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Legacy of the Greatest Wagnerian Soprano of the Last Half of the 20th Century

Robert Levine

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Album Title: La Nilsson - The complete Decca, DG, Philips Recordings
Reference Recording: None

WAGNER: Ring Cycles (two complete), Tristan und Isolde (two complete + excerpts), Tannhäuser, Parsifal, Die Walküre, Der fliegende Holländer, Rienzi, Die Feen (excerpts), Wesendonk Lieder;
R. STRAUSS: Salome, Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten,
MOZART: Don Giovanni (two complete);
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Ah! Perfido,
VERDI: Un ballo in maschera, Macbeth, Aida (complete + excerpts), Various arias;
PUCCINI: Tosca, La fanciulla del west, Turandot (two complete),
WEBER: Der Freischutz, Oberon, Arias,
Various: Songs
DVDs: The Golden Ring (documentary); Strauss: Elektra (Met, 1980)

    Soloists: Birgit Nilsson (soprano); dozens of others

    Various Orchestras, Georg Solti, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Thomas Schippers, Erich Leinsdorf, Zubin Mehta, Rafael Kubelik, Lorvo von Matacic, Francesco Molinari Pradelli, others

  • Record Label: Decca - 4832787
  • Medium: CD + DVD

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