Limited Edition 79-CD + 2-DVD covering all the major roles Nilsson performed – 27 full-length operas including 2 full Wagner ‘Ring’ cycles.
Birgit Nilsson’s complete Decca, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon recordings marking her 100th birthday and produced with the full support of the Birgit Nilsson Foundation.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti
Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Regina Resnik (Brangaene), Arnold van Mill (Konig Marke), Tom Krause (Kurwenal), Theodor Kirschbichler (Steuermann), Peter Klein (Hirt), Ernst Kozub (Melot), Waldemar Kmentt (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1960
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (excerpts)
Hans Knappertsbusch
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1959
Wagner: Die Walküre
London Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), George London (Wotan), Jon Vickers (Siegmund), Gré Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), David Ward (Hunding), Rita Gorr (Fricka), Marie Collier (Gerhilde), Judith Pierce (Helmwige), Julia Malyon (Ortlinde), Margreta Elkins (Waltraute), Noreen Berry (Siegrune), Maureen Guy (Grimgerde), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1961
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Georg Solti
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1958
Strauss, R: Salome
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti
Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Eberhard Wächter (Jokanaan), Gerhard Stolze (Herod), Grace Hoffman (Herodias), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1961
Strauss, R: Elektra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra), Regina Resnik (Klytämnestra), Marie Collier (Chrystothemis), Gerhard Stolze (Aegisth), Tom Krause (Orest), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1966
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor
Erich Leinsdorf
Birgit Nilsson (Donna Anna), Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Cesare Valletti (Don Ottavio), Leontyne Price (Donna Elvira), Fernando Corena (Leoporello), Arnold Van Mill (Il Commendatore), Heinz Blankenburg (Masetto), Eugenia Ratti (Zerlina), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1959
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Lorin Maazel
Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), James McCracken (Florestan), Kurt Böhme (Rocco), Tom Krause (Pizarro), Graziella Sciutti (Marzelline), Donald Grobe (Jaquino), Hermann Prey (Don Fernando), Kurt Equiluz & Günther Adam (Prisoners), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1961
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Georg Solti
Birgit Nilsson (Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Cornell MacNeil (Renato), Giulietta Simionato (Ulrica), Sylvia Stahlman (Oscar), Tom Krause (Silvano), Fernando Corena (Samuele), Libero Arbace (Tom), Piero De Palma (Un Giudice), Vittorio Pandano (Un servo), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1961
Verdi: Macbeth
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Thomas Schippers
Birgit Nilsson (Lady Macbeth), Giuseppe Taddei (Macbeth), Giovanni Foiani (Banco), Bruno Prevedi (Macduff), Piero De Palma (Malcolm), Dora Carral (Dama), Giuseppe Morresi (Medico), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1964
Verdi: Aida (excerpts)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
John Pritchard
Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Luigi Ottolini (Radamès), Grace Hoffman (Amneris), Louis Quilico (Amonasro), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1963
Verdi: Arias
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Argeo Quadri
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1962
Puccini: Tosca
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Lorin Maazel
Birgit Nilsson (Tosca), Franco Corelli (Cavaradossi), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Scarpia), Alfredo Mariotti (Il Sagristano), Piero de Palma (Spoletta), Silvio Maionica (Angelotti), Dino Mantovani (Sciarrone), Patricio Veronelli (Un pastore), Paolo Tosi (Un carceriere), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1966
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Karl Böhm
Theo Adam (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Hermin Esser (Froh), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Martti Talvela (Fasolt) Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Annelies Burmeister (Fricka), Anja Silja (Freia), Vera Soukupova (Erda, Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (5)
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1971
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiel
Karl Böhm
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1966
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Otto Gerdes
Birgit Nilsson (Elisabeth/Venus), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Theo Adam (Hermann), Horst R Laubenthal (Walther von der Vogelweide), Klaus Hirte (Biterolf), Friedrich Lenz (Heinrich der Schreiber), Hans Sotin (Reinmar von Zweter),, Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1969
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Orchestra Of The National Theatre Prague
Karl Böhm
Birgit Nilsson (Donna Anna), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Don Giovanni), Ezio Flagello (Leporello), Martina Arroyo (Donna Elvira), Reri Grist (Zerlina), Peter Schreier (Don Ottavio), Martti Talvela (Il Commendatore), Alfredo Mariotti (Masetto), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1967
Weber: Oberon
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelík
Birgit Nilsson (Reiza), Donald Grobe (Oberon), Plácido Domingo (Huon), Julia Hamari (Fatima), Hermann Prey (Sherasmin), Marga Schiml (Puck), Arleen Auger (Mermaids), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1970
Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Wiener Staatsoper
Karl Böhm
