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Autor:	toni [ 11 Ene 2006 19:09 ]
Asunto:	Birgit Nilsson, ha fallecido.
Una de las más grandes sopranos dramáticas del siglo XX,falleció en su ciudad natal Vastra Karup de Suecia. Sus testimonios sonoros de Brünnhilde,Isolde,Elsa,Salomé,Elektra,Turandot,etc.son los recuerdos imperecederos de su arte. Descanse en paz "VIKINGA" Nilsson Swedish Soprano Birgit Nilsson Dies By KARL RITTER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 8 minutes ago STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Birgit Nilsson, whose prodigious voice, unrivaled stamina and thrilling high notes made her the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II era, has died. She was 87. ADVERTISEMENT A funeral was held Wednesday at a church in her native town of Vastra Karup in southern Sweden with only her closest relatives attending, said Fredrik Westerlund, the church's vicar. He did not know when Nilsson died or the cause of death. "Her relatives wanted to keep both the death and the funeral secret," Westerlund told The Associated Press. "She was one of the real great Swedes known all over the world, and it was an honor to officiate at the funeral." Born on a farm in Vastra Karup, Nilsson reigned supreme at opera houses around the world during her long career, which began with her debut in 1946 at the Stockholm Royal Opera as Agathe in Weber's "Der Freischutz" and continued until the mid-1980s when she retired. She sang a wide variety of dramatic soprano roles, but her reputation was based especially on her mastery of a handful of the most punishing in the operatic repertory. Chief among these was Isolde in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," which she sang for her sensational debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1959. She was immediately hailed as a worthy successor to her fellow Scandinavian, Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano who owned the Wagner repertory at the Met during the years leading up to WWII. Other parts Nilsson made her own included Bruennhilde, the warrior maiden of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, the title role of Elektra in Richard Strauss' opera of the same name, and the heroine of Puccini's "Turandot." At her peak, Nilsson astounded audiences in live performance with the unforced power of her voice, which easily cut through the thickest orchestrations, and with her remarkable breath control, which allowed her to hold onto the highest note for seemingly endless amounts of time. Her interpretive powers grew as her career developed, and she became a moving artist as well as a vocal phenomenon. Her reputation for dependability was sealed and a piece of operatic lore was written on Dec. 28, 1959, when she sang a performance of "Tristan" opposite three different tenors. Her scheduled co-star, Karl Liebel was ill, and so were his two "covers," Ramon Vinay and Albert DaCosta. Met general manager Rudolf Bing perusaded each of them to go one for a single act so the performance wouldn't have to be canceled. Nilsson also was renowned among her colleagues for her playful sense of humor. Once asked what was the chief requirement for singing the role of Isolde, she replied: "Comfortable shoes." Johanna Fiedler, in her book about the Met, "Molto Agitato," tells the story of Nilsson's unhappiness with the gloomy lighting on which Herbert von Karajan insisted for his production of the "Ring." To register her objections, she appeared on stage during one rehearsal wearing a coal miner's helmet with searchlight. Another legendary Nilsson moment occurred after one of her frequent battle-of-the-high-note contests with tenor Franco Corelli during the second act duet from "Turandot." Enraged that no matter how he tried she could hold onto the climactic high C longer than he could, Corelli apparently got his revenge during their third-act love scene by biting her on the neck instead of kissing her. Nilsson is said to have telephoned Bing to cancel her next performance with the explanation, "I have rabies." Nilsson's last appearance on the Met stage came more than a decade after she retired, when she took part in an April 1996 gala celebrating music director James Levine's 25th anniversary with the company. After some gracious remarks, she launched into Bruennhilde's "ho-yo-to-ho" battle cry from "Die Walkuere," delivering — at age 77 — a performance that would have been the envy of any younger soprano. Nilsson made her Swedish debut at the Stockholm Royal Opera in 1947 in Verdi's "Macbeth." In 1954 she received the title "Hovsaangerska," or court singer, for her contributions to Swedish opera. Even before that, she had dazzled audiences. Her first major foreign engagement came on June 20, 1951, at the Glyndebourne Festival near London, then as Elettra in Mozart's "Idomeneo." Early in 1954, she performed with the Vienna State Opera, and later that year made her first appearance at the Bayreuth Festival. She sang at the opera houses of Milan — where she scored one of her greatest successes in 1958 in "Turadnot" — Naples, Venice, Rome, Florence, Munich, Zurich, Lisbon and Barcelona as well as major cities in France and Belgium. Her music education started at age 3, when her mother, an accomplished amateur singer, bought Birgit a toy piano, on which she learned to pick out melodies. "I sang before I could walk. I even sang in my dreams," she told reporters soon after her opera debut. After retirement in 1982, she continued to teach master's level courses in singing. Although she studied at Sweden's Royal Academy of Music, Nilsson said she learned most of her musical skills on her own. "I'm mostly self-educated. I discovered early how wonderfully easy it was to sing in big localities. In small rooms my voice got tired," she told a Swedish reporter once. Nilsson married Swedish restaurateur Bertil Niklasson in 1949. The couple had no children. ___ Associated Press writer Mike Silverman in New York contributed to this report. toni

