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...Bringing Down the House When soprano Birgit Nilsson, who died in January [MILESTONES, Jan. 23], made her long-awaited debut at New York City's Metropolitan Opera, TIME was there to cover her performance. Here is an excerpt from our report...
...Swedish Wagnerian soprano strode on the Met's stage, and [was compared] to the 'incomparable' [Kirsten] Flagstad herself. The debutante: 41-year-old Birgit Nilsson, whose appearance in a new production of Tristan und Isolde touched off the kind of debut furor the Met's Wagnerians have not witnessed in a quarter-century ... A solid (5 ft. 8 in., 150 lbs.) and imposing woman, dramatic soprano Nilsson ... displayed a big, flashing, vibrant voice that galvanized her audience and conveyed an immediate sense of the turbulent passions that animate the role [of Isolde] ... Apparently a more severe critic of herself than...
...DIED. BIRGIT NILSSON, 87, international opera star whose rich timbre, dramatic interpretations and unrivaled stamina made her the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation; on Christmas Day; in her hometown, Vastra Karup, Sweden. Level-headed and sharp-witted, Nilsson thrilled audiences from New York to Milan in operas by Verdi (Aida), Strauss (Elektra, below) and Puccini (Turandot) but won her most enthusiastic fans with dynamic lead performances in such Wagner works as The Ring of the Nibelung and Tristan und Isolde. Asked to name the primary requirement for playing Isolde, a punishing role she sang some 200 times, she said...
...DIED. BIRGIT NILSSON, 87, international opera star whose voice, dramatic talent and stamina made her the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation; on Christmas Day, in Vastra Karup, Sweden. Level-headed and sharp-witted, Nilsson thrilled audiences from New York to Milan in a variety of operas, but won her most enthusiastic fans with dynamic lead performances in such Wagner works as Ring of the Nibelung and Tristan und Isolde. Asked to name the primary requirement for playing Isolde, a punishing role she performed some 200 times, she said: "Comfortable shoes...
Germans credit the outgoing government with making the country a more tolerant, eco-friendly place. But with unemployment running at a post--World War II high of 11.2%, young Germans are more interested in finding jobs than saving the world. Birgit Gugath, 25, a political science student in Berlin, voted for the Green Party and Schröder's Social Democrats in 2002 but switched to Merkel this year. "All those big ideas just aren't as important anymore," she says. "We have to take care of ourselves." When the parents of today's twentysomethings entered the work force, "the higher...