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Nilsson, Birgit [Marta Birgit]
Svennsson
interprete, Sanger, sangerinde, Soloist: Gesang, soprano, vocals
born: 17 May 1918 |
West Karup, Sweden |
Source: 1 |
active: |
Stuttgart, Germany |
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Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 08 Feb 1951 |
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perf: 1952 |
Genova, Italy (E.A. Comunale dell'Opera) |
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perf: 00 Mar 1952 |
Genova, Italy (Carlo Felice) |
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ano del debut en el teatro Colon: 1955 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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perf: 1957-1958 |
Lisbon, Portugal (S. Carlos) |
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perf: 1957-1958 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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perf: 1958-1959 |
Lisbon, Portugal (S. Carlos) |
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debut with Paris Opera: 1966 |
Paris, France |
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Espectaculos Liricos
p. 1387-1406 In:
Moreau, Mario
O teatro de S. Carlos : dois seculos de historia
Vol. II
Lisboa: Hugin Editores, 1999, 713-1424 p.
Number of People : 3,866
Soloisten
p. 170-184 In:
Reif, Ruth Renee
Die Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, ein historisches Portrat
Herausgegeben von der Gessellschaft der Freunde der Stuttgarter Philharmonica
Tubingen: Silberburg-Verlag, 1999
Number of People : 1,958
Radiches, James-Daniel
Chapin, Schuyler
Sopranos, mezzos, tenors, bassos, and other friends
By Schuyler Chapin.
Photographs and captions by James-Daniel Radiches
New York: Crown Publishers, 1995, 266 p.
Personregister
p. 332-355 In:
Number of People : 1,121
Hunt, John
Six Wagnerian sopranos : Leider, Flagstad, Varnay, Modl, Nilsson, Jones
Discographies compiled by John Hunt
London: John Hunt, 1994, 282 p.
Addenda und Corrigenda zu den Banden 1 und 2
p. 1125-1474 In:
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband II
Number of People : 2,140
Parte Quarta. Indice degli Artisti
p. 479-603 In:
Tanasini, Gino
Iovino, Roberto
Mattion, Beana
I palcoscenici della lirica : cronologia dal Falcone al nuovo Carlo Felice (1645-1992)
Genova: SAGEP, 1993, 606 p.
Number of People : 6,779
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.
Number of People : 11,539
Cummings, David M.
McIntire, Dennis K.
International who's who in music and musician's directory
(in the classical and light classical fields)
Twelfth edition 1990/91
Consultant editors David M. Cummings; Dennis K. McIntire
Cambridge, England: International Who's Who in Music, 1991
Number of People : 8,178
Blair, Donald S.
Great opera singers of the twentieth century 1927-1990
Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991
Addenda und Corrigenda zum Hauptwerk
p. 1133-1954 In:
Kutsch, Karl J.
Riemens, Leo
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband [I]
Bern: Francke, 1991, 2002 columns
Number of People : 4,103
McGovern, Dennis
Winer, Deborah Grace
I remember too much : 89 opera stars speak candidly of their work, their lives, and their colleagues
By Dennis McGovern and Deborah Grace Winer
New York: William Morrow, 1990, 415 p.
Godefroid, Philippe
Divines & divas
Paris: Editions Plumi, 1989
Performer Index : Vocalists
p. 503-540 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 2,094
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 20,297
Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989
Number of People : 2,306
Irrgeher, Heinz / Dr.
Dusek, Peter / Dr.
Springer, Georg / Dr.
Parschalk, Volkmar / Dr.
Nicht nur Tenore : das Beste aus der Opernwerkstatt
Herausgeber: Freunde der Wiener Staatsoper; Dr. Peter Dusek; Dr. Heinz Irrgeher; Dr. Volkmar Parschalk; Dr. Georg Springer
Wien: Jugend und Volk, 1988
Oper 1987
Ein Jahrbuch der Zeitschrift "Opernwelt"
Velber: Erhard Friedrich Verlag, 1987.
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon
Bern: Francke, 1987, 3452 columns in two volumes p.
Number of People : 6,910
Kesting, Jurgen
Die grossen sanger
Dusseldorf: Claassen, 1986, 3 VOLS p.
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Performer Index : Vocalists
p. 748-770 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.
Number of People : 3,542
Mordden, Ethan
Demented : the World of the Opera Diva
New York: Franklin Watts, 1984. 310 p.
       24 illus., 27-item bibliography, index.
Hodson, Phillip
Who's who in Wagner
An a to Z look at his life and work
New York: Macmillan, 1984, 182 p.
Leading Female Singers, 1671-1982
p. 345-348 In:
Pitou, Spire
The Paris opera.
An encyclopedia of operas, ballets, composers, and performers; genesis and glory, 1671-1715
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983
Indice de Cantantes
p. 481-488 In:
Valenti Ferro, Enzo
Las voces : teatro Colon 1908-1982
Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglainone, 1983
Number of People : 692
Hines, Jerome
Great singers on great singing
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982, 356 p.
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Unvergangliche Stimmen Sangerlexikon
Karl J. Kutsch, Leo Riemens
Bern: Francke, 1982, 782 p.
