Birgit Nilsson Prize to Riccardo Muti
2011 Birgit Nilsson Prize awarded to Maestro Riccardo Muti
Stockholm, Sweden, 13 October 2011
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Maestro Riccardo Muti was awarded the 2011 Birgit Nilsson Prize by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
At a festive ceremony of celebration and musical inspiration held at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on Thursday evening, October 13. 2011 Birgit Nilsson Prize was awarded to Maestro Riccardo Muti. This Prize of one million dollars, established by Birgit Nilsson herself, is the most generous prize in the world of classical music.
Upon receiving this award, Maestro Muti said,
“I am truly honoured to receive this distinguished award, especially as it was established by one of the greatest artists in history, Birgit Nilsson. My profound thanks to His Majesty for this presentation, to the Foundation and to the Panel who selected me, and to the public who support classical music.”
An evening in honour of Maestro Riccardo Muti
Maestro Riccardo Muti was chosen as the 2011 laureate by an international Panel of five operatic experts from the countries where Birgit Nilsson was most active during her career (see list of names and countries at end of release). Maestro Muti was recognized for his extraordinary contributions in opera and concert, as well as his enormous influence in the music world both on and off the stage.
In her speech honouring the laureate, Royal Swedish Opera Managing Director Birgitta Svendén said, “Maestro Muti is respected as one of history’s greatest conductors – he is a legend in his own time. One of the most influential musicians of the 21st century, he has perfected an expressive style in music that has become his critically acclaimed signature. Muti wants to make ‘the sounds speak.’ In achieving this goal, Muti becomes one with the scores.”
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Musical inspiration and a ’grand finale’
The Award Ceremony featured soprano Sondra Radvanovsky singing ‘Tacea la notte placida’ from Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore, accompanied by the Royal Swedish Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. To conclude the festivities, the Royal Swedish Opera Choir and the Swedish Radio Choir accompanied by the Royal Swedish Orchestra performed the worldrenowned ‘Va, Pensiero’ from the third act of the opera Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi.
Following the ceremony, guests were invited to Stockholm City Hall to dine in the presence of Their Majesties. Among the guests were Swedish Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth; Panel member Eva Wagner-Pasquier, Co-Director of the Bayreuth Festival; President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Deborah Rutter; and Swedish soprano Nina Stemme.
In celebration of the 2011 Birgit Nilsson Prize, a photo exhibition is now on display in the lobby of the Royal Swedish Opera. The exhibition comprises photographs of the various roles that Birgit Nilsson performed at the Royal Opera in Stockholm during her celebrated career. The pictures portray the many faces of Birgit Nilsson – starting with La Nilsson in the role of Lady MacBeth in 1947 to the last role she sang at the Royal Opera, Brünnhilde, in 1981.
Birgit Nilsson exhibition in the Royal Opera House in Stockholm runs until 31. October 2011.
The exhibition runs until the 31st of October, and is open to all visitors attending a performance at the Royal Opera. The doors open two hours before the beginning of the respective performance.