A tremendous Hojotoho!, full with scoops and trills (?), sung by the great Birgit Nilsson at a 1972 San Francisco Opera performance of Richard Wagner's Die Walkure. Thomas Stewart sings Wotan, Otmar Suitner conducts.
I happened to rehearse and perform in a RING cycle with Nilsson in the early seventies.. It was quite an experience! Her vocal technique was nothing short of incredible, and her acting and understanding of the text quite deep, albeit she chose to use a stage dialect when singing Wagner even though she happened to speak fluent German as one of her many languages.
She takes a good shot at the trills, but doesn't really succeed. On the other hand, who has ever flung out those high phrases and made it sound so easy? Only the great Nilsson!
@ketillflatnefur You should look at an article in Opera News called "The Trill is Gone" . According to the author, trills are something that are teachable and used to be taught. Even large-voiced singers could trill well (Flagstad, Ponselle, Leider, and recently Eaglen). I have heard Nilsson attempt some florid music, but never very successfully; her training just did not equip her for florid music the same way Leider's Italian training did.
Phänomenal!!!
1sumiresan2 1 month ago
@Dunhamsky I ENVY YOU
LazyBoy9476 2 months ago
le meilleur Hojotoho que j'ai jamais entendu!!!!!!!!
poufrette 3 months ago in playlist Birgit Nilsson the best
To hell with trills. Who needs then when we are in front of this unique vocal phenomenon.....?
birgitnilsson 7 months ago
@wotan10950 Not only the great Nilsson, but NIlsson the Unique.
birgitnilsson 7 months ago in playlist Opera
I happened to rehearse and perform in a RING cycle with Nilsson in the early seventies.. It was quite an experience! Her vocal technique was nothing short of incredible, and her acting and understanding of the text quite deep, albeit she chose to use a stage dialect when singing Wagner even though she happened to speak fluent German as one of her many languages.
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Dunhamsky 9 months ago
She takes a good shot at the trills, but doesn't really succeed. On the other hand, who has ever flung out those high phrases and made it sound so easy? Only the great Nilsson!
wotan10950 9 months ago
Her Turnandot (with Jussi B) was fantastic too.
The99Gambo 11 months ago
Thanks for posting! She was 54 years old when she did this: astounding...
orovalleydude 1 year ago
@ketillflatnefur You should look at an article in Opera News called "The Trill is Gone" . According to the author, trills are something that are teachable and used to be taught. Even large-voiced singers could trill well (Flagstad, Ponselle, Leider, and recently Eaglen). I have heard Nilsson attempt some florid music, but never very successfully; her training just did not equip her for florid music the same way Leider's Italian training did.
Shahrdad 1 year ago