Description
- Limited Edition 79-CD + 2-DVD covering all the major roles Nilsson performed 27 full-length operas including 2 full Wagner Ring cycles.
- Birgit Nilssons complete Decca, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon recordings marking her 100th birthday and produced with the full support of the Birgit Nilsson Foundation
- Handsome packaging includes CDs presented in wallets with a spine and with original sleeve art encased in an anti-scratch rigid box with magnetic-hinged lid.
- Beyond the operas recorded for Decca, Philips and DG include 4 operas recorded for EMI (now Warner Classics): Aida, La Fanciulla del West, Turandot and Der Freischtz; as well as her earlier 1959 Turandot under Leinsdorf for RCA.
- 200-page perfect bound book, in English and German, including:
- New essay Apotheosis Achieved by Raymond McGill
- A note by Decca producer Christopher Raeburn
- Many unseen photographs from the Decca archive
- Recording Index
- Composer/Work Index
HIGHLIGHTS
- 27 COMPLETE OPERAS, including:
- TWO COMPLETE RING CYCLES* Bhm/Solti NEWLY REMASTERED FOR THE CENTENARY *Nilsson not in Rheingold
- TRISTAN UND ISOLDE with Solti REMASTERED including the rehearsals PLUS the Bayreuth/Bohm recording from Deutsche Grammophon
- Strauss SALOME AND ELEKTRA REMASTERED
- Verdi MACBETH and Beethoven FIDELIO
- Two TURANDOT recordings with Leinsdorf and Molinari-Pradelli
- AIDA, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST and FREISCHUTZ with Heger
- Decca Operatic Recitals (Verdi, Beethoven, Weber and Wagner) and Swedish Songs in Land of the Midnight Sun
- DVDs of the MET production of ELEKTRA, and the GOLDEN RING documentary of the making of the Solti Ring
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