Number of People : 3,755
Steiner, Christian
Jacobson, Robert M.
Scott, Michael
Opera people
Introduction by Michael Scott
Photographs Christian Steiner
Text by Robert M. Jacobson
New York: Vendome Press, 1982, 112 p.
Blyth, Alan (editor)
Opera on Record.
New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1982. 663 p.
       39 illus.
       1st edition London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1979
       Note: Select index of artists, opera discographies of 22 composers compiled by Malcolm Walker.
[Orchestra Members]
The above item is part of :
Muck, Peter
Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. Darstellung in Dokumentation im Auftrag des Berliner Orchesters. Dritter Band
Die Mitglieder des Orchesters, die Programme, die Konzertreisen ...
Verfassst von Peter Muck
Tutzing: Verlegt bei Hans Schneider, 1982, 509 p.
Number of People : 5,035
Jacobson, Robert M.
Steiner, Christian (photographs by)
Scott, Michael
Opera people.
Introduction by Michael Scott
New York: The Vendome Press, 1982. 112 p.
Schonberg, Harold C.
Facing the Music
New York: Summit Books, 1981.464 p.
       Note: A series of republlshed revlews and articles
Nilsson, Birgit
My memoirs in pictures
(Mina minnesbilder, engl.)
      dasselbe:
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1981.
New York: Da Capo Press [1982]. 127 S.
       Mit Ill.
      (Series: A Da Capo Paperback)
Indice degli Interpreti
p. 497-573 In:
Frassoni, Edilio
Due secoli di lirica a Genova
Vol. II (dal 1901 al 1960 e appendici fino al 1978)
Genova: Cassa di Risprimio~ di Genova e Imperia, 1980, 654 p.
Number of People : 6,663
Performer Index : Vocalist
p. 367- In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 6,282
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Feb 9, 1980, p. 9
       Note: return to America
50 entrevistas con gente importante del mundo de la musica
Barcelona: Ediciones de Nuevo Arte, 1980
50 [Cincuenta] entrevistas con gente importante del mondo de la musica
Barcelona: Ediciones de nuevo Arte Thor, 1980.236 p.
       96 illus.
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Nanquette, Claude
Anthologie des interpretes
Paris: Editions Stock, 1979.745, [4] p.
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
Ewen, David
Musicians since 1900 : performers in concert and opera
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978, 974 p.
Sguerzi, Angelo
Le stirpi canore.
Bologna: Edizioni Bongiovanni, 1978. 223 p.
Boltenstern, T.
Musiklexikon : Svensk 1900-talsmusik fan opera till pop; 2000 biografier; termer, instrument, ensembler, repertoar
Stockholm: Natur Och Kultur, 1978, 362 p.
Number of People : 1,737
Chapin, Schuyler
Musical Chairs : a life in the Arts
New York: Putnam, 1977.448 p.
       illus. index.
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Voci parallele
Bongiovanni Editore, 1977, 238 p.
Schang, F.C.
Visiting cards of prima donnas
New York: Vantage Press, 1977
Nilsson, Birgit
Mina minnesbilder.
Stockholm: Bonnier 1977. 120 S.
       Mit Ill.
Schoenfeld, Eva
Liebermann, Rolf
Opernjahre : Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen vor, auf und hinter der Buhne grosser Musiktheater.
Translated by Eva Schoenfeld from Actes et entractes
Paris, 1976. Munchen:Scherz Verlag, 1977.320 p.
       Index.
       Note: Insights from a General Director
Oper 1976
Ein Jahrbuch der Zeitschrift "Opernwelt"
Velber: Erhard Friedrich Verlag, 1976
Jefferson, Alan
The Glory of opera
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.192 p.
       illustr.
       Note: Part VII "Great Singers of the Twentieth Century"
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Feb 8, 1975, p. 48
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Jacobson, Robert
Reverberations. (interviews with the world's leading musicians)
New York: William Morrow, 1974
Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937
Number of People : 16,276
Sargeant, Winthrop
Divas
New York: Coward, McCann & Georghegan, 1973
Svenska ledamoter
p. 27 In:
Hillestrom, Gustaf
Matrikel 1771-1971 : Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien
Strangnas: Nordiska Musikforlaget i distribution, 1971, 286 p.
Number of People : 610
Honneger, Marc
Dictionnaire de la musique
Publie sous la direction de Marc Honneger
Number of People : 6,183
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Oct 10, 1970, p. 17
       Note: discusses her Wagnerian roles
Possiger, Gunter
Die grossen Sanger und Dirigenten
Munich: Wilhelm Heyne, 1968, 220 p.
Culshaw, John
Smith, Erik
Putting the Record Straight
The Autobiography of John Culshaw.
Edited posthumously by Erik Smith
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.362 p.
       index.
       Note: The author worked closely with many famous artists of the time
Culshaw, John
Ring Resounding
The Recording in Stereo of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
London: Secker & Warburg, 1967.284 p.
       20 illus., cast listings, index.
