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Jeudi 28 juin 1951 : GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA : IDOMENEO. (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) The original version edited for performance by Hans Gal
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Chorus-Master, John Pritchard ) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, David McCallum) Continuo: Karel Horitz (cello) and John Pritchard (harpsichord) Conducted by Fritz Busch Produced by Carl Ebert From Glyndebourne. Ilia, a Trojan princess, daughter of Priam: Sena Jurinac. Idamante, prince of Crete, son of Idomeneo: Leopold Simoneau. Arbace, counsellor to Idomeneo: Alfred Poell. Electra, daughter of Agamemnon: Birgit Nilsson. Idomeneo, king of Crete: Richard Lewis. High priest of Neptune: Alexander Young. The voice of Neptune: Bruce Dargavel.

Samedi 14 juillet 1951 : GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA PRESENTS : IDOMENEO (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) The original version edited for performance by Hans Gal Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Chorus-Master, John Pritchard ) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, David McCallum) Continuo: Karel Horitz (cello) and John Pritchard (harpsichord) Conducted by Fritz Busch Produced by Carl Ebert From Glyndebourne. Ilia, a Trojan princess, daughter of Priam: Sena Jurinac. Idamante, prince of Crete, son of Idomeneo: Leopold Simoneau. Arbace, counsellor to Idomeneo: Alfred Poell. Electra, daughter of Agamemnon: Birgit Nilsson. Idomeneo, king of Crete: Richard Lewis. High priest of Neptune: Alexander Young. The voice of Neptune: Bruce Dargavel.

Dimanche 19 décembre 1954 LOHENGRIN (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) A romantic opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (sung in German) Chorus-Master: Wilhelm Pitz. Conducted By: Eugen Jochum. Producer: Wolfgang Wagner. A Herald (baritone): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Henry the Fowler, King of Germany (bass): Theo Adam. Frederick of Telramund, a Brabantine Count (baritone): Hermann Uhde. Elsa of Brabant (soprano): Birgit Nilsson. Lohengrin, Knight of the Grail (tenor): Wolfgang Windgassen. Ortrud, wife of Frederick (soprano): Astrid Varnay.

Mardi 23 juillet 1957 : BAYREUTH FESTIVAL (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME).  TRISTAN UND ISOLDE' Music drama in three acts Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival CONDUCTED BY WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH Producer, Wolfgang Wagner (Relayed from the Bayreuth Festival by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk) Tristan: Wolfgang Windgassen. Isolde, daughter of the king of Ireland: Birgit Nilsson. Marke, king of Cornwall: Arnold van Mill. Kurwenal, Tristan's henchman: Gustav Neidlinger. Melot, false friend of Tristan: Fritz Uhl. Brangane, Isolde's attendant: Grace Hoffman. A shepherd: Fritz Wunderlich. A young sailor: Walter Geisler.

Vendredi 27 septembre 1957 : DIE WALKÜRE (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) Music drama in three acts (sung in German) Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor) Conducted by Rudolf Kempe From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.) (The Introductions are recorded) Introductions: Ernest Newman. Siegmund: Ramon Vinay. Wotan: Hans Hotter. Hunding: Frederick Dalberg. Brünnhilde: Birgit Nilsson. Sieglinde: Sylvia Fisher. Fricka: Georgine von Milinkovic. Gerhilde: Amy Shuard. Ortlinde: Una Hale. Waltraute: Edith Coates. Schwertleite: Jean Watson. Helmwige: June Grant. Siegrune: Noreen Berry. Grimgerde: Barbara Howitt. Rossweisse: Marjorie Thomas.

Mardi 1 octobre 1957 : SIEGFRIED. Music drama in three acts (sung in German) Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor) Conducted by Rudolf Kempe. Act 1: A cave in a forest. 7.25 app. Interval 7.37 app. Introduction by Ernest Newman to 7.45 app. "Siegfried" Act 2: The depths of the forest 9.0 app. Interval 9.10 app. Introduction by Ernest Newman to 9.20 app. "Siegfried" Act 3. Mime: Peter Klein. Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen. The Wanderer: Hans Hotter. Alberich: Otakar Kraus. Fafner: Frederick Dalberg. The Woodbird: Jeannette Sinclair. Erda: Maria von Ilosvay. Brunnhilde: Birgit Nilsson.

