ANNEES 1984-2024
31 juillet 1985 : DIVERSIONS (BBC RADIO 4) Many singers of the operatic stage and concert platform have been tempted by the popular music repertoire. Only a few weeks ago Jessye Norman took time off from performances at Covent Garden to autograph copies of her latest LP, a collection of songs by Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter. In the first of six late-night programmes Derek Lewis , the BBC's Gramophone Librarian, introduces recordings of Joan Sutherland , John McCormack , Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson , Beverley Sills and others from their explorations of popular song.
9 août 1985 : SERENADE (BBC RADIO 3) The fourth of nine programmes : Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Act II, Prelude and Scene I with : BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) Brangäne: REGINA RESNIK (mezzo-soprano) VIENNA PO/SIR GEORG SOLT1
9 octobre 1985 : MIDWEEK CHOICE / BBC RADIO 3. Verdi Letter Scene (Macbeth) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA, COVENT GARDEN/ARGEO QUADRI
1 février 1986 : DA CAPO. TV talk-show (Allemagne). August Everding, Birgit Nilsson, Martha Moedl, Hans Hotter, Erna Berger, Josef Metternich.
14 mars 1986 : GAST HOS HAGGE (Suède). Talk-show with personal interviews. Host : Hagge Geiger. Guests : Birgit Nilsson, etc.
7 mai 1987 : MASCARA. Thriller de Patrick Conrad (Pays-Bas). Soundtrack : extrait de Salomé (Richard Strauss) interprété par Birgit Nilsson avec l’ orchestre philharmonique de Vienne sous la direction de Georg Solti.
27 mai 1987 : SINGER'S CHOICE (BBC RADIO 4) A series of seven programmes in which the tenor and opera producer Nigel Douglas talks about some of his favourite singers with recordings. Birgit Nilsson Producer ALAN HAYDOCK. Stereo
1 août 1987 : CODA. Téléfilm thriller australien de Craig Lahiff. Soundtrack : Elektra (Richard Strauss) performed by Birgit Nilsson with Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Georg Solti.
21 octobre 1987 : MIDWEEK CHOICE (BBC RADIO 3) Presented by Donald Macleod. Beethoven Incidental music: Egmont, Op 84
BIRGIT nilsson (soprano)
30 décembre 1987 : BBC RADIO 4 - SINGER'S CHOICE - First broadcast: Wed 30th Dec 1987, 21:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM. Birgit Nilsson Stereo (R)
22 mars 1988 : HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH (BBC RADIO 3) The second of two programmes to mark the centenary of the conductor's birth. Brahms Tragic Overture VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (1958 recording) Wagner Traume (Wesendonk-Lieder) KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD (soprano) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (1956 recording) Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (1960 recording) Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G (Mono): CLIFFORD CURZON VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (1954 recording) Wagner Prelude: Lohengrin, Act 3 (Mono) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (1947 recording) Walther's Prize Song; Finale (Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg) (Mono) GÜNTHER TREPTOW (tenor) PAUL SCHOEFFLER (bass-baritone) VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (1951 recording) Strauss Symphonic poem: Don Juan (Mono) PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA (1956 recording) Wagner Immolation Scene (Gotterdammerung) CHRISTA LUDWIG (mezzo-soprano) NORTH GERMAN RADIO ORCHESTRA (1962 recording) Records
16 avril 1988 : Gala concert in celebration of New Sweden 88. New York, Carnegie Hall. Dir. Goran W. Nilson / American symphony orchestra. Baryton : Hakan Hagegard. Host : Lasse Holmqvist. Soprano : Aprile Millo, Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Marton, Kiri Te Kanawa, Shirley Verrett. Ténor : Ben Heppner, Goesta Winbergh, Nicolai Gedda, Vinson Cole. Notes : Title in honor and in the presence of their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Gala concert in celebration of New Sweden 88 : A tribute to Birgit Nilsson and the swedish vocal tradition in America. United States debut of Ben Heppner. Heppner was the winner of the first Birgit Nilsson competition. A tape letter for this performance was signed by voice of America.
19 novembre 1988 : DU AR EN MANNISKA (Suède). Documentaire de Kajsa Dahlstrom, Sam Samuelsson avec Torsten Follinger, Birgit Nilsson. Singing is breathing follows the artist and vocal pedagogue Torsten Follinger during the period 1980-1986, where he develops his thoughts and his view of song and life. 47 min.
