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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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