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Swedish Soprano Birgit Nilsson Dies
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| 1/11/06
| KARL RITTER
Posted on 01/11/2006 7:49:14 AM PST by Borges
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To: sgtbono2002
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:18:26 AM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
Outstanding singer and wonderful person. She'll be missed.
To: Borges
To: Borges; joylyn; sitetest; linda_22003; MineralMan
Have you ever heard recordings of the great Swedish tenor Jussi Björling? That man could sing!
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:26:33 AM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(Just went by the Opera House in Stockholm a few months ago.)
To: sgtbono2002
A strong sense of intuition. Anyway I hope it's just Wagnerian opera and not opera in general. As Mozartian opera can't possibly be described in that manner.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:26:51 AM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
To register her objections, she appeared on stage during one rehearsal wearing a coal miner's helmet with searchlight.Sounds like the lady was a real hoot, and was not full of herself!
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:27:16 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Borges
"It's never over till the fat lady sings."
Guess now it's over. :`(
Auf Wiedersehen, Brünnhilde.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:27:22 AM PST
by
Campion
("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
To: Tribune7
No way!
When/where did you get that?
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To: joylyn
To: Borges
I thought the Sopranos were Italian.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:33:24 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Borges; joylyn; sitetest; linda_22003; MineralMan
Two great Swedish opera singers, Birgit Nilsson and Jussi Björling:
To: Borges
One of the best. A classic.
Her voice will live on.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:36:39 AM PST
by
Exit148
(Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
To: Charles Henrickson
He's absolutely my favorite tenor of all time. Compare him to Franco Corelli in Turandot, and you see what a master Bjoerling was, compared to Corelli, who is an accurate technician. Bjoerling's last attack on "vincero!" in "Nessun Dorma" is worth the entire recording.
To: sgtbono2002
Whenever I hear Wagner, I start singing "Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit! All I know about opera, I learned from seeing "What's Opera, Doc?" and "The Rabbit of Seville."
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:37:29 AM PST
by
drjimmy
To: sgtbono2002
If you hate opera, that's your prerogative, but do you have to bring it to a board that is celebrating one of the great artists of that genre? :]
To: drjimmy
And that's not a bad start. Now try "Diva", a thriller from 1981 with a beautiful aria by Catalani.
To: Tribune7
Nice outfit. Troll killer.
To: Borges
The fat lady no longer sings....
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