Birgit Nilsson (Dyer’s Wife), Walter Berry (Barak), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), James King (Kaiser), Ruth Hesse (Amme), Peter Wimberger (Geisterbote), Lotte Rysanek (Stimme des Falken), Gertrude Jahn (Stimme von Oben), Ewald Aichberger (Erscheinung eines Jünglings), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1977
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65
Karl Böhm
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1982
Strauss, R: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome)
Karl Böhm
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1982
Puccini: Turandot
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Franco Corelli (Calaf), Renata Scotto (Liù), Renata Scotto (Liù) (Timur), Guido Mazzini (Ping), Franco Ricciardi (Pang), Piero De Palma (Pong), Angelo Mercuriali (L’imperatore Altoum), Giuseppe Morresi (Un mandarino), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1965
Verdi: Aida
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Zubin Mehta
Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Franco Corelli (Radamès), Grace Bumbry (Amneris), Mario Sereni (Amonasro), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ramfis), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Il Re di Egitto), Mirella Fiorentini (Una Sacerdotessa), Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1967
Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Teatro alla Scala
Lovro von Matacic
Birgit Nilsson (Minnie), João Gibin (Dick Johnson), Andrea Mongelli (Jack Rance), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1958
Puccini: Turandot
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Erich Leinsdorf
Birgit Nilsson (Princess Turandot), Jussi Björling (Calaf), Renata Tebaldi (Liù), Mario Sereni (Ping), Piero De Palma (Pang), Tommaso Frascati (Pong), Giorgio Tozzi (Timur) & Alessio De Paolis (Emperor Altoum), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1959
Weber: Der Freischütz
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen
Robert Heger
Birgit Nilsson (Agathe), Erika Koth (Ännchen), Nicolai Gedda (Max), Walter Berry (Kaspar), Franz Crass (Hermit), Wolfgang Anheisser (Ottokar), Dieter Weller (Kuno), Jurgen Forster (Kilian), Wolfgang Büttner (Zamiel), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
1969
Wagner: Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Der Männer Sippe (from Die Walküre)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Du bist der Lenz (from Die Walküre)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Einsam in trüben Tagen (from Lohengrin)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Weber: Ozean, du Ungeheuer (from Oberon)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Beethoven: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Adam: O Holy Night
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Gounod: Ave Maria
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Franck, C: Panis Angelicus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Gruber, F: Stille Nacht
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibelius: Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibelius: Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibelius: Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibelius: Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibeius: Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibelius: Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Sibelius: Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Grieg: En svane (No. 2 from Seks Digte af Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Grieg: Fra Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Grieg: Våren, Op. 33 No. 2
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Rangström: Melodi (Melody)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Rangström: Bön till natten (Supplication to Night)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Rangström: Sköldmön
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Rangström: En Gammal Danstytm
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Bertil Bokstedt
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an ‘Senta’s Ballad’ (from Der fliegende Holländer)
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Gerechter Gott! (from Rienzi)
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Wagner: Weh mir, so nah (from Die Feen)
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
| COMPOSER | VARIOUS |
|---|---|
| RELEASE DATE | 4-May-18 |
Fast Shipping and Professional Packing
Due to our longstanding partnership with UPS FedEx DHL and other leading international carriers, we are able to provide a range of shipping options. Our warehouse staff are highly trained to pack your goods exactly according to the specifications that we supply. Your goods will undergo a thorough examination and will be safely packaged prior to being sent out. Everyday we deliver hundreds of packages to our customers from all over the world. This is an indication of our dedication to being the largest online retailer worldwide. Warehouses and distribution centers can be located in Europe as well as the USA.
Orders with more than 1 item are assigned processing periods for each item.
Before shipment, all ordered products will be thoroughly inspected. Today, most orders will be shipped within 48 hours. The estimated delivery time is between 3-7 days.
Returns
The stock is constantly changing. It's not entirely managed by us since we are involved with multiple parties such as the factory and our storage. The actual stock can fluctuate at any time. Please understand it may happen that your order will be out of stock when the order is placed.
Our policy is valid for 30 days. If you haven't received your product within 30 days, we're not able to issue either a return or exchange.
You are able to return a product if it is unused and in the same condition when you received it. It must also still remain in the original packaging.
Related products
