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Birgit Nilsson

Soprano

Born 1918 (108)

Swedish

Opera

Swedish dramatic soprano widely regarded as the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the postwar era.

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Brünnhilde Isolde Turandot Elektra

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Metropolitan Opera
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