Vendredi 4 octobre 1957 : WAGNER - DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN : DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) Introduction by Ernest Newman to (Gotterdammerung) [at] 6.0 pm
Music drama in a prelude and three acts (sung in German)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus (Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson)
Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor)
Conducted by Rudolf Kempe
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.) 

Chorus-Master: Douglas Robinson. Musicians: Covent Garden Orchestra. Leader: Charles Taylor. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe. Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen. Gunther: Hermann Uhde. Alberich: Otakar Kraus. Hagen: Kurt Boehme. Brünnhilde: Birgit Nilsson. Gutrume: Elisabeth Lindermeier. Woglinde: Joan Sutherland. Wellgunde: Una Hale. Flosshilde: Marjorie Thomas. Waltraute/First Norn: Maria Von Ilosvay. Second Norn: Constance Shacklock. Third Norn: Amy Shuard.

Dimanche 10 novembre 1957 : WAGNER TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) Music drama in three acts Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival CONDUCTED BY WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH Producer, Wolfgang Wagner. Tristan: Wolfgang Windgassen. Isolde, daughter of the King of Ireland: Birgit Nilsson. Marke, King of Cornwall: Arnold van Mill. Kurwenal, Tristan's henchman: Hans Hotter. Melot false friend of Tristan: Fritz Uhl. Brangane, Isolde's attendant: Grace Hoffman. A shepherd: Hermann Winkler. A young sailor: Walter Geisler. A steersman: Egmont Koch.

Dimanche 13 juillet 1958 : SINGING STAR - BBC HOME SERVICE. Records of some of the young singers now making the headlines in opera.
Presented by Cedric Wallis. This week: Birgit Nilsson and Carlo Bergonzi

Mardi 30 août 1960 : THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER - BBC HOME SERVICE. WAGNER. Gramophone records of scenes from ' The Flying Dutchman ' and ' Tannhauser,' and of the Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde' sung by Birgit Nilsson.

Jeudi 30 mars 1961 : TURANDOT (BBC HOME SERVICE) Cedric Wallis introduces excerpts from the opera by Puccini The cast includes: with the Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf on gramophone records. Turandot: Birgit Nilsson. Calaf: Jussi Bjorling. Liu: Renata Tebaldi.

Dimanche 6 août 1961 : YOUR CONCERT CHOICE. BBC HOME SERVICE. A requesti programme of records
Introduced by Denis Matthews Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde, Act 2 (Wagner) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Fritz Uhl (tenor) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Georg Solti La Mer (Debussy) NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Arturo Toscanini

Samedi 9 septembre 1961 : A RETURN TO THE SHRINE / 3RD PROGRAMME. A radio study of the Bayreuth Festival by Christopher Sykes
Compiled from material collected in Bayreuth by Christopher Sykes and Geoffrey Skelton in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk with the voices of Victoria de los Angeles Birgit Nilsson Grace Bumbry Hans Hopf David Ward and members of the Wagner family in interviews and operatic performances. Narrator, James McKechnie Reader. Denis McCarthy Production by Christopher Sykes

Dimanche 21 janvier 1962 : TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) Music-drama in three acts by RICHARD WAGNER sung in German on gramophone records Chorus of the GESELLSCHAFT DER MUSIKFREUNDE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by Georg Solti. A SAILOR: Waldemar Kmentt. ISOLDE. daughter of the King of Ireland: Birgit Nilsson. NE, her attendant: Regina Resnik. KURWENAL, Tristan's henchman: Tom Krause. Tristan, nephew of Marke: Fritz Uhl. MELOT, false friend of Tristan: Ernst Kozub. MARKE, King of Cornwall: Arnold Van Mill. A SHEPHERD: Peter Klein. A STEERSMAN: Theodor Kirschbichler.

