Fundaţia Birgit Nilsson a anunţat primul câştigător al premiului la 20 februarie 2009. Premiul Birgit Nilsson în valoare de un milion de dolari reprezintă cel mai mare premiu din istoria muzicii clasice.
Fundaţia Birgit Nilsson a fost fondată de soprana suedeză Birgit Nilsson (1918 – 2005) în timpul vieţii sale. Ea a stabilit principiile pentru acordarea unui premiu postum în numele său şi a ales personal primul câştigător, care a rămas secret până la anunţul din 20 februarie.
Birgit Nilsson a fost una dintre cele mai importante soprane wagneriene ale secolului XX. Cariera sopranei a început la Opera de la Stockholm în 1946. Ea a cucerit rapid etape majore pe continentul european (Glyndebourne, Bayreuth, Viena şi Munchen). Apoi, în mijlocul anilor 1950, a cucerit America de Nord şi America de Sud. Interpretarea sa din opera ‘Tristan si Isolda’, de Wagner, pe scena Scala din Milano, în 1956, i-a întărit celebritatea.
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