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Die Walkure- Hojotoho! sung by Birgit Nilsson (1972, San Francisco)

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Uploaded by on May 2, 2010

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.

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  • Phänomenal!!!

  • @Dunhamsky I ENVY YOU

  • le meilleur Hojotoho que j'ai jamais entendu!!!!!!!!

  • To hell with trills. Who needs then when we are in front of this unique vocal phenomenon.....?

  • @wotan10950 Not only the great Nilsson, but NIlsson the Unique.

  • 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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  • 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!

  • Her Turnandot (with Jussi B) was fantastic too.

  • Thanks for posting! She was 54 years old when she did this: astounding...

  • @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.

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