Definition of Nilsson

1. Noun. Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918).

Exact synonyms: Brigit Nilsson, Marta Brigit Nilsson
Generic synonyms: Soprano

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nilsson

Nile River
Nile blue
Nile blue A
Nile crocodile
Nile green
Nile perch
Nilgiri Hills
Nilo-
Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan language
Niloscope
Niloscopes
Nilotic
Nilotic language
Nilphamari District
Nilsson
Nimbari
Nimitz
Nimravus
Nimrod
Nimrods
Nimzo-Indian
Nina
Nina Ross
Nina from Carolina
Nineveh
Ningal
Ningbo
Ningirsu
Ningishzida

Literary usage of Nilsson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Musical World (1874)
"... Mdme Christine, as Elvira in Don Giovanni, 493 nilsson, Mdme Christine, and the artists of the Princess's Theatre, 495 nilsson, Mdme Christine, ..."

2. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"THE APPLICATION OF THE nilsson-EHLE EXPLANATION TO THE CASE OF RABBIT EAR-LENGTH The so-called blending rabbit ears, along with other similar cases, ..."

3. Success in Music and how it is Won by Henry Theophilus Finck, Ignace Jan Paderewski (1909)
"CHRISTINE nilsson When Jenny Lind was twenty-three years old (in 1843) there was born in Sweden a second girl who was destined to win a place in the first ..."

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