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Birgit Nilsson
Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson was born on May 17, 1918 in the town of Vastra Karup in the province of Skane (Scania) in southern Sweden.
She married Bertil Niklasson, a veterinary student she met on a train, on September 10, 1948.
Miss Nilsson made her operatic debut on October 9, 1946 as Agathe in Der Freischütz with only 3 days notice.birgit nilsson biography of abraham5
Her debut came shortly after she had joined the Swedish Opera School. After her brief stint as Agathe, Miss Nilsson made her breakthrough performance as Lady Macbeth in 1947 at the Royal Opera in Stockholm.
Miss Nilsson attained international stardom after a performance as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on December 18, 1959.
She says, though, that the single biggest event in her life was when she was asked to perform at the opening of the 370th se birgit nilsson biography of abraham3 MYCOV