La Nilsson
My Life in Opera
Birgit Nilsson; Doris Jung Popper, trans.; Georg Solti, fwd.; Peggy Tuller, afterword

Northeastern University Press



Contents

• Foreword - Georg Solti
• Translator’s Note
• Preface
• My Debut at the Met
• When the Little One Came into the World
• The Royal Academy of Music and the Opera School in Stockholm, 1941-1946
• The Stockholm Opera
• Rudolf Bing
• City of My Dreams
• In a Word—Bayreuth
• Buenos Aires
• The Battle of the High Cs
• Beautiful Italy
• Fans, Fanatics, and Experts
• Making Recordings
• Bertil, My Number One Admirer
• Afterword - Peggy Tueller
• Career Milestones
• Honors and Awards
• Discography
• Index




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