Dimanche 16 décembre 1962 : GOTTERDAMMERUNG (BBC THIRD PROGRAMME) Music drama by Wagner Chorus and Orchestra of the BAYREUTH FESTIVAL Chorus-Master, Wilhelm Pitz Conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE Produced by Wolfgang Wagner.  Siegfried: Hans Hopf (tenor) Gunther: Marcel Cordes (baritone) Alberich: Otakar Kraus (baritone) Hagen: Gottlob Frick (bass) Brünnhilde: Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Gutrune: Jutta Meyfarth (soprano) Woglinde: Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Wellgunde: Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (soprano) Flosshilde: Sieglinde Wagner (contralto) waltraute: Margaret Bence (contralto) Three Norns: Elisabeth Schartel Three Norns: Grace Hoffmann Three Norns: Gertrude Hopf (soprano)

Lundi 27 mai 1963 : BBC RADIO 3 - Birgit Nilsson participe à l'émission radiophonique de la BBC, DESERT ISLAND DISCS. Cette émission, créée le 29 janvier 1942, invite régulièrement une personnalité à laquelle on demande de choisir les 8 pièces musicales, le livre et l'objet de luxe qu'elle aimerait emporter avec elle sur une île déserte. A cette demande, Birgit Nilsson répond en choisissant : 1. Leise, leise, fromme Weise (Der Freischutz) 2. Die Forelle (Schubert) 3. I could have danced all night. 4. Nessun dorma (Turandot) chanté par Jussi Björling. 5. Jeg elsker dig (Grieg) 6. le duo d'amour de Tristan und Isolde. 7. La scène finale de Salomé (Strauss) et enfin, la musique qu'elle aime le plus : 8. Le Liebestod de Tristan und Isolde. Elle choisit également comme livre : The second world war (Winston Churchill) et comme objet de luxe ; Swedish crossword puzzles.

Vendredi 7 juin 1963 : THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER - BBC HOME SERVICE. Wagner. Records of ' Forest Murmur; and part of the closing scene from ' Siegfried ' with BIRGIT NILSSON as Brunnhilde

Samedi 22 juin 1963 : DESERT ISLAND DISCS- BBC HOME SERVICE. Birgit Nilsson, international dramatic soprano, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight records she would take to a desert island.(Emission transmise le 27 mai)

Lundi 1 juillet 1963 : HOLLAND FESTIVAL CONCERT. First broadcast: Mon 1st Jul 1963, 20:15 on Third Programme. BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) CONCERTGEBOUW Orchestra Conducted by Pierre Monteux. Wagner. Part 1. Overture: Tannhauset. Siegfried Idyll. Prelude and Llcbestod
(Tristan and Isolde)

Mercredi 21 août 1963 : THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER - BBC HOME SERVICE. Richard Strauss. Records of the ' Dance of the Seven Veils ' and the closing scene from ' Salome ' with BIRGIT NILSSON in the title rôle.

Dimanche 26 janvier 1964 : MUSIC MAGAZINE / BBC HOME SERVICE. A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by JI'LIAN HERBAGE. Delius (1862-1934) today by ANTHONY PAYNE. Musical Profile: Birgit Nilsson by HAROLD ROSENTHAL
Brahms's Chamber Music by ALAN FRANK. Tricks of the Trade 1: Flattery by SIDNEY HARRISON

Vendredi 9 avril 1965 : BBC NETWORK 3 - BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) with WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN (tenor) in scenes from operas by Beethoven, Weber, Verdi, and Wagner on gramophone records.

Dimanche 16 mai 1965 : THE GOLDEN RING (BBC TWO) In this special double-length edition of Workshop, film and television cameras take you behind the scenes in Vienna during the recording sessions for Wagner's Gotterdammerung, described by Alec Robertson as the greatest achievement in the history of the gramophone'. The Vienna State Opera Chorus. Chorus Master, Wilhelm Pitz. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The conductor, Georg Solti. A BBC music documentary made as a co-production with the Austrian Television Service
Facilities by courtesy of the Decca Record Company Ltd. The singers - Brunnhilde: Birgit Nilsson. Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen. Hagen: Gottlob Frick. Gunther: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Gutrune: Claire Watson. The record producer: John Culshaw.