29 juillet 1989 : CLASSIC OPERA (BBC RADIO 3) Tristan und Isolde Music-drama in three acts, with words and music by Wagner, in the 1966 Bayreuth Festival production. (sung in German) AND ORCHESTRA/KARL BOHM Records
13 septembre 1991 : CERRO TORRE, LE CRI DE LA ROCHE. Film de Werner Herzog sorti en Italie. Soundtrack : Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) performed by Birgit Nilsson with Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch.
30 septembre 1991 : HANS VON BULOW / BBC RADIO 3. Music associated with the 19th-century conductor, pianist and composer. von Bülow Ballade, Op 11 Werner Genuit (piano) Wagner Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde: Act 3) Birgit Nilsson (sop) Vienna PO/Knappertsbusch
4 novembre 1991 : New York, Carnegy Hall. BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE FINALISTS : Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) / Kevin Murphy (piano) : Rigoletto (Verdi), The ballad of Baby Doe (Moore), Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss), I Puritani (Bellini). Cynthia Lawrence (soprano) / Katherine Olsen (piano) : La clemenza di Tito (Mozart), Turandot (Puccini), Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Die Fledermaus (Strauss). Raymond Aceto (basse) : Macbeth (Verdi), La jolie fille de Perth (Bizet), Ernani (Verdi). Annalisa Winberg (soprano) / Yelena Kurdina (piano) : Rusalka (Dvorak), Il pirata (Bellini). Alan Held (baryton basse) / Brian Suits (piano) : Das Rheingold (Wagner), Lulu (Berg), Faust (Gounod), La jolie fille de Perth (Bizet). Presenter : Birgit Nilsson.
7 novembre 1992 : VIENNA - THE PHILHARMONIC YEARS 1842-1992 (BBC RADIO 3) Richard Osborne presents a 12-part series documenting 150 years of music-making. London Calling In 1950, the Decca Record Company struck an historic deal with the VPO.. Strauss Till Eulenspiegel conductor Fritz Reiner. Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (Act 2 finale) conductor Erich Kleiber. Khachaturian Gayaneh (excerpts) conductor The Composer. Brahms Symphony No 2 in D conductor Pierre Monteux. Wagner Immolation scene (Götterdämmerung) conductor Georg Solti with Birgit Nilsson.
19 décembre 1992 : SOLTI - BBC Radio 3. The third of seven programmes looking back over the career of Sir Georg Solti. presented by Natalie Wheen in conversation with Sir Georg. The Golden Ring Including interviews with Birgit Nilsson , Norman Bailey ,
Sir Edward Downes , Josephine Veasey and Lord Harewood, and extracts from Das Rheingold , Siegfried, Der Fliegende Hollander,
Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, Lohengrin and Parsifal, and the Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung with Birgit Nilsson (sop) and the Vienna Philharmonic.
18 juin 1993 MORNING SEQUENCE (BBC RADIO 3) Wagner Immolation scene (Gotterdammerung) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Gottlob Frick (bass) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti. Discs
24 janvier 1994 : ANGLES ON PUCCINI - BBC RADIO 3. In the last programme, Sir Edward Downes talks to James Naughtie about Turandot and plays excerpts from the opera sung by Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli. Discs
5 février 1994 : LIVE FROM THE MET (BBC RADIO 3) Aida Verdi's spectacular opera set in ancient Egypt, to a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/John Fiore Act
7.15 David Nice looks at the origins of Verdi's 'final word on grand opera".
7.40 Act 2
8.25 The Opera Quiz Edward Downes puts listeners' questions to a team of opera buffs: Speight Jenkins , William Livingstone and Charles Osborne.
8.50 Act 3
9.25 Birgit Nilsson The great Swedish soprano recalls special moments and colleagues from her long career at the Metropolitan Opera in conversation with George Jellinek.
9.50 Act 4
(In association with the Texaco Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network and the EBU)
16 février 1994 : MIDWEEK CHOICE (BBC RADIO 3) : Presented by Susan Sharpe. Puccini C'era negli occhi tuoi; Diecimila anni al nostro
Imperatore (Turandot) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Franco Corelli (tenor) Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
14 novembre 1994 : New York, Carnegy Hall. FINALISTS OF THE BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE COMPETITION. Speaker : Lena Bjorck Kaplan.Christopher Schaldenbrand (baryton) / Kevin Murphy (piano) : I Puritani (Bellini), Carmen (Bizet), Eugene Oneguine (Tchaikovsky), Tannhauser (Wagner). Michelle De Young (Mezzo-soprano) / Kevin Murphy (piano) : Rinaldo (Haendel), Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss), Die Götterdämmerung (Wagner). Lorraine Ernest (soprano) / Steve Mosteller (piano) : Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Billy Budd (Britten), The ballad of Baby Doe (Moore), Die Zauberflöte (Mozart). Andrew Schroeder (baryton) / Joseph Smith (piano) : Faust (Gounod), Don Carlos (Verdi). Earle Patriarco (baryton) / Katherine Olsen (piano) : Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Hamlet (Thomas), Cosi fan tutte (Mozart), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini).
