Birgit Nilsson, the dominant Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II period, whose unforced, voluminous sound, superhuman stamina and steely vocal brilliance thrilled audiences as she took on the ...

Birgit Nilsson, the Swedish farmer’s daughter who became renowned in the world’s great opera houses for her dazzling voice and among colleagues for her playful sense of humor, has died at age 87. She ...

Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson. Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the late 1950s-70s. This new documentary showcases her greatest roles, ...

Soprano Birgit Nilsson, whose death Dec. 25 at age 87 was reported yesterday, was the great Valkyrie of her time -- a warrior woman whose steely voice sliced thrillingly through the vast orchestral ...

Birgit Nilsson was born 100 years ago, on May 17, 1918, at her parents’ farm in Sweden. By her death in 2005, Nilsson had long been considered the world’s preeminent soprano for the operas of Wagner ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- She was a celebrated star on the stages of the world's greatest opera houses. But a diva, Birgit Nilsson was not. "The thing that was remarkably wonderful about her was that she ...

Born May 17, 1918, Birgit Nilsson was an extraordinary Swedish soprano. I vividly recall Nov. 4, 1979. I was on my way to a study group, preparing for a statistics final at New York University. To ...

Birgit Nilsson, whose prodigious voice, unrivaled stamina and thrilling high notes made her the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II era, died Dec. 25 in Sweden. She was 87. Born on a ...