Vendredi 20 août 1965 : BBC NETWORK 3 - BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) with WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN (tenor) in scenes from operas by Beethoven, Weber, Verdi, and Wagner on gramophone records

Vendredi 17 décembre 1965 : BBC NETWORK 3 - Birgit Nilszson sings arias from operas by Verdi. Wagner , and Weber on gramophone records.

Dimanche 19 décembre 1965 : WHAT' S NEW ? / NETWORK 3 : A weekly programme of recent records. Songs (Sibehus) Was it a dream? Autumn Night The Tryst Birgit Nilsson (soprano) with the Vienna Opera Orchestra Conducted by Bertil Bokstedt

Jeudi 20 janvier 1966 : BAYREUTH BACKSTAGE (NETWORK THREE) A new ' Ring'. An account by GEOFFREY SKEL TON and CHRISTOPHER SYKES of Wieland Wagner 's 1965 production of 'The Ring' at the Bayreuth Festival. The programme includes recordings of rehearsals and performances. with BIRGIT NILSSON as Briinnhllde THEO ADAM as Wotan and Joser GREINDL as The Wanderer Also an interview with WIELAND WAGNER

Vendredi 1 avril 1966 : OVERTURE / NETWORK 3. Spring (Grieg) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) with the VIENNA OPERA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by BERTIL BOKSTEDT

Vendredi 2 septembre 1966 : WAGNER. BBC NETWORK THREE. Gramophone records of excerpts from his music-drama Cötterdämmerung with BIRGIT NILSSON DIETRICHFlSCHER-DlESKAU GOTTLOB FRICK WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORG SOLTI stereophonic broadcast

Lundi 5 septembre 1966 : BBC NETWORK 3 - BIRGIT NILSSON with the VIENNA OPERA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by BERTIL BOKSTEDT. Songs by Grieg Rangström , . and Sibelius on a gramophone record. Stereophonic broadcast

Mardi 27 septembre 1966 : ORCHESTRAS OF LONDON / NETWORK THREE : Recitative: Son giunta: Aria: Madre pietosa vergine (Act 2); Pace. pace (Act 4) (La Forza del Destino) (Verdi) Recitative: Bento finvennl Aria: Anch'io disciusio (Act 2. Nabucco) (Verdi) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) ROYAL OPERA HOUSE CHORUS Conducted by ARGEO QUADRI

Vendredi 25 novembre 1966 : MACBETH. BBC NETWORK THREE. Gramophone records of excerpts from Verdi's opera with GIUSEPPE TADDEI and BIRGIT NILSSON CHORUS AND Orchestra OF THE ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA, ROME Conducted by THOMAS SCHIPPERS tereoptionic broadcast.

Dimanche 4 décembre 1966 : GOTTERDAMMERUNG (NETWORK THREE). A music drama in a prelude and three acts by Wagner
Sung in German. Cast in order of singing: BAYREUTH FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Conducted by KARL BÖHM Produced by WIELAND WAGNER. First Norn: Vera Soukupova. Second Norn: Elsa Cavelti. Third Norn: Anja Silja. Brtinnhilde: Birgit Nilsson. Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen. Gunther: Thomas Stewart. Hagen: Josef Greindl. Gutrune: Ludmilla Dvorakova. Wattraute: Martha Mödl. Alberich: Gustav Neidlinger. Woglinde: Dorothea Siebert. Wellgunde: Helga Dernesch. Flosshilde: Ruth Hesse.

Vendredi 30 décembre 1966 : BBC NETWORK 3 - BIRGIT NILSSON. Gramophone records of arias and. scenes from Oberon (Weber)
Turandot and Götterdâmmerung (Wagner) with FRANCO CORELLI (tenor)

Mercredi 4 janvier 1967 : MIDDAY CONCERT / BBC NETWORK THREE. Beethoven Klarchen's Song: Die Trommel gerühret (Egmont) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) Klarchen's Death (Egmont) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER gramophone record

Vendredi 3 février 1967 : WAGNER - BBC NETWORK THREE. Records of excerpts from his music-drama Götterdämmerung with BIRGIT NILSSON :
DIETRICH Fischer-Dieskau GOTTLOB FRICK, WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN and the VIENNA Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by GEORG SOLTI

