Word: birgit
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...Olympics, she came in ninth. In the 1986 European Championships, she came in fourth. In 1987, at the age of 26, West German heptathlete Birgit Dressel was dead, the victim of her body's reaction to the profusion of drugs she took in order to be a great competitor...
...vocal power and majesty for years to come. Proud, haughty and resolutely amoral, Morris dominated the drama as he must to give depth to the tragedy that is, ultimately, Wotan's doing. Equally impressive was the Hungarian-born soprano Eva Marton, a legitimate contender for the mantle of Birgit Nilsson with impassioned performances of Brunnhilde in Siegfried and Gotterdammerung. Awakened by Siegfried on the Valkyrie rock, Marton sang Brunnhilde's Heil dir, Sonne greeting to life in gleaming, radiant tones, and her blazing immolation scene ignited a final musical conflagration that cleansed the spirit...
...Birgit Nilsson knew at 63 that her time had come; in 1982 the noblest of modern Brunnhildes put away her breastplate and shield, assured of a permanent place in every Wagnerian's vocal Valhalla. Beverly Sills, the ebullient American queen of bel canto, tossed off her last Donizettian roulade in 1980. Last week another of that generation's dominant divas appeared on an opera stage for the last time: Leontyne Price ended a glittering 32-year career with a vocally stunning performance of Verdi's Aida at New York City's Metropolitan Opera that proved she can still capture...
...water that seemed to be their element. At Moscow's Olympic pool, the crowd bellowed its approval as four East German women set a world record in the 400-meter freestyle relay. In the women's 100-meter freestyle, both Kristin Otto and Birgit Meineke of East Germany beat the winning time of Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseifer of the U.S., who tied for the gold medal. "Luchshe chem Los Angeles" (Better than Los Angeles) was the phrase used over and over by the Moscow announcers...
...efforts of overstrained tenors, but the air is clearer at the higher vocal elevations. In Hildegard Behrens and Eva Marlon, both in their early 40s, there are two formidable sopranos who between them may rule the dramatic repertory for at least the next decade. Not since the heyday of Birgit Nilsson, now 67 and retired from the opera stage, has there been a singer who dominated the German roles and triumphed in dramatic Italian parts as well. What set Nilsson apart was not only the breadth of her rep ertoire but her vocal command. That famed voice, instantly identifiable...