23 février 1995 : ORF MITTAGSJOURNAL. Wolfgang Wittmann : Birgit Nilsson als Stargast am Opernball.
27 avril 1996 : Mètropolitan Opera Gala. James Levine 25th anniversary gala. James Levine / Voigt. Chernov. Von Stade. Hampson. Scandiuzzi. Fleming. Leech. Hong. White. Goerke. Hagegard. Dimitrova. Farina. Pons. Benackova. Gheorghiu. Alagna. Cotrubas. Zajick. Morris. Domingo. Terfel. Swenson. Kraus. Norman. Upshaw. Hadley. Mattila. Milnes. Meier. Oswald. Plishka. Quivar. Elias. Anthony. Courtney. Sweet. Jones. Ramey. Anderson. Bergonzi. Furlanetto. Malfitano. Croft. Vaness. Mentzer. Bumbry. Millo. Ewing. Eaglen. Von Stade. Te Kanawa. Fleming. Von Otter. Murphy. Robbins. Birgit Nilsson (Tribute to James Levine. She concludes her remarks with a few unaccompanied measures of Brunnhilde’s battly cry). King. Weikl.
6 mai 1996 : TYPECASTING. BBC RADIO 3. Gordon Stewart deciphers five classic voice types and their characteristics.
Spinto Sopranos who push their way to the top, from Donna Anna to Princesses Isolde and Turandot - with Lilli Lehmann
, Birgit Nilsson and Eva Turner. Producer David Gallagher
24 novembre 1996 : ODYSSEY OF LIFE - The photographer’s secrets. Documentaire TV USA. The technical people who developed the instruments he used explain how the cinemagic is done - A kiss from the inside, an opera singer’s vocal cords (Birgit Nilsson), a tractor as seen over the shoulder of an emerging worm. Réalisation : Mikael Agaton. 186 min.
29 septembre 1997 : SOLTI RESOUNDING - BBC Radio 3. The great conductor Georg Solti died on 5 September 1997. Humphrey Carpenter presents an evening celebrating the man and his music, including the comments and recollections of Sir Georg's friends and musical collaborators from around the world. Solti was welcomed at opera houses the world over. Humphrey Burton surveys Solti's operatic work with the help of the singers, musicians and directors with whom he collaborated, including Birgit Nilsson , Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Peter Hall. Wagner Immolation scene (Gotterdammerung) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic.
11 novembre 1997 : New York, Carnegie Hall. BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE FINALISTS. Angela M Brown (soprano) / Colette Valentine (piano) : Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Il trovatore (Verdi), Aida (Verdi). Christine Goerke (soprano) / Craig Rutenberg (piano) : Hérodiade (Massenet), Lohengrin (Wagner), Cosi fan tutte (Mozart). Jonita Lattimore (soprano) / Kenneth Merrill (piano) : Figaros Hochzeit (Mozart), Faust (Gounod), Porgy and Bess (Gerschwin). Tona Miller (soprano) / Ania Marshwinska (piano) : The ballad of Baby Doe (Moore), Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti), Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss). Lynette Tapia (soprano) / Ted Taylor (piano) : Rigoletto (Verdi), Lakme (Delibes), Mignon (Thomas).
26 mai 1998 : SOUND STORIES (BBC RADIO 3) Musical Correspondents The French writer Romain Rolland was an enthusiastic advocate of and perceptive commentator on the music of Richard Strauss. From his letters it is clear he thought of Strauss as the successor to Wagner, the embodiment of a thrusting new spirit in German music. But his admiration was tinged with a streak of distaste and anxiety - for the man, his manners and certain aspects of the music he loved so much. The programme includes excerpts from:
Also Sprach Zarathustra Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti Sinfonia Domestica Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Elektra Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Georg Solti
9 juillet 1998 : SOUND STORIES (BBC RADIO 3) Sound Stories in New York
The Metropolitan Opera House, or the Met, as everyone calls it, is one of the world's great opera houses. Rudolf Bing was one of the Met's brightest stars - although he never sang a note there. He could be called the last of the great impresarios, and his 22-year reign as general manager shook the Met to its roots. Donald Macleod traces that revolution, which saw the first black opera singer on the Met's stage and included the public dismissal of the world's greatest opera star. Music includes Puccini sung by Renata Tebaldi , Jussi Bjorling and Birgit Nilsson , Brahms sung by Marian Anderson , and Verdi sung by Leonard Warren.
