Editing Birgit Nilsson (section)

{{Short description|Swedish dramatic soprano (1918–2005)}}
{{Distinguish|Brigitte Nielsen}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Birgit Nilsson
| image              = Birgit-Nilsson-standing-and-singing-on-the-stage-391837722733.jpg
| caption            = Birgit Nilsson during a televised opera concert in [[Stockholm]] in July 1963.
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|5|17}}<ref name="bnf">{{cite web |title=About Birgit |url=https://birgitnilsson.com/en/about-birgit/ |website=Birgit Nilsson Foundation |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Västra Karup]], [[Skåne]], Sweden
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|12|25|1918|5|17}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Birgit Nilsson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/birgit-nilsson-6111958.html |access-date=1 June 2022 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=12 January 2006}}</ref>
| death_place        = [[Kristianstad]], Skåne, Sweden
| education          = [[Royal Swedish Academy of Music]]
| occupation         = [[Dramatic soprano|Wagnerian soprano]]
| years_active       = 1946–1984
| awards             = {{plainlist|
* [[Hovsångerska]], 1954<ref>{{cite web |title=Honours and Awards |url=http://birgitnilssonprize.org/birgit-nilsson/honours-awards/ |website=BirgitNilssonPrize.org|access-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403040607/http://birgitnilssonprize.org/birgit-nilsson/honours-awards/ |archive-date=3 April 2016}}</ref>
* [[Kammersänger|Bavarian Kammersängerin]]
* [[Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres]]
* [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'s Hall of Fame in 2012<ref name=Gramophone>{{cite magazine|title=Birgit Nilsson (soprano) |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/HallofFame/ArtistPage/Nilsson|magazine=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]|access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Illis quorum]]
}}
}}

'''Märta Birgit Nilsson''' (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a Swedish [[dramatic soprano]]. Although she sang a wide [[repertoire]] of [[opera]]tic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of [[Richard Wagner]] and [[Richard Strauss]].<ref name="nyt holland">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/birgit-nilsson-soprano-legend-who-tamed-wagner-dies-at-87.html |title=Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87 |last=Holland |first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Holland|date=12 January 2006|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref> Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register.