Swedish tv documentary 'JAG TÄNKTE TACKA NEJ TILL ROLLEN'
Birgit Nilsson as the Dyer's Wife (Die Färberin) in Richard Strauss' opera, Die Frau ohne Schatten, in Stockholm in 1978.
Interviewed by Catrin Jacobs in Swedish and interview with Jonny Mair (Regie) in English.
PART 1
Singers: Birgit Nilsson (Dyer's Wife), Rolf Jupither (Dyer Barak), Siv Wennberg (Empress), Matti Kastu (Emperor), Barbro Ericson (Nurse)
Conductor: Berislav Klobucar
didn't understand a word, but was mesmerized by that face: the prominent cheek bones and the protruding jaw. an "underbite" so to speak. she couldn't have been anything BUT a singer!
sorobji 2 years ago
She's a beautiful woman.
Operanut9 3 years ago
nilsson never got to wear nice clothes in her final roles. nej, det var INTE hemskt!
ketillflatnefur 3 years ago
DAS IST NIKLAUS LENNHOFF?
xyvp 3 years ago