25 juillet 1998 : VINTAGE YEARS (BBC RADIO 3) David Mellor explores the recorded legacy of great artists of the past in conversation with distinguished figures from the musical world today. John Tomiinson, one of the finest Wotans of his generation, recalls some of the great recorded interpretations of this multifaceted role which lies at the heart of Wagner's great Ring Cycle. Wotan's Farewell (Die Walkure) Friedrich Schorr (bass), Berlin State Opera Orchestra. conductor Leo Biech
Fnd of Wotan's narration (Die Walkure) Martha Modi (soprano), Ferdinand Franz (bass), Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler Valkyrie scene (Die Walkure) George London (bass), LSO, conductor Erich Leinsdorf
Riddle scene (Siegfried)
Thomas Stewart (bass), Berlin PC, conductor Herbert von Karajan Wotan's Farell 'eM ('Die Walkure')
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Hans Hotter (bass), Phiiharmonia, conductor Leopold Ludwig Producer Clive Portbury
21 décembre 1998 : DIVA ! BBC RADIO 3. Natalie Wheen talks to four of this century's greatest divas about the divas who have influenced or impressed them. 1: Montserrat Caballe's selection includes Birgit Nilsson , Joan Sutherland and Maria Callas.
Producer Adam Gatehouse
24 décembre 1998 : DIVA ! BBC RADIO 3 - Natalie Wheen talks to four of this century's greatest divas.
3: Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson.
3 janvier 1999 : SOUNDING THE CENTURY THE YEAR (BBC RADIO 3) Natalie Wheen discovers the conscious and the subconscious in 1905. Strauss Salome (excerpts) Vienna PO, conductor Georg Solti Birgit Nilsson.
8 décembre 1999 : MASTERWORKS (BBC RADIO 3) With Stephanie Hughes. Wagner Ha! Ich Bin's Ich Bin's.... Mild und Leise (Tristan and Isolde) - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm Birgit Nilsson.
26 décembre 1999 : 100 GREAT SINGERS - BBC RADIO 3. In the final programme of the series Lord Harewood introduces recordings by the dramatic soprano Birgit Nilsson. Producer Martin Cotton
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
20 février 2000 : MORNING ON 3 (BBC RADIO 3) With Edward Seckerson, including: agner Die Walkure (excerpt) - Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Georg Solti.
25 avril 2000 : MASTERWORKS (BBC RADIO 3) With Stephanie Hughes. Strauss Man Soil Ihr Geben.... Ich Habe Deinen Mund Gekusst (Salome) - Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Grace Hoffman (mezzo), Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Georg Solti
30 octobre 2000 : MASTERWORKS (BBC RADIO 3) With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring Puccini In Questa Reggia... Al Tuoi Piedi (Turandot, Act 2 Scene 2) - Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Alessio De Paolis (tenor), Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf.
29 janvier 2001 : OPERA IN ACTION. BBC RADIO 3. Martin Handley presents the first programme in a two-part profile of the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson , focusing on her finest roles in operas by Wagner, Strauss, Puccini and Mozart.
5 février 2001 : OPERA IN ACTION (BBC RADIO 3) Martin Handley concludes a two-part profile of the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, focusing on her finest roles in operas by Wagner, Strauss, Puccini and Mozart.
25 juin 2001 : OPERA IN ACTION - BBC RADIO 3. Another chance to hear Martin Handley 's two-part profile of the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson. (R)
2 juillet 2001 : OPERA IN ACTION. BBC RADIO 3. Another chance to hear the second part of Martin Handley 's profile of the great
Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson , which focuses on herfinest roles in operas by Wagner, Strauss, Puccini and Mozart. (R)
28 septembre 2001 : CD MASTERS / BBC RADIO 3 : With Rob Cowan.
Beethoven Ah, Perfido!, Op 65 Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Heinz Wallberg
18 mars 2002 : CD MASTERS - BBC Radio 3. With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring a survey of Stravinsky ballets and recordings of Birgit Nilsson. Marais Chaconne (Alcyone) Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Weber Ozean , Du Ungeheuer !
(Oberon, Act 2) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bavarian RSO, conductor Rafael Kubelik
19 mars 2002 : CD MASTERS - BBC Radio 3. With Jonathan Swain. Sibelius BlackRoses , Op 36 No 1; On a Balcony, Op 38 No 2 Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Janos Solyom (piano). Strauss Ah! Warum Hast Du Mich nicht angesehen (Salome, conclusion)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
20 mars 2002 CD MASTERS / BBC RADIO 3 : With Jonathan Swain. Wagner Heil Dir , Sonne (Siegfried, Act 3) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti. Wagner Ewig War Ich ... (Siegfried, Act 3) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
21 mars 2002 : BBC Radio 3. CD MASTERS. With Jonathan Swain.