Oper 1966
Ein Jahrbuch der Zeitschrift "Opernwelt"
Velber: Erhard Friedrich Verlag, 1966-90.
Rosenthal, Harold David
Great singers of today
London: Calder and Boyars, 1966, 212 p.
Muller-Marein, Josef
Hannes, Reinhard
Meyer, Torben
Musikalske selvportraetter
Kobenhavn: Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1966.325 p.
       40 Illus.
Reinhardt, Hannes
Musikalske Selvportraetter
Kobenhavn: Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1966
Pujol, Ramon
Mundo lirico
Barcelona: Ediciones ROndas, 1965
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Jan 16, 1965, p. 15
Richards, John B.
Vegeto, Raffaele
Celletti, Rodolfo
Le grandi voci; dizionario critico; biografico dei cantanti con discografia operistica
Consulenti per le discografie: Raffaele Vegeto, John B. Richards
Direttore: Rodolfo Celletti
Roma: Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale, 1964, 1044 p.
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Apr 4, 1964, p. 27
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Feb 14, 1962, p. 15
       Note: discusses Turandot
Natan, Alex
Primadonna : Lob der Stimmen
Basil: Basilius Presse, 1962.142 p.
       discography of releases as of April 1961.
       96 illus.
       Note: Critical evaluations of fifty of the premiere female vocalists of this century.
Townend, P.
Who's who in music and musicians' international directory 1962
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962, 331 p.
Number of People : 3,194
[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Jan 9, 1960, p. 14
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]
Number of People : 8,662
Strakosch, Maurizio
L'impresario in angustie : Adelina Patti e altre stelle fuori della leggenda (1886-1893). Versione, introdusione e note de Eugenio Gara
Milano: Valentino Bompiani, 1940.381 p.
       illustr.
Monaldi, Gino
Cantanti celebri (1829-1929)
Roma: Edizione Tiber, 1929. 316 p.
       63 illus.
Elson, Louis Charles (editor)
Modern Music and Musicians for Vocalists. 2 vols
New York: The University Society, Inc., 1918. Vol. II, Opera: History and Guide. viii, 319-640 p.
       illustr.
Upton, George Putnam
Musical Memories : My Recollections of Celebrities of the Half Century 1850-1900.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1908. xiv, 345 p.
       47 illus., index.
Ferris, George Titus
Great Singers : Malibran to Materna. second series. new revised edition
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. xiii, 9-264 p.
       6 plates, 6 portraits.
       Note: 1st edition 1881. Reprint 1972
Kohut, Adolph
Die Gesangskoniginnen in den letzten drei Jahrhunderten. 2 vols
Berlin: Verlag Hermann Kuhz, n.d. [1906].
       255 p., 42 portraits.
       236 p. 19 portraits
Ryan, Thomas
Recollections of an Old Musician
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1899.
      Reprint:
1979. xvi, 274 p.
       46 Illus.
Courzon, Emmanuel Henri Parent de
Croquis d'artistes
Paris: Libraire Fishbacher, 1898. xiv, 252 p.
       16 portraits, iconography.
Kuhe, Wilhelm
My Musical Recollections
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1896. xxviii, 394 p.
       17 illus., Index.
       Note: A concert pianist's comments on his vocal contemporaries
Seidl, Anton (editor)
The Music of the Modern World illustrated in the lives and Works of the Greatest Modern Musicians and in Reproductions of Famous Paintings, etc ... 2 vols
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895
       Note: Originally issued in 25 fascicles for subscribers 1895]. xi, 236 p., 52 illus. vii, 348 p., 27 Illus.
       Note: Gold mine of Information
Stephens, Robert N.
Queens of Sang.
Troy: Nims and Knight, n.d. [1889]. unpaginated.
Mapleson, James Henry
The Mapleson Memoirs 1848-1888
New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1888.
      Reprint with annotations:
1966. 2 vols. xi, 372 p., viii, 319 p.
       portrait
       Note: He produced opera between 1858 and 1888
Strakosch, Maurizio
Souvenirs d'un impresario.
2nd edition
Arleaga y Pereira, Fernando
Celebridades musicales
Barcelona: Editorial Aristico de I.T.M. Gegul, 1886. 676 p.
       illustr.
Thurner, A.
Les reines de chant
Paris: A Hennuyer, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1883. 335 p.
       4 engravings by E. Abot
       Note: Saint-Huberty, Cinti-Damoreau, Malibran, Miolan-Carvalho
Flamant, Alexander
Das Reich der Tone : Bildnisse und Schilderungen berumter Kunstler und Kunsterlinnen.
Dresden: Wilhelm Streit Verlagshandlung, 1881 [1st edition 1880]. unpaginated.
Brown, Maynard (editor)
Operatic and Dramatic Album
London: E. Matthews & Sons, n.d. [c1877]. unpaginated, 61 illus. ?+fifty-three artists. Large folio with a full page lithograph of each artist.
Le nouvel opera : le monument : les artistes par x,y,z. edition d'artiste
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1875.339 p.
       portraits.
       Note: Indudes biographies with a portrait of twenty-nine singers
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