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 opera singer whose vocal brilliance, physical prowess and dramatic intensity made her the leading Wagnerian soprano of her day, died on Christmas Day at age 87, according ...

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. A ...

Few, if any, would deny that Stemme, like Nilsson before her, is the leading Brünnhilde, Isolde, Salome and Elektra of her time (pictured below: Nilsson and a young Stemme in 1996). The day after a ...