Grieg / Wish I Had a Sweetheart, Op 60 No 5 Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Puccini In Questa Reggia (Turandot, Act 2 conclusion) Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Sieczynski Wien du Stadt Meiner Traume Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
22 mars 2002 : CD MASTERS / BBC RADIO 3. Listener request : Wagner 0 Diese Sonne.... (Tristan und Isolde: Act 3, Scene 2)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm Wagner Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde, Act 3) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm BIRGIT NILSSON WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN.
30 juillet 2002 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : WAGNER (BBC RADIO 3) Donald Macleod charts the composer's journey from fervent revolutionary to disenchanted reactionary, and looks at power and corruption in his music dramas. Mignonne Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Overture: Rienzi Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Heinrich Hollreiser
Die Walkure (Act 2, Scene 2, excerpt) Hans Hotter (baritone), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti.
1 août 2002 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : WAGNER - BBC Radio 3. Donald Macleod explores Wagner's lifelong belief in the redemptive powers of love. Tristan und Isolde (Act 1, excerpt) Helga Dernesch (mezzo), John Vickers (tenor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan Tannhäuser (Act 2, excerpt) Anja Silja (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Final duet (Siegfried) Birgit Nilsson (soprano),
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti Gotterdammerung: Brunnhilde 's immolation Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
13 juillet 2003 : SOMMAR OG VINTER I P1 (Suède). Émission de télé-réalité. 60 min. Voix de Birgit Nilsson.
26 juillet 2003 : SUMMER SELECTION (BBC RADIO 3) : This week's guest presenter is comedy writer and broadcaster Armando lanucci , whose eclectic taste ranges from Monteverdi to Paul Creston and includes Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing Mahler and Keith Jarrett playing Shostakovich. Including at approximately: 10.05 Wagner Duet. Act 2: Tristan und Isolde Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm
2004 : TURANDOT. Film d’ animation italien de Il Nam Kim. La bande son présente des extraits de l’ enregistrement réalisé à Rome en 1960 sous la direction d’ Erich Leinsdorf avec Birgit Nilsson, Jussi Bjorling, Mario Sereni, Renata Tebaldi.
3 mars 2004 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : STRAUSS (BBC RADIO 3) Elektra's Monologue (Elektra, Act 1) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna PO, conductor George Solti
Août 2004 : L’ ÉQUIPIER. Film de Philippe Lioret (Lama Film Festival). Soundtrack : Nel di della vittoria io le incontrai (Macbeth) performed by Birgit Nilsson and Giuseppe Taddei. Orchestra dell accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Thomas Schippers.
26 août 2004 : CD MASTERS (BBC RADIO 3) Presented by Jonathan Swain. Wagner Die Walkure, Act 3 (conclusion) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Theo Adam (bass), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm
17 novembre 2004 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : WAGNER - BBC Radio 3. A Plaster Saint. Wagner's magnetic personality attracted many champions of his music, but his supporters often found themselves used and betrayed. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Gotterdammerung, Act 2, Scene 4 (excerpt) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna PO, conductor Georg Solti. Prologue, Sunrise and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna PO, conductor Georg Solti
10 juin 2005 : 12 MIDNIGHT WITH ROB COWAN (BBC RADIO 3) To close The Beethoven Experience, a recreation of the epic 1808 concert that the composer put on in Vienna's Theater an der Wien, which saw the first performances of at least three of the composer's greatest works. Music includes: Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
Ah! Perfido, Op 65 Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia, conductor Heinz Wallberg Piano Concerto No 4 in G Leon Fleisher
25 décembre 2005 : Décès de Birgit Nilsson.
14 février 2006 : BBC RADIO 3 - VOICES. Tribute to Birgit Nilsson lain Burnside presents a tribute to one of the greatest Wagnerian singers of the 20th century, the Swedish dramatic soprano, Birgit Nilsson , who died on Christmas Day at the age of 87.
23 février 2006 : THROUGH THE NIGHT (BBC RADIO 3) With Susan Sharpe. Wagner Brunnhildes Abschied (Götterdämmerung) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), conductor Pierre Monteux
23 juillet 2006 ! YHE COWAN COLLECTION (BBC RADIO 3) with Rob Cowan. Wagner Immolation scene (Gotterdammerung) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski
2006 : Publication d’un album d’enregistrements Live provenant des archives de l’Opéra royal de Stockholm 1955-1959.
