Inga Nielsen
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Inga Elisabeth Nielsen, born June 2, 1946, in Holbæk, Denmark, was a Danish soprano known for her international opera career from 1971 to 2006. At six, she performed on American radio and released recordings of Danish folk songs. Nielsen's professional debut was as Laura in Millöcker's Der Bettelstudent at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen in 1971. She joined Oper Frankfurt in 1975 and made her U.S. debut at the New York City Opera in 1980 as Adele in Die Fledermaus. Notable roles included Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail and the title role in Strauss's Salome. She was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (Travel Scholarship) in 1984 and appointed Knight of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in 1992. Nielsen passed away on February 10, 2008.
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- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Siano pronte alle gran nozze" featuring Peter Schreier
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "O pazzo, pazzissimo Biondello" featuring Peter Schreier
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Ho un pensiero nel cervello" featuring Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35 - "Ist dieses, o so zweifle nimmermehr" featuring Aldo Baldin
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Su via putti, presto, presto!" featuring Peter Schreier
- Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35 - "Hat der Schöpfer dieses Leben" by Inga Nielsen
- Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin
- Abscheulicher!
- Haydn : The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Hob.XX, 2 : IX "In deine Hande" featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Haydn : The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Hob.XX, 2 : VIII "Es ist vollbracht" featuring Arnold Schoenberg Chor
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Se fosse qui nascoso" featuring Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Buon pro', Signori" featuring Douglas Johnson
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Così si fa" featuring Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Mozart: L'oca del Cairo, K.422 / Act 1 - "Auretta mia, Chichibio, vi saluto" featuring Douglas Johnson
- Haydn : The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Hob.XX, 2 : IV "Frau, hier siehe deinen Sohn" featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Haydn : The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Hob.XX, 2 : V "Mein Gott, mein Gott" featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Haydn : The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Hob.XX, 2 : II "Vater, vergib ihnen" featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Haydn : The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Hob.XX, 2 : VII "Jesus rufet" featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35 - "Er hält mich einen Kranken gleich...Hast du nunmehr erfahren" featuring Aldo Baldin
- No. 9 Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin?
- Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35 - "Schildre einen Philosophen" by Inga Nielsen
- Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35 - "Wen hör' ich nun hier in der Nähe" featuring Aldo Baldin
- Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35: 11. Recitativo: "Ist dieses, o so zweifle nimmermehr" featuring Hans Peter Blochwitz
- Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K.35: 13. Recitativo: "Wen hör' ich nun hier in der Nähe" featuring Hans Peter Blochwitz
