The Nashville Predators have signed forward Felix Nilsson to a three-year, entry-level contract to begin in the 2026-27 season. Nilsson, 20, just completed his third season with Rogle BK in Sweden, ...

Sweden’s Birgit Nilsson is the world’s reigning Wagnerian soprano. Austria’s Herbert von Karajan has no superior as a conductor of the Ring cycle. Alas, two great melodies do not always pro duce a ...

The Birgit Nilsson Festival has announced its 2026 season. Here is the a look at the vocal performances. Opera singer and actor Richard Hamrin, together with pianist Eric Skarby, takes the audience on ...

Salome was 16 and slinky-slim. Birgit Nilsson is 46 and boatswain-burly. As for casting the Swede in the title role of Richard Strauss’s Salome, the idea seemed roughly comparable to starring Judith ...

The calling card of a live (and open-air) 1973 Tristan und Isolde is the chance to hear Nilsson in her favourite role alongside Jon Vickers. At the start here audience chatter and picnic rustling ...

On November 11, 1971, Harry Nilsson released his seventh studio album, Nilsson Schmilsson. It would become his best-performing album, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 in Australia. The ...

The sudden death of Pierre Audi in May this year lent a moving note to the presentation of the Birgit Nilsson Prize in Stockholm on October 21. The prize, which has been awarded every three years ...

STOCKHOLM — “Today’s stage is a music celebration that honors both the legacy of Birgit Nilsson and this year’s laureate, France’s Aix-en-Provence Festival,” said Susanne Rydén, head of the Birgit ...

The director Pierre Audi died suddenly in May, aged 67. Justice was done to his memory at a Wagner-themed concert and awards ceremony in Stockholm on Tuesday night, when the Birgit Nilsson Prize for ...

Filmmaker Christian Nilsson. Photo Credit: Joel Slocum. Director and screenwriter Christian Nilsson spoke about his new film ‘Westhampton’ which had its world premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film ...

I’d say one of the greatest barriers to enjoying opera is knowing whether or not the singing is good. I’m being serious. It’s a problem for those who haven’t spent years studying voice or exploring ...

While each job interview will be different, certain questions come up time and time again. "Why do you want to work here?" and "Tell me about yourself?" are the two most commonly reported interview ...