5 janvier 2007 : CD MASTERS (BBC RADIO 3) Presented by Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain Sieczynski Wien du Stadt meiner Traume Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
26 février 2007 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : RICHARD WAGNER (BBC RADIO 3) 1/5. Musical Colossus. Donald Macleod looks at the musical achievements of Wagner. Prelude, Act 3: Die Walkure (The Ride of the Valkyries) Berit Lindholm , Birgit Nilsson , Marilyn Tyler , Vera Little and Vera Schlosser (sopranos), Brigitte Fassbaender and Helga Dernesch (mezzos), Claudia Hellmann and Helen Watts (contraltos), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
28 février 2007 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : RICHARD WAGNER - BBC Radio 3. A Plaster Saint. Wagner's magnetic personality attracted many champions for his music, but his supporters often found themselves used and betrayed. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Gotterdammerung, Act 2, Scene 4 (extract) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti. Prologue, Sunrise and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
4 novembre 2007 : THROUGH THE NIGHT (BBC RADIO 3) With Susan Sharpe. Wagner: Brunnhilde's Abschied (Götterdämmerung)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor)
31 décembre 2007 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : GIACOMO PUCCINI (BBC RADIO 3) Straniero ascolta... Figlio del Cielo (Turandot, Act 2)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Franco Corelli (tenor) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)
26 mars 2008 : CLASSICAL COLLECTION / BBC RADIO 3. Presented by Sarah Walker. Strauss Elektra (conclusion) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Marie Collier (mezzo), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
9 août 2008 : CD REVIEW (BBC RADIO 3) With Andrew MacGregor : WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle) (recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in September and October 1957) Das Rheingold: Hans Hotter, Otakar Krauss, Erich Witt, Kurt Böhme; Die Walküre: Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Sylvia Fisher, Ramón Vinay; Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Peter Klein, Birgit Nilsson; Götterdämmerung: Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Kurt Böhme, Hermann Uhde Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Rudolf Kempe (conductor) Mono Recording Testament SBT131426 (13 CDs, Budget)
26 septembre 2008 : BREAKFAST (BBC RADIO 3) Presented by Rob Cowan, Weber Ozean du Ungeheuer (Oberon) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Heinz Wallberg.
7 octobre 2008 : CLASSICAL COLLECTION (BBC RADIO 3) With James Jolly. Songs by Barber, Rangstrom and Kuulu, featuring Cherl Studer , Birgit Nilsson and Karita Mattila.
8 octobre 2008 : CLASSICAL COLLECTION (BBC RADIO 3) With James Jolly : Strauss Salome (excerpt) Salome: Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Jokanaan: Eberhard Wachter (bass) Narraboth: Waldemar Kmentt (tenor) First Soldier Zenon Kosnowski (bass) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 414 414-2
27 octobre 2008 : BREAKFAST (BBC RADIO 3) BEETHOVEN Egmont - Overture & Die Trommel gerühret Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer (conductor) EMI CDM5 67335-2 Tr 7 & 8
25 janvier 2009 : RADIO 3 REQUESTS (BBC RADIO 3) : Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including Mozart: Don Giovanni No.10 'Or sai chi l'onore' Donna Anna - Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Don Ottavio - Peter Schreier (tenor), Orchestra of the National Theatres in Prague, Karl Bohm (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon, 429 870-2, CD1, track 22 and 23
12 février 2009 : CLASSICAL COLLECTION (BBC RADIO 3) : With Sarah Walker. Waqner Prelude andLiebestod (Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Georg Solti
25 avril 2009 : CLASSICAL COLLECTION / BBC RADIO 3. introduced by Sarah Walker.. Wagner Inbrunst im Herzen; Das sah ich ihn (Tannhauser) Lauritz Melchior (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Albert Coates Elsa's Dream (Lohengrin) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Leopold Ludwig DerAugen leuchtendes Paar (Die Walkure) John Tomlinson (bass), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
28 avril 2009 : CLASSICAL COLLECTION (BBC RADIO 3) With Sarah Walker. Including Wagner: Elsa's Dream (Lohengrin) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Leopold Ludwig (conductor)
13 juin 2009 : BREAKFAST (BBC RADIO 3) The complete Breakfast playlist for weekend editions of the programme is posted online on the Monday following broadcast. RICHARD STRAUSS Orest! From Elektra Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 4173452, CD2 T.8
11 octobre 2009 : SUNDAY MORNING (BBC RADIO 3) Iain Burnside explores music centring on extremes - high and low, loud and soft, great and small. He joined by Christopher Potter, author of You Are Here, A Portable History of the Universe, and presents music by Mozart, Wagner, Webern and Nancarrow. Wagner: Gotterdammerung (end) Birgit Nilsson (Brunnhilde) Vienna Philharmonic Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 414 115-2 CD4 Tr 15
29 novembre 2009 : TORSDAG 24. NOVEMBER (THE KILLING). Épisode diffusé au Danemark. Téléfilm de Kristoffer Nyholm. Soundtrack : Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) conducted by Leopold Ludwig, performed by Birgit Nilsson.
