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Nilsson, Birgit [Marta Birgit]

also:

 Svennsson  

interprete, Sanger, sangerinde, Soloist: Gesang, soprano, vocals


born: 17 May 1918 West Karup, Sweden Source: 1  

active: Stuttgart, Germany  

Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 08 Feb 1951  

perf: 1952 Genova, Italy (E.A. Comunale dell'Opera)  
perf: 00 Mar 1952 Genova, Italy (Carlo Felice)  

ano del debut en el teatro Colon: 1955 Buenos Aires, Argentina  

perf: 1957-1958 Lisbon, Portugal (S. Carlos)  
perf: 1957-1958 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1958-1959 Lisbon, Portugal (S. Carlos)  

debut with Paris Opera: 1966 Paris, France  

The Music Sack has 95 items with information about Birgit [Marta Birgit] Nilsson:


 1999

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


 1999

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


 1995

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.

Number of People : 26


 1995

Personregister

p. 332-355 In:
Schepelern, Gerhard
Operaens historie i Danmark 1634-1975
Kobenhaven: Rosinante, 1995, 366 p.

Number of People : 1,121


 1994

Hunt, John
Six Wagnerian sopranos : Leider, Flagstad, Varnay, Modl, Nilsson, Jones
Discographies compiled by John Hunt
London: John Hunt, 1994, 282 p.

Number of People : 6


 1994

Addenda und Corrigenda zu den Banden 1 und 2

p. 1125-1474 In:
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband II
Bern: Francke, 1994

Number of People : 2,140


 1993

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


 1992

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


 1991

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


 1991

Blair, Donald S.
Great opera singers of the twentieth century 1927-1990
Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991

Number of People : 50


 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


 1990

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.

Number of People : 89


 1989

Godefroid, Philippe
Divines & divas
Paris: Editions Plumi, 1989

Number of People : 77


 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


 1989

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


 1989

Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989

Number of People : 2,306


 1988

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

Number of People : 22


 1987

Oper 1987
Ein Jahrbuch der Zeitschrift "Opernwelt"
Velber: Erhard Friedrich Verlag, 1987.

Number of People : 1


 1987

Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon
Bern: Francke, 1987, 3452 columns in two volumes p.

Number of People : 6,910


 1986

Kesting, Jurgen
Die grossen sanger
Dusseldorf: Claassen, 1986, 3 VOLS p.

Number of People : 261


 1986

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


 1985

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


 1984

Mordden, Ethan
Demented : the World of the Opera Diva
New York: Franklin Watts, 1984. 310 p.
       24 illus., 27-item bibliography, index.

Number of People : 27


 1984

Hodson, Phillip
Who's who in Wagner
An a to Z look at his life and work
New York: Macmillan, 1984, 182 p.

Number of People : 310


 1983

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

Number of People : 266


 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


 1982

Hines, Jerome
Great singers on great singing
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982, 356 p.

Number of People : 42


 1982

Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Unvergangliche Stimmen Sangerlexikon
Karl J. Kutsch, Leo Riemens
Bern: Francke, 1982, 782 p.

Number of People : 3,755


 1982

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.

Number of People : 37


 1982

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.

Number of People : 87


 1982

[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


 1982

Jacobson, Robert M.
Steiner, Christian (photographs by)
Scott, Michael
Opera people.
Introduction by Michael Scott
New York: The Vendome Press, 1982. 112 p.

Number of People : 29


 1981

Schonberg, Harold C.
Facing the Music
New York: Summit Books, 1981.464 p.
       Note: A series of republlshed revlews and articles

Number of People : 7


 1981

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)

Number of People : 1


 1980

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


 1980

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


 1980

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Feb 9, 1980, p. 9
       Note: return to America

Number of People : 1


 1980

50 entrevistas con gente importante del mundo de la musica
Barcelona: Ediciones de Nuevo Arte, 1980

Number of People : 51


 1980

50 [Cincuenta] entrevistas con gente importante del mondo de la musica
Barcelona: Ediciones de nuevo Arte Thor, 1980.236 p.
       96 illus.

Number of People : 26


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1979

Nanquette, Claude
Anthologie des interpretes
Paris: Editions Stock, 1979.745, [4] p.

Number of People : 72


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1978

Ewen, David
Musicians since 1900 : performers in concert and opera
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978, 974 p.

Number of People : 432


 1978

Sguerzi, Angelo
Le stirpi canore.
Bologna: Edizioni Bongiovanni, 1978. 223 p.

Number of People : 32


 1978

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


 1977

Chapin, Schuyler
Musical Chairs : a life in the Arts
New York: Putnam, 1977.448 p.
       illus. index.