Vendredi 23 juin 1967 : UN BALLO IN MASCHERA. (BBC NETWORK THREE). A gramophone record of excerpts from Verdi's opera with BIRGIT NILSSON GIULIETTA SIMIONATO SYLVIA STAHLMAN CARLO BERGONZL. CORNELL MACNEIL and the Chorus AND Orchestra OF THE ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA. ROME Conducted by GEORG SOLTt

Jeudi 29 juin 1967 : TURANDOT (BBC NETWORK THREE) Opera in three acts Music by Puccini completed by FRANCO ALFANO Libretto by GIUSEPPE ADAMI and RENATO SIMONI after Gozzi Sung in Italian gramophone records CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE OPERA HOUSE, ROME Conducted by FRANCESCO MOLINARI-PRADELLI. Princess Turandot - BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) Liu, a young slave girl - RENATA Scotto (soprano) Timur, the dethroned king of Tartary - BONALDO GIAIOTTI (bass) Prince Calaf. his son - FRANCO CORELLI (tenor) The Emperor Altoum - ANGELO MERCURIALI (tenor) Ping, the Grand ChanceUor - GUIDO MAZZINI (bass) Pang, the General Purveyor - FRANCO RICCIARDI (tenor) Pong, the Chief Cook - PIERO DE PALMA (tenor) A Mandarin - GIUSEPPE MORRESI (bass)

Vendredi 28 juillet 1967 : TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - BBC NETWORK THREE. A gramophone record of the Love Duet (Act 2) sung by BIRGIT NILSSON and FRITZ UHL with the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORG SOLTI

Jeudi 5 octobre 1967 : SHOWCASE - BBC Radio 3. A programme of recently released records. Fidelio - BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) JAMES McCRACKEN (tenor) KURT BOEHME (bass). VIENNAPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by LORIN MAAZEL

Mardi 5 décembre 1967 : MACBETH. BBC RADIO 3. Excerpts from Verdi's opera, with BIRGIT NILSSON , BRUNO PREVEDI
GIUSEPPE TADDEI , GIOVANNI FOIANI and the CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA, ROME Conducted by THOMAS SCHIPPERS gramophone records

Vendredi 29 décembre 1967 : THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER : BEETHOVEN / BBC RADIO 3. Arias: Die Trommel geriihret; Freudvoll und Leidvoll (
Egmontl BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) PHILHARMONIA Orchestra Conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER

Lundi 11 mars 1968 : TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - BBC RADIO 3. Love Duet from Act 2 of Wagner's opera, sung by BIRGIT NILSSON and FRITZ UHL with the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORG SoLTi

Samedi 27 avril 1968 : INTERNATIONAL CONCERT HALL / BBC RADIO 4. Rome. Records including music by Rossini, Marcello, Respighi, Vivaldi. and Mendelssohn; and the Triumph Scene from Verdi's Aida. VIRTUOSI bi ROMA. ROME POLYPHONIC CHOIR I Musici
BIRGIT NILSSON , FRANCO CORELLI GRACE BUMBRY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ROME OPERA HOUSE Conducted by ZUBIN MEHTA

Mercredi 20 novembre 1968 : THE VIENNA STATE OPERA / BBC RADIO 4 : A portrait in words and music by Nigel Douglas with the voices of MARIA CALLAS MARIO DEL MONACO, LISA DELLA Casa GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO NIGEL DOUGLAS. Tito GOBBI ADÈLE LEIGH, CHRISTA LUDWIG ANNA MOFFO , BIRGIT NILSSON ALFRED PICCAVER , PAUL SCHOEFFLER ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF Leo SLEZAK , RICHARD TAUBER
JON VICKERS , EBERHARD WACHTER LJUBA WELITSCH WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN Nigel Douglas , who started his professional career in Vienna, is now . principal tenor with the Zurich Opera. Produced by GEORGE FISCHER

Jeudi 6 novembre 1969 : DURING THE INTERVAL - BBC Radio 3. Conversations u-ith Singers, BIRGIT NILSSON , BORIS CHRISTOFF and HANS HOTTER talk to JOHN amis (BBC Sound Archives recording)