Birgit Finnilä [SEP] voice type
Birgit Finnilä
Birgit Finnilä (born 20 January 1931) is a Swedish contralto and opera singer.
Finnilä was born in Falkenberg, Sweden and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She made her operatic debut in Gothenburg in 1967. Though principally singing concert works, her operatic roles include parts in Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia", Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice", Handel's "Flavio", Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", and Wagner's Ring cycle.
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Birgit
Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the name Bridget. Notable people with the name include:
- Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress
- Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician
- Birgit Cunningham, Anglo-American activist
- Birgit Finnilä, Swedish opera singer
- Birgit Fischer, German canoer
- Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion
- Birgit Hogefeld, German RAF terrorist member
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