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Riccardo Muti received the Birgit Nilsson Prize in October 2011 at a ceremony in the presence of the Royal Family at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Gianandrea Noseda directed the Royal Swedish Orchestra, the Royal Opera Chorus and the Swedish Radio Choir in a performance of Va, pensiero from Verdi’s opera Nabucco and soprano Sondra Radvanovsky sang Tacea la notte placida from Il Travatore. Comments “Muti is a good choice, not just because he really is an excellent conductor,…

Domingo received the Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala event at the Royal Swedish Opera in October 13, 2009. Visibly moved, he made an emotional speech and announced that he would invest the Prize money into supporting Operalia, the young artists competition he founded in 1993. The award ceremony was accompanied by a performance of Wagner’s Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde sung by Nina Stemme. Comments from the recipient “I decided to use this generous award…