12 juin 2010 : THROUGH THE NIGHT (BBC RADIO 3) Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (Salome (Op.54), final scene) Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Irene Dalis (Herodias), Karl Liebl (Herod), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Karl Böhm (conductor)
1 novembre 2012 : Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883) Brunnhildes Abschied -- from Götterdämmerung (1876) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
17 janvier 2013 : ESSENTIAL CLASSICS (BBC RADIO 3) A selection of music, including Wagner: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music (Die Walküre) Hans Hotter (Wotan) Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde) Philharmonia Orchestra Leopold Ludwig (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1201
19 mars 2013 : THROUGH THE NIGHT 'BBC RADIO 3) Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883) Brunnhildes Abschied -- from Götterdämmerung (1876)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
29 août 2013 : THROUGH THE NIGHT (BBC RADIO 3) Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883) Brunnhildes Abschied -- from Götterdämmerung (1876)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor).
30 octobre 2014 : THROUGH THE NIGHT (BBC RADIO 3) Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883) Brünnhildes Abschied -- from Götterdämmerung (1876) Birgit Nilsson (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
28 juin 2015 : PAPPANO'S CLASSICAL VOICES (BBC FOUR)
Series in which conductor Sir Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types - soprano, tenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone and bass. Through discussion, demonstrations and workshops, Pappano explores every aspect of the art of great singing.
Behind every great voice is not just a rock-solid technique, but also a unique personality. As well as specially shot interviews and workshops with stars such as Jose Carreras, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Bryn Terfel, Juan Diego Florez, Christa Ludwig, Thomas Allen, Felicity Palmer, John Tomlinson and Sarah Connolly, Pappano examines key performances from some of history's great operatic icons - Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland - as well as those of singers from the more recent past, such as Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Peter Pears and Janet Baker (...)
He begins with the soprano - at the heart of nearly every opera, although she isn't always alive come the final curtain. Tragic heroines, warriors, feisty servants, divas - the soprano sings some of the most fabulous roles in opera. But while the prima donna may suffer on stage, she doesn't suffer fools off it. The great sopranos have always been larger-than-life characters, adored by their public and, in the case of Maria Callas, famous far beyond the opera house, her private life of as much fascination to the press as her singing.
But how does the soprano carry off these vocally and dramatically demanding roles? How does the body work to produce the sound, and what techniques are at play? How do you make yourself heard up in the gods if you're competing with a huge orchestra? What is going on in a soprano's throat, indeed her whole body? How does she sing coloratura? What effect does vibrato have on us, the listeners?
To find out, Pappano looks in detail at performances from some of the legendary sopranos of the modern era - Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, and Renata Tebaldi. And sharing their secrets are some of the leading sopranos of today - Anna Netrebko, Barbara Hannigan, Carolyn Sampson, Diana Damrau, and Eva-Maria Westbroek. Show less
8 juillet 2016 : THROUGH THE NICHT (BBC RADIO 3) Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883) Brunnhildes Abschied -- from Götterdämmerung (1876)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
13 septembre 2016 : THROUGH THE NIGHT (BBC RADIO 3) Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883) Brunnhildes Abschied -- from Götterdämmerung (1876) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
2016 : Nouveau billet de banque en Suède à l'effigie de Birgit Nilsson.
17 mai 2018 : Göteborg. Concert célébrant le centenaire de Birgit Nilsson. Chef d'orchestre : Kjell Ingebretsen. Interprètes : Anna Lena Persson, Christine Nilsson, Nina Stemme, Irene Theorin, Katarina Dalayman, Elisabet Strid, Anne-Louise Lögdlund, Matilda Paulsson. Oeuvres de Verdi, Richard Strauss, Wagner, Puccini.
19 mai 2018 : Stockholm. Concert célébrant le centenaire de Birgit Nilsson. Chef d'orchestre : Alan Gilbert. Interprètes : Christine Nilsson, Cornelia Beskow, Michael Weinius, Nina Stemme. Oeuvres de Wagner, Puccini, Weber.
