I'll never know what made it so exciting

The magnificent Birgit Nilsson was an opera diva completely unafraid of dressing up for a role.

And what a voice! Here she is in one of her trademark roles, Turandot by Puccini:

Birgit Nilsson & Franco Corelli - In questa reggia (Puccini - Turandot)

As Brünnhilde in Wagner's Gotterdammerung:

Birgit Nilsson - Immolation Scene (Wagner - Götterdämmerung)

And in complete contrast, a little My Fair Lady:

Birgit Nilsson - I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner & Loewe - My Fair Lady)

Birgit Nilssen (17th May 1918 – 25th December 2005)