1985-2005

Samedi 16 avril 1988 : Gala concert in celebration of New Sweden 88. New York, Carnegie Hall. Dir. Goran W. Nilson / American symphony orchestra. Baryton : Hakan Hagegard. Host : Lasse Holmqvist. Soprano : Aprile Millo, Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Marton, Kiri Te Kanawa, Shirley Verrett. Ténor : Ben Heppner, Goesta Winbergh, Nicolai Gedda, Vinson Cole. Notes : Title in honor and in the presence of their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Gala concert in celebration of New Sweden 88 : A tribute to Birgit Nilsson and the swedish vocal tradition in America. United States debut of Ben Heppner. Heppner was the winner of the first Birgit Nilsson competition. A tape letter for this performance was signed by voice of America.

Lundi 14 novembre 1994 : New York, Carnegy Hall. FINALISTS OF THE BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE COMPETITION. Speaker : Lena Bjorck Kaplan.Christopher Schaldenbrand (baryton) / Kevin Murphy (piano) : I Puritani (Bellini), Carmen (Bizet), Eugene Oneguine (Tchaikovsky), Tannhauser (Wagner). Michelle De Young (Mezzo-soprano) / Kevin Murphy (piano) : Rinaldo (Haendel), Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss), Die Götterdämmerung (Wagner). Lorraine Ernest (soprano) / Steve Mosteller (piano) : Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Billy Budd (Britten), The ballad of Baby Doe (Moore), Die Zauberflöte (Mozart). Andrew Schroeder (baryton) / Joseph Smith (piano) : Faust (Gounod), Don Carlos (Verdi). Earle Patriarco (baryton) / Katherine Olsen (piano) : Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Hamlet (Thomas), Cosi fan tutte (Mozart), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini).

Samedi 27 avril 1996 : Mètropolitan Opera Gala. James Levine 25th anniversary gala. James Levine / Voigt. Chernov. Von Stade. Hampson. Scandiuzzi. Fleming. Leech. Hong. White. Goerke. Hagegard. Dimitrova. Farina. Pons. Benackova. Gheorghiu. Alagna. Cotrubas. Zajick. Morris. Domingo. Terfel. Swenson. Kraus. Norman. Upshaw. Hadley. Mattila. Milnes. Meier. Oswald. Plishka. Quivar. Elias. Anthony. Courtney. Sweet. Jones. Ramey. Anderson. Bergonzi. Furlanetto. Malfitano. Croft. Vaness. Mentzer. Bumbry. Millo. Ewing. Eaglen. Von Stade. Te Kanawa. Fleming. Von Otter. Murphy. Robbins. Birgit Nilsson (Tribute to James Levine. She concludes her remarks with a few unaccompanied measures of Brunnhilde’s battly cry). King. Weikl.

Mardi 11 novembre 1997 : New York, Carnegie Hall. BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE FINALISTS. Angela M Brown (soprano) / Colette Valentine (piano) : Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Il trovatore (Verdi), Aida (Verdi). Christine Goerke (soprano) / Craig Rutenberg (piano) : Hérodiade (Massenet), Lohengrin (Wagner), Cosi fan tutte (Mozart). Jonita Lattimore (soprano) / Kenneth Merrill (piano) : Figaros Hochzeit (Mozart), Faust (Gounod), Porgy and Bess (Gerschwin). Tona Miller (soprano) / Ania Marshwinska (piano) : The ballad of Baby Doe (Moore), Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti), Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss). Lynette Tapia (soprano) / Ted Taylor (piano) : Rigoletto (Verdi), Lakme (Delibes), Mignon (Thomas).