright and limpid than a note produced by a young singer. That's what I call "technique."

#soprano #classicalmusic #opera #dramatic #primadonna #diva #belcanto #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #richardstrauss #elektra #metropolitanoperahouse #metopera #1980s #madmonday

[joansutherlandfan]

One day later, but here is my tribute to composer Richard Wagner, who was born 210 years ago! (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883)

"Im wunderschönen Monat Mai Kroch Richard Wagner aus dem Ei. Ihm wünschen, die zumeist ihn lieben, Er wäre besser drin geblieben." (In the beautiful month of May, Richard Wagner scrambled out of the egg. Those who mostly love him wish he'd stayed in better.) Richard Wagner wrote this "best wishes" for himself in 1848 (his 35th anniversary).

Highlighted here, Birgit Nilsson sings the famous "Love-Dead" aria (Mild und Leise) from Tristan und Isolde (1865).

#soprano #classicalmusic #opera #dramatic #primadonna #diva #richardwagner #operahouse #operasinger #composer #tristanundisolde #wagnerian #birgitnilsson #lanilsson

[joansutherlandfan]

Birgit's Day!!! Today we celebrate the greatest soprano 🌟Birgit Nilsson🌟 (17 May 1918 - 25 December 2005).

"I have noticed, especially in New York, that people are very careful about inviting two or more prima donnas to the same party. Presumably they have had bad experiences of such constellations. But on the few occasions when I was invited somewhere along with other stars there was never any blood shed." Birgit Nilsson

"The Australian prima donna assoluta Joan Sutherland, as coloratura soprano nonpareil, is a simple, unaffected woman. She had a hard time getting started, dreamed of becoming a Wagnerian soprano, and sang minor roles at Covent Garden until her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge - who was then a pianist - discovered that she could sing coloratura better than anyone else alive." Birgit Nilsson

Both ladies met a couple of times during their lives, here a more private reunion, in which Joan in her biography says it was a party celebrating her MetOpera debut, while other source says it was a party at Birgit's apartment.

#ClassicalMusic #Opera #OperaSinger #InstaOpera #OperaHouse #BelCanto #BirgitNilsson #LaNilsson #Dramatic #Coloratura #Soprano #Dame #JoanSutherland #LaStupenda #PrimaDonna #Diva #1960s

[joansutherlandfan]

25 April 1926 marks Turandot's premiere.

[...] "After the second act, Svanholm (opera director) came onstage. He looked happy and satisfied. Then suddenly a member of the chorus, a tenor, called out, 'We want another Turandot!' Svanholm was embarrassed and went to the chorus to see what their complaint was. 'We are all going to come down with colds,' said the tenor. 'The way Birgit sings, we’re all going to freeze!'" [...] Anecdote taken from La Nilsson - My Life in Opera.

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Different from the saying above, in this excerpt from the final scene, Turandot was changed from ice to warm and passionate character.

#classicalmusic #opera #operahouse #operasinger #composer #giacomopuccini #puccini #turandot #dramatic #soprano #birgitnilsson #lanilsson #diva #primadonna #1960s