Autor:	Simon Boccanegra [ 11 Ene 2006 19:55 ]
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lo cual confirma lo que yo ya sospechaba... en el 83, en la gala del centenario del met, donde canta un monólogo de isolda y luego una canción donde incluso mete un par de staccatos.... (después de la isolda ), está un año después de haberse retirado..... :nw: QUE ARTISTA INDUDABLEMENTE la soprano dramática más imortante de los últimos... 70 años ? in cre í ble.... tenía 87 años........ que descanse en paz. beshos simon

Autor:	brunilda [ 11 Ene 2006 19:59 ]
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Descanse en paz, Principessa di Gelo! Gran pérdida de una artista que estuvo presente desde mís inicios en el mundo de la ópera, lástima que no he tenido la oportunidad de escucharla tanto como me hubiera gustado. brunilda

Autor:	Adinca [ 11 Ene 2006 20:09 ]
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Una GRANDE soprano y mujer Paz, Reina, paz Abrazos

Autor:	_Annio_ [ 11 Ene 2006 21:06 ]
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Repito mensaje porque creo que la ocasión lo merece. Se ha ido una de las cantantes más sublimes que yo haya escuchado en mi vida. Aún recuerdo mi fuerte impacto la primera vez que escuché Turandot con 8 o 9 años ante la imponente voz de esta gran artista, que durante los últimos tiempos es mi inseprable compañera de viaje en mi profundización al mundo wagneriano, que cada vez resulta más maravilloso. Si su Turandot me impactó, su Isolde me puso la carne de gallina. Sin duda, hoy se abren las puertas del Walhala para recibir a la última gran walkyria que bajó a la tierra desde el cielo y que hoy se nos va. Gracias Birgit, y espero seguir contando con tu compañía en mi viaje al mundo wagneriano.

Autor:	El idiota [ 11 Ene 2006 23:39 ]
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Mis dominios están abiertos a recibir muestras sonoras de su arte, que es la mejor manera de homenajearla ...quien quiera que se anime

Autor:	Adinca [ 12 Ene 2006 4:15 ]
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Idea maravillosa, Idi - gracias! ! !

Autor:	Mozard [ 12 Ene 2006 8:58 ]
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El otro día la Schwarzkopf, ahora la Nilsson... Poco a poco van desapareciendo los cantantes y directores que hicieron que buena parte del siglo XX fuese muy grande en cuanto a música clásica y ópera se refiere. Y lo peor es que con ellos la excelencia en la música también está muriendo, porque salvo contadas excepciones creo que sencillamente ya no tienen relevo ni unos ni otros. Ya no hay cantantes como la Nilsson, ni la Schwarzkopf, ni la Callas, ni Gigli... Tildadme de catastrofista, pero las grabaciones del siglo XX se escucharán con gran nostalgia y pensando ¡qué tiempos aquellos!

Autor:	kraustex [ 12 Ene 2006 12:07 ]
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El siglo XX ha dado mucho de sí, pero el XXI no ha hecho más que empezar. Esperemos Mozard, que no tengas razón. La verdad es que hoy en día, no hay cantantes ideales para Wagner, esperemos que esto cambie. Como dije en otro hilo la Nilson estará siempre con nosotros gracias a su voz.

Autor:	Fantine [ 12 Ene 2006 19:14 ]
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momento, momento, momento que se me han cruzado los cables...la Schwarzkopf está muerta????? pero si festejamos su cumpleaños hace bien poco.... (ai, ai ai...que sea un error, que sea un error....)

Autor:	Mozard [ 12 Ene 2006 19:26 ]
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¡¡ES UN HERROR!! ¡La Schwarzkopf está vivita y coleando! Huy, perdonadme todos, y especialmente tú, Fantine, es cierto, lo que celebramos hace poco fue su nonagésimo cumpleaños. Aunque bueno, teniendo en cuenta su edad, me he equivocado por poco... (disculpad este toque de humor hiper-negro). Me autoimpondré 25 flexiones en castigo por mi error.

Autor:	_Annio_ [ 12 Ene 2006 19:48 ]
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A MI NO ME PEGUEIS MÁS ESTOS SUSTOS!!!! Ya bastante disgusto tengo con la señora Nilsson como para que mandeis a la tumba antes de tiempo a la señora Schwarkopf. Que Dios la conserve muchos años.

Autor:	Fantine [ 12 Ene 2006 21:32 ]
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ufffffffffff zuto, zuto...grandizimo zuto

Autor:	El idiota [ 12 Ene 2006 23:46 ]
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Para una soprano que concita la unanimidad de este foro y vas y nos la matas, Mozard... ....

Autor:	Il Frate [ 13 Ene 2006 2:05 ]
Asunto:
Il frate

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