!!!Nilsson, Märta Birgit

b. Vaestra Karup near Malmoe (Sweden), May 17, 1918, singer (soprano), 
1946 debut in Stockholm, 1954 first performance at the Vienna State 
Opera, where she was very successful until her retirement from the 
stage in 1984. She is considered the best female Wagner singer of the 
post-war period and one of the best dramatic sopranos. Honorary Member 
of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

!Publication
La Nilsson. Mein Leben fuer die Oper, 1997.

!Literature
J. B. Steane, The Grand Tradition, 1974.


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