Birgit Nilsson your fantastic voice and musical intelligence (not to mention your wonderful sense of humor) are sorely missed today. 😢 You were never ever boring. ❤
I'm at 20.50 now, have to stop once in a while to gather myself. Amazing that the Dich, teure Halle performance was there in its entirety - never seen that before. It made me tear up!
Wonderful video! Grateful for this "Ina" hehe. One of the students here, Elisabeth Meyer-Topsoe, wrote a book about Birgit and in it she mentioned a lot of their activiities such as masterclasses. Maybe it's possible to pinpoit this occasion in the book. I will try to look when I have time. And I wonder where/when that last Turandot curtain call is from, and if there is more filmed from the same occasion.
@@marcelbureau2753 The 80s was rather late compared to the heydays of the 30s-60s; the decline in voice quality had started, but the students yet had good voices. (And the decline was nothing compared to nowadays)
I was there. She was awarded an honorary doctorate as well. I don't think they were filmed either. She often said at the time that she was there to bake the cake, not just put icing on a bad one. She even stopped one singer right after the singer began whom she felt was producing her voice with force from the throat and worked with her to loosen it up before she sang anything. Never judgemental, only as helpful and real as she could be.
Birgit Nilsson your fantastic voice and musical intelligence (not to mention your wonderful sense of humor) are sorely missed today. 😢
You were never ever boring. ❤
La primadonna assoluta ❤🙏
Thank you thank you thank you! It's incredible to see new Nilsson stuff of this length/caliber!
I'm at 20.50 now, have to stop once in a while to gather myself. Amazing that the Dich, teure Halle performance was there in its entirety - never seen that before. It made me tear up!
Wonderful video! Grateful for this "Ina" hehe. One of the students here, Elisabeth Meyer-Topsoe, wrote a book about Birgit and in it she mentioned a lot of their activiities such as masterclasses. Maybe it's possible to pinpoit this occasion in the book. I will try to look when I have time.
And I wonder where/when that last Turandot curtain call is from, and if there is more filmed from the same occasion.
@@Bravilorsome production from something between 1964 - 1969. That's for sure.
@@Thearchivebeyondimagination She looks like Turandot but the tiara and dress look simple and the venue looks small, wonder what's up with that.
@@Bravilor Royal Opera House in Stockholm, perhaps.
I cry....
Me too. 😢 Its fantastic. What a voice and she is so muscally intelligent as well. She is NEVER boring.
The student had a really good voice for its time
REALLLL
What do you mean « for its time » ?
@@marcelbureau2753 The 80s was rather late compared to the heydays of the 30s-60s; the decline in voice quality had started, but the students yet had good voices. (And the decline was nothing compared to nowadays)
@@Bravilor this
@@Bravilorthe 80s were WONDERFUL in the UK… quite mediocre everywhere else.
She gave master classes at Manhattan School of Music (not Juilliard), but I don't think any were filmed.
I was there. She was awarded an honorary doctorate as well. I don't think they were filmed either. She often said at the time that she was there to bake the cake, not just put icing on a bad one. She even stopped one singer right after the singer began whom she felt was producing her voice with force from the throat and worked with her to loosen it up before she sang anything. Never judgemental, only as helpful and real as she could be.
The student in that video from the beginning, Dennis Heath, was my voice teacher❤
Oh, wowww!! ❤
Mine too, for a while in Munich.
MacGyver!
The soprano?
@@nonenoneonenonenone No, the Heldentenor :)
Does anyone know what year this was?
She seems like a nice lady in her private life.