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…

At the age of 14, August Follin makes his debut as an opera singer. Specifically as the shepherd boy in Tosca in Concert, Giacomo Puccini's popular opera as an outdoor performance on the large meadow at the Birgit Nilsson Museum in Svenstad. Together with big stars such as Joyce El-Khoury, Richard Söderberg and John Lundgren, August takes the stage in the summer's grand finale of the Birgit Nilsson days. It's the weekend and August Follin is about to go out…

Birthday, stipendium and the flag at the top! Birgit's birthday (105 years) was celebrated with municipal flag day! At 10:00 the flag was raised as usual together with invited guests. This year's Birgit Nilsson Stipendium holder was announced at 11 at the museum and it went to the mezzo-soprano Ida Ränzlöv who, on August 11, receives SEK 200,000 at a concert in Västra Karup's church as part of the celebration of the Birgit Nilsson days. Read more about the scholarship…