8 septembre 2018 : RECORD REVIEW (BBC RADIO 3) : Kate Kennedy chooses five indispensable recordings of works by Edward Elgar, one of the featured composers at the 2018 BBC Proms, and explains why they need to be heard. Flora Willson picks highlights from a new box set of live recordings celebrating the centenary of legendary dramatic soprano Birgit Nilsson.
22 mars 2019 : BIRGIT NILSSON - A LEAGUE OF HER OWN. Film documentaire de Thomas Voigt et Wolfgang Wunderlich. Overview of the career and life of soprano Birgit Nilsson, with brief samples of her singing (IMDB). Brèves interviews de Placido Domingo, Valérie Solti, Joseph Volfe (Directeur général du MET de 1990 à 2006), Marilyn Horne, Brian Large, Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano, August Everding, Sir John Tooley (Directeur général du Royal Opera House, Londres, de 1970 à 1988), Rutbert Reisch (Président de la Fondation Birgit Nilsson), Eva Wagner Pasquier (Arrière petite-fille de Richard Wagner), Christa Ludwig, Barry Tucker (fils de Richard Tucker), Clemens Hellsberg (Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne), Victor Callegari (Responsable du département maquillage du MET de 1966 à 2010), Joachim Fuchsenberger (acteur), Otto Schenk, Nina Stemme. ENREGISTREMENT VIDÉO. 86 min.
22 août 2019 : EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (BBC RADIO 3) Live from the Edinburgh International Festival the Dunedin Consort is joined by music director John Butt on harpsichord for a selection of Bach’s iconic work for keyboards. Joining them are three further leading harpsichord players; Richard Egarr, Diego Ares and Thomas Foster for performances of Bach’s concertos for three and four harpsichords alongside his lively Brandenburg Concerto No 5 and his Italian Concerto, which forced one critic to admit it ‘is to be regarded as a perfect model’. Presented by Kate Molleson.. Interval: Soprano Birgit Nilsson, the Vienna Philharmonic and Sir Georg Solti perform highlights from Wagner's Gotterdammerung.
12 juin 2020 : DA 5 BLOODS - Frères de sang. Film de Spike Lee sorti sur internet. Soundtrack : Die Walkure (Wagner) - Ride of the Valkyries performed by Birgit Nilsson, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudia Hellmann, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Marilyn Tyler, Vera Schlosser, Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Georg Solti.
20 juin 2020 : SATURDAY LIVE - INHERITANCE TRACKS (BBC RADIO 4) Mr Soft's Cockney Rebel, Birgit Nilsson singing Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde
15 mai 2021 : THIS CLASSICAL LIFE (BBC RADIO 3) Jess Gillam talks to contralto Jess Dandy about the music they love, from Wagner to The Waterboys. Wagner - Gotterdammerung, WWV 86D / Act 3: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti)
20 septembre 2021 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK (BBC RADIO 3) agner selects the town of Bayreuth as the site for his new theatre, but the costs quickly spiral out of hand. Presented by Donald Macleod. This week, Donald Macleod follows Wagner on his decades-long journey to realise his dream of building his own music theatre, and establishing a festival there dedicated to his music. We see how Wagner’s revolutionary ideas and vaulting ambition struggled against the reality of securing supporters, raising finances, and inspiring audiences. Today: Wagner puts his troubled relationship with King Ludwig behind him. He starts up an ambitious new theatre project in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, but will the composer be able to meet the enormous financial challenges without Ludwig’s help? Gotterdämmerung: Prologue, Sunrise and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey Birgit Nilsson, soprano (Brünnhilde) Wofgang Windgassen, tenor (Siegfried) Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
30 septembre 2021 : COMPOSER OF THE WEEK : RICHARD WAGNER (BBC RADIO 3)
This week, Donald Macleod follows Wagner on his decades-long journey to realise his dream of building his own music theatre, and establishing a festival there dedicated to his music. We see how Wagner’s revolutionary ideas and vaulting ambition struggled against the reality of securing supporters, raising finances, and inspiring audiences.
Today: Wagner’s Festival Theatre at Bayreuth is finally complete, after many years of struggle. Now all he has to do is put together an orchestra, a company of singers, an entire production team, and mount the most ambitious opera cycle ever conceived. If that wasn’t enough pressure, the whole world is watching to see how he does.
Siegfried: Act 3, “Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht!” (Brünhilde’s awakening)
Birgit Nilsson, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Wofgang Windgassen, tenor (Siegfried)
Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
28 octobre 2021 : ARMY OF THIEVES. Film de Matthias Schweighofer sorti sur internet. Soundtrack : Siegfried (Wagner) performed by Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti.
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