Number of People : 3


 1977

Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Voci parallele
Bongiovanni Editore, 1977, 238 p.

Number of People : 200


 1977

Schang, F.C.
Visiting cards of prima donnas
New York: Vantage Press, 1977

Number of People : 38


 1977

Nilsson, Birgit
Mina minnesbilder.
Stockholm: Bonnier 1977. 120 S.
       Mit Ill.

Number of People : 1


 1976

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

Number of People : 7


 1976

Oper 1976
Ein Jahrbuch der Zeitschrift "Opernwelt"
Velber: Erhard Friedrich Verlag, 1976

Number of People : 2


 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"

Number of People : 29


 1975

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Feb 8, 1975, p. 48

Number of People : 1


 1975

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


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1974

Jacobson, Robert
Reverberations. (interviews with the world's leading musicians)
New York: William Morrow, 1974

Number of People : 34


 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


 1973

Sargeant, Winthrop
Divas
New York: Coward, McCann & Georghegan, 1973

Number of People : 6


 1971

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


 1970

Honneger, Marc
Dictionnaire de la musique
Publie sous la direction de Marc Honneger
Paris: Bordas, 1970-76

Number of People : 6,183


 1970

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Oct 10, 1970, p. 17
       Note: discusses her Wagnerian roles

Number of People : 1


 1968

Possiger, Gunter
Die grossen Sanger und Dirigenten
Munich: Wilhelm Heyne, 1968, 220 p.

Number of People : 205


 1968

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

Number of People : 9


 1967

Culshaw, John
Ring Resounding
The Recording in Stereo of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
London: Secker & Warburg, 1967.284 p.
       20 illus., cast listings, index.

Number of People : 7


 1966

Oper 1966
Ein Jahrbuch der Zeitschrift "Opernwelt"
Velber: Erhard Friedrich Verlag, 1966-90.

Number of People : 2


 1966

Rosenthal, Harold David
Great singers of today
London: Calder and Boyars, 1966, 212 p.

Number of People : 93


 1966

Muller-Marein, Josef
Hannes, Reinhard
Meyer, Torben
Musikalske selvportraetter
Kobenhavn: Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1966.325 p.
       40 Illus.

Number of People : 10


 1966

Reinhardt, Hannes
Musikalske Selvportraetter
Kobenhavn: Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1966

Number of People : 40


 1965

Pujol, Ramon
Mundo lirico
Barcelona: Ediciones ROndas, 1965

Number of People : 35


 1965

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Jan 16, 1965, p. 15

Number of People : 1


 1964

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.

Number of People : 305


 1964

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Apr 4, 1964, p. 27

Number of People : 1


 1962

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Feb 14, 1962, p. 15
       Note: discusses Turandot

Number of People : 1


 1962

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.

Number of People : 50


 1962

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


 1960

[Birgit Nilsson]
Opera News, Jan 9, 1960, p. 14

Number of People : 1


 1951

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


 1940

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.

Number of People : 6

Descriptive note


 1929

Monaldi, Gino
Cantanti celebri (1829-1929)
Roma: Edizione Tiber, 1929. 316 p.
       63 illus.

Number of People : 30


 1918

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.

Number of People : 24


 1908

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.

Number of People : 8


 1907

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

Number of People : 12


 1906

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

Number of People : 64


 1899

Ryan, Thomas
Recollections of an Old Musician
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1899.
      Reprint:
1979. xvi, 274 p.
       46 Illus.

Number of People : 5


 1898

Courzon, Emmanuel Henri Parent de
Croquis d'artistes
Paris: Libraire Fishbacher, 1898. xiv, 252 p.
       16 portraits, iconography.

Number of People : 16


 1896

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

Number of People : 9


 1895

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

Number of People : 44


 1889

Stephens, Robert N.
Queens of Sang.
Troy: Nims and Knight, n.d. [1889]. unpaginated.

Number of People : 10

Descriptive note


 1888

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

Number of People : 11


 1887

Strakosch, Maurizio
Souvenirs d'un impresario.
2nd edition
Paris, 1887

Number of People : 6


 1886

Arleaga y Pereira, Fernando
Celebridades musicales
Barcelona: Editorial Aristico de I.T.M. Gegul, 1886. 676 p.
       illustr.

Number of People : 57


 1883

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

Number of People : 61


 1881

Flamant, Alexander
Das Reich der Tone : Bildnisse und Schilderungen berumter Kunstler und Kunsterlinnen.
Dresden: Wilhelm Streit Verlagshandlung, 1881 [1st edition 1880]. unpaginated.

Number of People : 33


 1877

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.

Number of People : 31


 1875

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

Number of People : 29


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