Who were the two opera composers Birgit Nilsson was best known for performing?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach
Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss
Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi
Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert
Answer
Birgit Nilsson was a Swedish opera singer who was best known for her performances of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss operas. She had a powerful and dramatic voice, and was particularly admired for her interpretations of the roles of Brünnhilde in Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung and Salome in Strauss's Salome.
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