Birgit Nilsson - Liebestod

speechless her singing in liebestod.

the rosette of the rosette recordings

whow that is so beautifull thank you baroness for the link

xxx eris

God, I forget how much this gets me. Should have prepared myself for the tears before I pressed play. Astoundingly beautifully. My soul just took a dip into the divine. Thanks for posting xx

Nilsson's Isolde had everything.

That last note on her singing just breaks my heart, so beautiful.

Leaves you speechless with its passionate and even spiritual searching quality. Way beyond technical brilliance alone.

This scene is from a swedish television concerto, just a few years before she recorded the legendary deutsche....live from bayreuth 1966....it is true that Flagstad was amazing and she had a very clear, beautiful voice, but flagstad could never produce the glittering heights and breathtaking power and controll that nilsson possesed. I think that you could compare her to gods hands on earth, a divine vision that the world never will see again. the world are still waiting for her succesor..

Lanilsson,
Your observations are spot on. To that I would add, that although Flagstad is totally glorious, I find a warmth, a commitment to the music in Nilsson, that I do not find in Flagstad. I think the difference is shown by their attitudes toward music. Flagstad is reported to have thrown several of her recordings in a lake somewhere. Thank goodness they were retrieved later. Nilsson loved music and served it with devotion, always putting music above her own self.