A summer festival celebrating Birgit Nilsson ́s legacy at her home in South Sweden ”Nilsson's legacy is nowhere as tangible and alive as here: not as a transfiguration of the past, but as a promise for the future of opera.”Concerti Magazine, Germany The 2024 Birgit Nilsson Days take place from 4 – 10 August at the legendary singer’s home on the Bjäre Peninsula. Supported by the Birgit Nilsson Museum and the Foundation which also curates the Prize in her name, the week-long…

This summer you can enjoy sandwiches, home baked cakes and other delicacies at Mamsellen in the Stable Café. Birgit Nilsson Museum and the Stable Café are open from June 25 to September 1, 11 am to 5 pm. Already in the spring, Mamsellen moves into the Stable Café and will be open 11 am-4 pm on the following dates. May 9-12, May 17-19, May 25-26 and June 1-2 and June 6-9. A warm welcome from Pia-Lena and the staff! Visit…

Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera  will be presented next summer in a concert performance, led by conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi and director  Staffan Valdemar Holm. The performance concludes the 2024 Birgit Nilsson Days which will take place from 4-10 August on Sweden’s Bjäre Peninsula. Next summer marks 60 years since Birgit Nilsson made an acclaimed appearance at Båstad's tennis stadium - and as the role of Amelia in Un ballo in maschera  was one of her absolute favorites -…

Birgit was often asked about her debut and sometimes about her first recordings and then she often mentioned the conductors Tor Mann and Sixten Ehrling, but she also mentioned her very first recordings on lacquer discs made in Gothenburgh. These were found in 2019 in Svenstad but were in such poor condition that they were considered lost. However, there was a team at Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) in Paris that was engaged in research specifically on early recorded discs…

World-class opera soloists, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and hundreds of choir singers from the local area - all under the direction of formidable maestro Pier Giorgio Morandi. Saturday's final at the Birgit Nilsson Days 2023 was a magnificent experience. Despite persistent torrential rain. As Floria Tosca, soprano Joyce El-Khoury captivated the audience with phenomenal vocal technique and a playing that sparkled. Lebanese-Canadian El-Khoury, who also sang here last year (when Amelia in the Master Ball) is a true heir to…