Nina Stemme

Nina Stemme, Tosca, Wiener Staatsoper, 2012

Nina Maria Stemme (born Nina Maria Thöldte on 11 May 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer.

Stemme "is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano".[1] In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre, "As for Brünnhilde, Nina Stemme sang gloriously. It's hard to recall anyone's sounding more commanding or at ease in the part, and that includes Kirsten Flagstad".[2]

  1. ^ "Nina Stemme, opera's reigning dramatic soprano weighs in on Wagner for his birthday". EmergingPictures. November 8, 2012. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Michael Kimmelman (December 11, 2010). "In Italy, a Political Opera About Opera". The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2014.